[Bldg-sim] Coupling GenOpt, Energyplus and Daysim

[Tavis Wells]

Greetings all!
I am attempting to optimize the passive design of a building using GenOpt as the optimizer, EnergyPlus as the primary energy model platform, and daylight reports from Daysim (an identical model to the Eplus model) which feed into the Eplus model.Each iteration dictated by GenOpt would need to simulate in Daysim and finish before simulating in Eplus.I am using a 'Master' batch file, referenced by GenOpt, to call Daysim and then Eplus.This process works when run straight from the batch file, but when run through GenOpt it does not create the temporary working directory correctly (.expidf and .err files missing), and so it crashes during the first iteration, saying ".err file does not exist".Simplifying the task to just optimize Eplus, but through a batch file, has the same result.The command line I've been working with consists of 3 parts: Call <RunEplus.bat> <model> <weatherfile>I've tried countless different variations of this command line but cant figure it out!
Has anyone optimized an EnergyPlus model through GenOpt using a batch file before? Or know what the command line might look like to do that?
Any ideas welcome!
Thanks,Tavis.



 		 	   		  
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