RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Sketchup interface

["Ellis, Peter" <peter_ellis@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

 

Have you discovered the help files yet?  They're hidden away under the
menu Plugins/Energy Design Plugin/User Guide.  Take a look at the
section called "Using The Plugin".  It should answer most of your
questions.  

 

In a nutshell, you do all of the things you mentioned using the regular
SketchUp tools:  Rectangle, Line, Push/Pull, Move, Rotate, etc.  The key
is to create an EnergyPlus zone first, using the "New EnergyPlus Zone"
toolbar button.  Then you double-click the zone to "open" it for
editing.  Next, start drawing...  Everything you draw inside of that
zone becomes EnergyPlus surfaces. 

 

P

 

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From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jim_mcnally
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:47 PM
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Sketchup interface

 

I tried the SketchUp Add-in today. It's not clear how:
1. Surfaces in SketchUp become walls in E+ zones
2. Zones are sized - except by rescaling.
3. Windows (more rectangles, I guess) become cut-outs in walls.

Any help from the E+ team would be appreciated.

Regards,
Jim McNally
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--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com> , "ooikoonbeng2004" 
<ooi_kb3@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Linda, 
> 
> Does this mean that a 3D .skp file can create an .idf file for v 2.1? 
> 
> kind regards
> ooi
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com> , "Linda Lawrie" <linda@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > We expect to release a public beta yet this month -- somewhat in 
> > concert with the EnergyPlus 2.1 release.
> > 
> > Linda
> >
>

 



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