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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Sketchup And Energy Plus





There is no tutorial illustrating using Sketchup and EnergyPlus to achieve a total result.

Sketchup, so far, is used mostly for creating the building geometry.  However, it can also read in an idf file -- so if you use any tools to create the idf, it can read it in for visualization, changing the geometry and running EnergyPlus.

EnergyPlus makes no assumptions about the heating/cooling requirements for the building, you must enter them (likely with the IDF Editor?)

In the Getting Started document, are several tutorial examples that illustrate using the IDF editor with other parts to complete a building analysis.  I also direct you to the HVACTemplate objects which can help create many system configurations.

The ideal loads (sometimes called Purchased Air) can be used to determine unconstrained heating/cooling requirements for a building.

EnergyPlus Development Team


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