improve generate_geometry_from_hvac

[alexandrecuer]

main additions :

• create walls with different heights using the heights key. When defining heights, the user must also define the roofs, otherwise the roof will be a horizontal plane
• define a ceiling/roof which is not a simple translation of the floor and use list blocks when defining the ceiling
• delete a wall between two adjacent zones (remove_wall key)
• introduce air_boundary to start using ZoneCrossMixing

specify a default construction for a zone

And define some custom walls

constructions:
  default: townhouse_basement
  roofs:
    4: air_boundary

improve reusable blocks

introduce use_blocks_vars: 1

address numeric variables (d0 to d8, z0, h0 to h4) in the blocks section, that can be used in zone subsections (floors, roofs, walls, elements) without the need of adding an anchor

use_blocks_vars: 1
walls:
  - ["d0", 0, *ss2_alt]
  - ["d0", "d3+d4+d5", *ss2_alt]
  - ["-d1-d2",  "d3+d4+d5", *ss2_alt]
  - ["-d1-d2",  0, *ss2_alt]

for list blocks :

use_blocks_vars: 1
floors: [ss1_floor]
roofs: [annexe, cour_drouet, car_path, caves, rdc_cage]
walls: [ss1_floor]

single vasistas & triangular surface

add a single vasistas on a triangular surface (portion of a roof) using vertices numbers

vasistas:
  1: [3, 1.2, 1.3, 2]
  4:
    base_start: 0
    base_end: 2
    apex: 1
    width: 1.2
    height: 1
    sill_height: 1

enhance the way to dispatch apertures

2 methods :

1. use a apertures, doors and/orvasistas key

The value is a dict :

• key = wall number,
• value = list [nb_apertures, width, height, sill_height]

You may also add a construction type as the last (string) element of the list

doors:
  1: [1, 2, 2.5, 0, window_pvc]
  2: [1, 1, 2.5, 0, window_pvc]
apertures:
  4: [1, 1.3, 1.5, 1]
  5: [1, 1.3, 1.5, 1]
  9: [1, 1.3, 1.5, 1]

2. use a numbers key
   value = list [number of apertures for each wall - 0 if no aperture].

Other non mandatory keys : widths, heights, sill_heights, constructions (none if no custom construction), types (aperture or door). You may also use singular if all elements are the same, for example width: 4 or construction: townhouse_basement

The same configuration expressed with the second method is far more verbose

apertures:
  numbers: [0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1]
  widths: [0, 2, 1, 0, 1.3, 1.3, 0, 0, 0, 1.3]
  heights: [0, 2.5, 2.5, 0, 1.5, 1.5, 0, 0, 0, 1.5]
  sill_heights: [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1]
  constructions:
    - none
    - window_pvc
    - window_pvc
  types:
    - none
    - door
    - door
    - none
    - aperture
    - aperture
    - none
    - none
    - none
    - aperture

[alexandrecuer]

implement vasistas should be nice as roofs can be complex things now

[alexandrecuer]

Use extend...

[alexandrecuer]

Also update the related readme

[alexandrecuer]

Explain in README