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RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] open idf fiel with excel
I agree with your suggestion, Linda. Even with Wordpad you need to make sure that the file is saved back in 'plain text' format.
The Wordpad does not recognise the extension .idf. Therefore, you must specify the format after making any changes.
If you use Wordpad only to print the .idf file, make sure you do not save the file after printing, when asked by the PC.
I do not trust the IDFEditor 100% also. It is too smart sometimes, by removing or changing some listing order of the items.
Keep a back up file, before doing any changes.
Dr. Li. ( I was the only E+ user on a Windows'98 last year, now I am using a VISTA PC )
To: EnergyPlus_Support@yahoogroups.comFrom: linda@lawrie.comDate: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:44:28 -0700Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] open idf fiel with excel
Excel is not a good choice to open an IDF file. The format of the IDF files is precise and Excel may not preserve the fields properly. Use Wordpad if you don't have another editor.You could also look into using EPMacro that comes with EnergyPlus if you are parameterizing single values.At 02:30 AM 3/6/2008, houcem mechri wrote:> I met some problems in modifying idf file using Excel. When I > open the new idf file (yet modified by Excel for example I change a > conductivity of a material) using idf editor the new file it is empty!!LindaEnergyPlus WebSite: http://www.energyplus.govOwner: EnergyPlus_Support listMember: EnergyPlus Development Team[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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