[EnergyPlus_Support] editing Energy+.idd file

["Jun Calixihan" <jcalixihan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

 

Is it possible to edit the Energy+.idd file. say for objects that are
extensible?  I was trying to add more items to object:

 

Surface:Shading:Detached:Building

 

But I get the error of "file is write protected, access denied" and I can't
save the changes.  I wanted to add vertices to the above E+ object.

 

Do I need administrator rights to the PC to be able to edit this?

 

I was modeling component blocks created in Design Builder and exported the
idf file for editing plenums in Idf editor but Idf Editor has errors opening
the idf file.  When I exported the idf file from DB I specified DOE version
on EnergyPlus.  I have installed the latest EnergyPlus version 2.1.  

 

Thanks!

Jun



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