Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] a problem of export dxf in E+

["Michael J. Witte" <mjwitte@xxxxxxxx>]

The yahoo list does not accept attachments, so I don't know what the error 
message is. If the following does not answer your question, please send the 
error message attachment and the idf file (zipped) to energyplus-
support@xxxxxxxx.

There are two ways to generate the dxf drawing:

a) Add "report, surfaces, dxf;" to the idf file and run an EnergyPlus 
simulation.  An output file with .dxf extension will be created.  This can then 
be opened using the "Drawing Files" output button, or the DXF button on the 
quick-open panel in EP-Launch.

b) If the dxf file does not exist (or is older than the idf file), pressing the 
"Drawing Files" button in EP-Launch will cause WinEPDraw to run and create the 
dxf output file, and then it will open.

You must have a DXF viewer installed on your computer in order for EP-Launch to 
open the dxf file.  If you do not have one, you can download VoloView Express 
(and old Autodesk program that is no longer supported) at

http://www.gard.com/vve201setup.exe

After the viewer is installed, you must use Autofind or Select Drawing Viewer 
in the file menu in EP-Launch to tell it what program to use for dxf files.

Mike


On 13 Feb 2007 at 9:50, nicole chen wrote:

> I am now trying to build a model with E+. I have finished inputing surface
> geometryies. And I want to know how it look like. Whether it is like the
> building I want to model. So I tried to create dxf in EP-Lauch. But a error
> message came up. The error message is shown in attachment. I don't know why.
> And I check, there is no errors, but only some warnings in my input file .
> 
> I want to know if I can not export dxf file , does it mean the model is
> error? How to fix this problem?Thank you
> 
> 
> -- 
> Yours
> Nicole Chen
> 
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Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
EnergyPlus-Support@xxxxxxxx





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