[EnergyPlus_Support] Input File Format

["Barry O' Sullivan" <bazosullivan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

I'm developing a program that outputs an idf file with each object on a
single line (no comments).
Now if i try to simulate this file as is energyPlus will crash. However, if
i open the file in IDFEditor and then resave it without changing anything
the reformatted version will simulate perfectly. Can someone explain this to
me as i thought that if each object was properly comma seperated then it
should run? I have included a sample portion of my output file below.

Thanks for your help,
Barry O'Sullivan





VERSION,1.3.0;
BUILDING,Building 1,  0,                       Suburbs,
 0.04,
0.4,                     MinimalShadowing,        30;
TIMESTEP IN HOUR,4;
INSIDE CONVECTION ALGORITHM,Detailed;
OUTSIDE CONVECTION ALGORITHM,Detailed;
SOLUTION ALGORITHM,CTF;
ZONE VOLUME CAPACITANCE MULTIPLIER,1;
RUN CONTROL,No,                      No,
No,                      no,                      yes;
RunPeriod,1,                       22,
1,                       22,                      UseWeatherFile,
Yes,                     Yes,                     No,
Yes,                     Yes,                     1;
RunPeriod,6,                       15,
6,                       15,                      UseWeatherFile,
Yes,                     Yes,                     No,
Yes,                     Yes,                     1;
Location,Cork-Ireland,            51.54,                   8.28,
0,                       3;
DesignDay,Summer Design Day,       21.7,                    6.7,
17.7,                    99390,                   15.1,
215,                     0.9,                     0,
1,                       21,                      7,
Thursday,                0,                       Wet-Bulb;
DesignDay,Winter Design Day,       1.6,                     6.7,
1.6,                     99390,                   15.1,
215,                     0.9,                     0,
0,                       21,                      1,
Thursday,                0,                       Wet-Bulb;
GroundTemperatures,12.1,                    11.5,
11.7,
12.1,                    13.6,                    15,
16.1,                    16.7,                    16.6,
15.8,                    14.6,                    13.2;
MATERIAL:REGULAR,A3 - STEEL SIDING,       Smooth,
1.5000000E-03,           44.96000,                7688.860,
410.0000,                0.9000000,               0.2000000,
0.2000000;
MATERIAL:REGULAR,AC03 Acoustic Tile 3/4 in,  MediumSmooth,
1.9099999E-02,           5.7000000E-02,           288.0000,
1339.000,                0.9000000,               0.7000000,
0.7000000;


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