Dear Rajaa,
I think you are correct regarding it's capability (only planar surfaces)
However, DesignBuilder, a commercial front end for E+, composes curve
approximations using multiple planes. There's a lot of flexibility in
that feature and should give you everything needed for most
geometries. It's also possible that the Sketchup plugin for E+ can do
the same.
--- In EnergyPlus_Support@ yahoogroups. com, Rajaa Issa <rajaaissa@. ..>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Energy Plus. I have a question that I couldn't find
direct answer for in the documentation.
>
> - Does Energy Plus accept only planar surfaces?
>
> - Also, should a curved wall or a dome for example be remodeled into
smaller surfaces before they could successfully be processed? Is
there other ways to simulate
curved surfaces?
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> -Rajaa
>