Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Calling external files

["Edwin Lee" <leeed2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

If the .dat file just contains a section of the input data (for instance for
a parametric study), then the EP-Macro tool can be used to import data into
the input file.

You can have a core input file with a command like ##include
constructiondata.dat.  Then when EP-Macro comes along it will just put the
contents of constructiondata.dat into the core input file.  Then you would
only have to change the constructiondata file, and the core input file is
'unchanged'.

Also, E+ allows you to input schedules through external files.  This helps
to alleviate the problem of huge input files if you have hourly experimental
data for instance.  This may be what the thesis you mentioned is doing.  If
they have experimental data, this could be some measured surface
temperatures for instance in the .dat file.

Those are the two ways of bringing input into E+ that I remember off the top
of my head.

Edwin

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:57 AM, songarriga <songarriga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Hello EPlus forum,
>
> I`m new writing here but I use to read you, so first of all say hello
> everybody.
> My question is the following. I've been reading a master thesis about
> the validation of a trombe wall in EnergyPlus, I don't know if you
> know it. The fact is that for making this validation the author call
> to external file (*.dat) which contains requested information for
> running the simulation. My doubt is about how can be done this
> calling or if by the way is it neccesary to make any change in the
> source code. Please if it's possible I'd like to know more about this
> possibilitie of requesting info from external files.
>
> Anticipated thanks
>
> Alvaro Campos
>
> Department of Thermal Enginnering
> Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Bilbao
> Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU)
> 48013 Bilbao, Vizcaya
> País Vasco - España
>
>  
>


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