[Bldg-sim] Coupling GenOpt, Energyplus and Daysim

[Michael J Witte]

Look at RunDirMulti.bat that comes with EnergyPlus (in the main 
EnergyPlus folder).  It loops through a list of files and creates 
separate temp directories for a series of parallel runs.  You should be 
able to borrow from this or adapt it to your purposes.
Mike

On 3/14/2014 5:48 AM, Tavis Wells wrote:
> 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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