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# SAM

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**SAM (Sustainable Analytical Model)** is the core of the **SAM Toolkit** —
an open-source platform designed to help engineers create, manage,
and analyse analytical building models for energy and environmental performance.
an open-source analytical-model and computational-engineering platform that
connects BIM, building physics, HVAC engineering and simulation through
deterministic, tested and traceable workflows.

SAM provides a structured analytical representation of buildings,
supporting workflows for energy modelling, systems analysis,
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It is designed as a **modular and extensible platform**:
core analytical concepts are implemented in this repository,
with additional functionality provided through specialised SAM modules
and integrations.
and integrations. SAM is **not a Grasshopper plugin** — Grasshopper,
Rhino and Revit are hosts and adapters on top of the analytical model,
not its foundation.

**Website:** https://sambim.xyz ·
**Installer:** [SAM_Deploy releases](https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM_Deploy/releases/latest) ·
**Documentation:** [SAM Wiki](https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM/wiki)

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