Ventus Tutorials

See the following links for all Ventus Tutorials.

These tutorials teach the basic concepts necessary for working with Pathfinder

Ventus is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the CONTAM network model developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

To demonstrate basic Ventus (and CONTAM) capability, we will model a simple six-story building for winter and summer conditions.

An example from the ASHRAE Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering, Klote et al., 2012. Chapter 14 of the handbook, Network Modeling and CONTAM

Second example from the ASHRAE Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering, Klote et al., 2012. Chapter 14 of the handbook, Network Modeling and CONTAM

Third example from the ASHRAE Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering, Klote et al., 2012. Chapter 14 of the handbook, Network Modeling and CONTAM

This video demonstrates creating a Ventus model by drawing on a 2D image.

Create a Ventus model by importing 3D CAD models.