Daylight simulation has been aborted (DesignBuilder v6)

Modified on Fri, 03 May 2024 at 11:48 AM

Please contact our support team if you are getting this error in version 7.

When running an Annual daylighting simulation in DesignBuilder version 6 and the following error is displayed: 


- An internal error has occurred. Daylight simulation has been aborted.


To fix this please unzip the attachment and replace the file ds_el_lighting.exe at the installation folder C:\Program Files (x86)\DesignBuilder\Daysim\bin


See image below for reference.



Then run the Annual daylighting simulation.

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