![]() The objective of this research program is the development of the technology for the industrial fabrication of large format holographic optical elements (HOEs) with predetermined spectral characteristics and angular selectivity. Built environments of the future (in extreme climates or not) will need to respond to Renewable, Adaptive, Recyclable and Environmental (R.A.R.E.) concepts in order to co-exist in a sustainable way with their surroundings. An 'adaptive' attitude in the way in which we conceive our built structures provides a conceptual basis for the advanced building design of our future, as well as one concerned about the efficient management of the available resources. Furthermore, the paper also takes a closer look at the principles of 'biomimicry' of natural systems combined with the most up-to-date building materials and construction technologies, trying to integrate the notions of adaptation - where the capacity to survive depends on the ability to adjust to the environment - within the concept of technological evolution and innovation. It introduces several criteria and requirements of advanced façades along with interior pressurization control. This paper attempts to acknowledge existing and visionary envelope concepts and their functioning in conjunction with maintaining a favourable interior environment. Such air tight and concealed envelopes with zero particle exchange are a necessity and already exist in regard to space capsules and habitats. Perhaps a more recent concern of terrestrial habitats is permeability and leakages within the building envelope. Envelopes serve multiple functions, from shielding the interior environment to collecting, storing and generating energy. ![]() A new imperative has been put forth to architects and engineers to develop innovative materials, components and systems, in order to make building envelopes adaptive and responsive to variable and extreme climate conditions. In a context of global warming and our needs to reduce CO2 emissions, building envelopes will play an important role.
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![]() We can go and add the day or time, and it gives you also options. Other things you can do include just simply adding text, either after or before or as the extension to a file. Now we look in the folder and we see the results are all the files have been renamed media' and a number. We'll select the same folder here, all the sounds in it, and do it. So lets rename all the files that we're going to select and just rename them with a word and then place the number after the name, start at number one, separate by nothing so there's no dash or space or anything like that and we can make all the digits, all the number two digits long or we can leave that unselected. For instance, we can go ahead and add a number to the existing name or add a number to the new name. Now when we make them sequential there's a lot of different things we can do. Now we can try different things, like instead of replacing text, for instance, we can make them sequential. So I've successfully did a batch rename replacing text. By selecting all of these I've selected the first one, shift and selected the last one, select them all I'm going to choose them all and it's going to go ahead, it's going to tell me what it did, and if I go ahead and look in this folder now I can see that it indeed renamed all these files from audio003' to sound003.wav'. In there I've got a bunch of files name audio' with a number after it. We're going to run it, and on the desktop I've got a folder called Test'. Now we don't have to create a full workflow and save it for future use we can just run this one here just this one time, which is what we're going to do. We're going to go and look for this text, the word audio' in the full name of the file and we're going to ignore case there, and we're going to replace it with this word, sound'. Lets start with a simple one, like replace text. We can add a date or time, we can add text, change the case, make sequential, replace text or name a single item. ![]() So now we've got two steps here in the workflow the first is to choose multiple files and the second is to do something with them. We're just going to go ahead and rename the files right away without any problem. Now it's going to give us a warning about this particular one that it's going to basically rename these items and there's also a way for us to copy the originals so we don't destroy the originals with the new ones that have been renamed. ![]() If we drag that underneath this one we'll get to add it. Lets do a search here for rename', and we can see there is an item here that matches the Rename Finder Items'. So the next thing we want to do is we want to rename these files. Of course the whole point of batch rename is select multiple files and have them all renamed. Now you get to define some things, like what the prompt says, where to start at the desktop and in this case we want to allow multiple selections of files. We're going to select that and we're going to drag that into this area here. Lets look in Files and Folders, and one of the first items is Ask For Finder Items'. You can search for one or you can click on a category here. On the left we can choose from various different actions that Automator can do. ![]() This gives you a blank workflow to the right. Just choose the default, which is workflow'. Now when you first run it you'll get asked to choose a template. So look in your applications folder for Automator. But in Mac OS X Snow Leopard you can use Automator to do that and much more. In Windows there's an F2 key that allows you to do a bunch of different things. So one of the problems switchers have when coming from Windows is that it's not very easy to batch rename files in Mac OS X. On today's episode, lets learn how to batch rename files. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. Check out MacMost Now 312 : Batch Rename Multiple Files at YouTube for closed captioning and more options. ![]() The top tier membership (Edge Total) is $28.99 pre-opening (plus $1 enrollment fee), and includes unlimited spinning, access to the women’s only area, and unlimited guest privileges. Also included is access to all Edge Fitness clubs, which are already in Chicago, Maryland, Rhode Island, Michigan, Missouri, and will be expanding further in the next few years. 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