[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Error importing IDF in Sketchup

["JV Dirkes II" <jvd2pe@xxxxxxx>]

Dear Andy,

It appears that IDF Editor strips them out when you open a DB-exported
..idf file, then "Save As".  I see them in the text before "Save As",
but not after....

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Andy Tindale" <andy@...>
wrote:
>
> So we can safely remove statements from DesignBuilder IDF output:
> 
> LEAD INPUT
> END LEAD INPUT
> SIMULATION DATA
> END SIMULATION DATA
> 
> ?
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ellis, Peter
> Sent: 05 April 2008 04:32
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] Error importing IDF in Sketchup
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Justin,
> 
> You can safely ignore those errors.  DesignBuilder adds a few lines
to the
> IDF that are not really input objects ("Lead Input" and the others)
which
> confuses the plugin a little bit but does no real harm.  This is
already on
> the list to be fixed in the next release.
> 
> Thanks,
> P
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Justin Wong
> Sent: Fri 4/4/2008 7:09 PM
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Error importing IDF in Sketchup
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I got the following error when importing an idf generated from design
> builder.
> 
> Error: InputObject encountered with no definition in the DataDictionary
> (IDD): LEAD INPUT
> Maybe the wrong IDD version or input file is out-of-date.
> 
> Error: InputObject encountered with no definition in the DataDictionary
> (IDD): END LEAD INPUT
> Maybe the wrong IDD version or input file is out-of-date.
> 
> Error: InputObject encountered with no definition in the DataDictionary
> (IDD): SIMULATION DATA
> Maybe the wrong IDD version or input file is out-of-date.
> 
> Error: InputObject encountered with no definition in the DataDictionary
> (IDD): END SIMULATION DATA
> Maybe the wrong IDD version or input file is out-of-date.
> 
> Any comments will be appreciated.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Justin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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