[Bldg-sim] EE4 / DOE2.1E - running from the command line

[Chris Jones]

It is significantly easier just to use the DOE2 executables that come with EE4. The DOE.bat file in the EE4/DOE folder will run the .DOE file as generated by EE4 without worrying about changing the EE4 defined materials/constructions. 

On 2012-05-11, at 1:07 PM, Alex Blue <ablue at sustainable-solutions.ca> wrote:

> A colleague recently had to make some modifications to the DOE2.1E file generated by EE4 for the first time, and I thought I would take the opportunity to send out a quick how-to for others’ future reference.  There’s loads of good documentation on the doe2.com site for the actual commands and keywords, but I had some initial confusion in getting the right program pointed at the right files. 
>  
> First, note that this is for an old version of DOE2.  eQuest runs DOE2.2, and that is the more up-to-date version.  But for those Canadians modifying EE4 files, DOE2.1E is the relevant version. 
>  
> How-To:
> 1)      Go to DOE21E folder, open WNT-DOS
> 2)      In the command line that opens, write: DOE21E exent C:\DOE21E\INP\filename weatherfilename
> 3)      Hit enter, watch the text scroll by (or not, your call) and open the .sim file to view results or the .bdl file to find errors
>  
> Things I messed up and want to share:
> 1)      If your inp file is someplace other than the file path shown above, input that path instead, mine’s just an example.
> 2)      Use the filename only, not filename.inp
> 3)      Your filename cannot contain spaces
> 4)      Put your weather file in the WEATHER\PACKED folder
> 5)      Don’t enter the .bin extension for the weather file
> 6)      You get an .INP file by saving the .DOE file generated by EE4 as filename.inp (ie. Just hit save-as and change the extension)
> 7)      EE4 outputs air spaces in layer-by-layer construction as AS-0.x00.   DOE21E doesn’t recognize that- change it to AL## (where the two # signs are actually specific numbers, see DOE2 BDL summary version 2.1E page 125 for keywords for this.)
> 8)      You can use the up arrow key to repeat the text in the last line.
>  
> GLHF!
>  
> Alex
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