Outdoor acoustics with bounding box in ODEON Room Acoustics Software

Simulate outdoor acoustics by defining a bounding box! ***Press 'C' for subtitles. Para Español, active subtítulos y vaya a los ajustes.***

ODEON versions previous to 17 allow simulating outdoor acoustics, by using a bounding box. This simple function helps you creating a "dummy" box around your geometry, which absorbs outgoing sound while avoiding rays becoming lost.

ODEON is a software for simulation and measurements of room acoustics, and is the preferred software by acoustic engineers and architectural consultancy firms. You can model sound sources ranging from point sources with directivities to large industrial machines, visualize acoustics with ray tracing, billiard balls, and color grids, and even listen to the simulated acoustics in your room with auralisations. ODEON is the optimum acoustic design tool when working with concert hall and auditorium acoustics, industrial and restaurant noise, and PA system design. The video tutorials in this YouTube channel will explain the basics of room acoustics analysis using ODEON.

[clauslyngechristensen]

From Odeon 17 it is possible to specify "Ray loss allowed" to 100% in the "Room setup". This allows outdoor calculations without the need of a BoundingBox.

[RocLobo]

go to the bottom of the file in 'Odeon Editor'. Go under the Blockend Layer. Next line "NumbOffSet Auto" and the next line "BoundingBox 1 10 z"