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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] how to define polygon




That is correct, as Linda said--for walls, roofs, and floors,
you can have more than 4 vertices.  The limit to either
3 or 4 vertices is still in place for windows and doors.



                                                                                                                  
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As you said, the 4 vertex limit has been modified in new version
energyplus,right. Now I can define any shaped zone , can't I.

On 5/22/06, Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> with the advent of >4 sided polygons, you no longer have to limit
> yourself to 4 sided/rectangular floors/roofs though it is perfectly
> correct. (ref: examplefile Flr_Rf_8Sides.idf for a floor and roof
> with 8 sides covering an L-Shaped zone.
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> This is the only example file with >4 sided polygons that comes with
> EnergyPlus so any of the others will illustrate making a rectangular
> floor or roof (usually).
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> 5ZoneAirCooled.idf, for example.
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Nicole Chen

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