Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] sketch-up plugins: top down vs bottom up

["Ery Djunaedy" <ery@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter,

Yes you are right, it is much better than starting from scratch.

I am trying to figure this out with a small box.
What I know is that there is a connection between:
groups ==> zones
faces ==> surfaces

I managed to create a group, but how to define this group as zone?
Furthermore, how to define a face to become a surface.
Or the above method won't work?

Can you elaborate further on "tracing over existing surfaces into a new layer"?
Do I need to make a new EPlus zone, and create surfaces based on the
existing faces?

Can you briefly outline what I need to do?

Thanks,

Ery



On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Ellis, Peter <peter_ellis@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Hi Ery,
>
>  Your impression is correct.  It is very much a bottom-up philosophy.  The
>  plugin is intended to work best as an integrated tool during the early
>  phases of the design process.  Ideally, you are meant to create your
>  energy model at the same time that you are roughing out your initial
>  design concepts in SketchUp.  There are several features underway that
>  will make it much cleaner for the EnergyPlus model and the full-blown
>  SketchUp architectural model to coexist seamlessly in the same file.  It's
>  not quite there yet, but that's the goal.  For now, it's best to view the
>  plugin as a nice geometry editor for EnergyPlus.  It will probably never
>  be a converter or translator for automatically generating an EnergyPlus
>  file out of an existing SketchUp file.
>
>  That said, it is still possible to work top-down.  The process is
>  basically one of tracing over the existing SketchUp surfaces with a new
>  layer of EnergyPlus surfaces.  It might be a bit tricky at first but if
>  you dig into SketchUp more you'll find that it offers lots of tools and
>  features that can make the process easier.  At any rate, you're still in a
>  much better position than if you had to create your EnergyPlus geometry
>  from scratch using a text editor, right?
>
>  P
>

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