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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: sunlit area too large
You can usually ignore these messages, because the sunlit are will be
limited to the area of the surface. But if you want us to
investigate further, please post your idf file in the files area or
send it to energyplus-support@xxxxxxxx
Mike
On 20 Mar 2003, at 0:44, zhaicq98 wrote:
> Hi, Mike,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I checked the geometry input and did not find
> any problems. I tried to remove the large window on that wall, then
> the error message disappeared. I also noticed that there was a warning
> message "Too many vertices in a shadow overlap". Overlapping figure
> and figure being overlapped are also given. I am not sure if it is the
> cause for this problem. In fact, I do not understand what this warning
> means.
>
> Chaoqin
>
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael J. Witte"
> <mjwitte@g...> wrote:
> > Sunlit area too large warnings sometimes indicate that there is a
> > problem with your geometry. Turn on "report, surfaces, details"
> and
> > verify that all surfaces are facing in the proper direction. Check
> > especially for horizontal surfaces that may be upside down. For
> > future reference, please let me know what you find.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > On 18 Mar 2003, at 21:40, zhaicq98 wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > Another problem I encountered is when I tried to simulate a glass
> > > curtain wall, I got an error message which said sunlit area too
> large.
> > > I had a wall which was 14m high, and I made a large window (13.8m
> > > high) on it. I tried to make the window a little smaller (12.5m
> high)
> > > and I also tried to split the large window into three small ones,
> but
> > > in both cases I still got this error message.
> > >
> > > Can anyone give me some hints on these two questions?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Chaoqin
> >
> >
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