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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Outward Facing Angle for a subsurface



This one might be because the lowest coordinates of the door (0.000000) 
is the same as the wall. The door is not "enclosed" by the wall. Try 
making the lowest door coordinate (0.000001). You might have to raise 
the door as high a 1 mm (0.001) to make this work. You can also raise 
the top of the door to keep the same dimension. As in the last email, 
you can split up the surface into 2 or more surfaces so that the door is 
within a 4-point surface. And yes, you can ignore this warning but it is 
always better to eliminate all warnings.

FenestrationSurface

:Detailed,
ZnWare:E_Wall:Roller_Door, !- Name
Door, !- Surface Type
Exterior Roller Door, !- Construction Name
ZnWare:E_Wall, !- Building Surface Name
, !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
, !- View Factor to Ground
, !- Shading Control Name
, !- Frame and Divider Name
, !- Multiplier
4, !- Number of Vertices
65.000000, 66.106057, 6.000000, !- X,Y,Z 1 {m}
65.000000, 66.106057, 0.000001, !- X,Y,Z 2 {m}
65.000000, 74.106057, 0.000001, !- X,Y,Z 3 {m}
65.000000, 74.106057, 6.000000; !- X,Y,Z 4 {m}

-OR-
65.000000, 66.106057, 6.001, !- X,Y,Z 1 {m}
65.000000, 66.106057, 0.001, !- X,Y,Z 2 {m}
65.000000, 74.106057, 0.001, !- X,Y,Z 3 {m}
65.000000, 74.106057, 6.001; !- X,Y,Z 4 {m}
philcook76 wrote:
>
>
> Thanks a lot Richard. You were exactly right. I moved the first two 
> points to the end of the list and the problems stopped.
>
> Now I am getting a warning that the doors contained within a wall are 
> not fully enclosed. Should I just ignore this warning? I have enclosed 
> a relevant extract from the IDF file.
>
> Phil
>
> BuildingSurface:Detailed,
> ZnWare:E_Wall, !- Name
> Wall, !- Surface Type
> Exterior Wall, !- Construction Name
> WarehouseZone, !- Zone Name
> Outdoors, !- Outside Boundary Condition
> , !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
> SunExposed, !- Sun Exposure
> WindExposed, !- Wind Exposure
> , !- View Factor to Ground
> 8, !- Number of Vertices
> 65.000000, 65.000000, 8.373503, !- X,Y,Z 3 {m}
> 65.000000, 65.000000, 0.000000, !- X,Y,Z 4 {m}
> 65.000000, 75.000000, 0.000000, !- X,Y,Z 5 {m}
> 65.000000, 75.000000, 8.000000, !- X,Y,Z 6 {m}
> 65.000000, 70.323463, 10.700000, !- X,Y,Z 7 {m}
> 65.000000, 70.323463, 8.000000, !- X,Y,Z 8 {m}
> 65.000000, 65.646926, 10.700000, !- X,Y,Z 1 {m}
> 65.000000, 65.646926, 8.000000; !- X,Y,Z 2 {m}
>
> FenestrationSurface:Detailed,
> ZnWare:E_Wall:Roller_Door, !- Name
> Door, !- Surface Type
> Exterior Roller Door, !- Construction Name
> ZnWare:E_Wall, !- Building Surface Name
> , !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
> , !- View Factor to Ground
> , !- Shading Control Name
> , !- Frame and Divider Name
> , !- Multiplier
> 4, !- Number of Vertices
> 65.000000, 66.106057, 6.000000, !- X,Y,Z 1 {m}
> 65.000000, 66.106057, 0.000000, !- X,Y,Z 2 {m}
> 65.000000, 74.106057, 0.000000, !- X,Y,Z 3 {m}
> 65.000000, 74.106057, 6.000000; !- X,Y,Z 4 {m}
>
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com>, Richard Raustad 
> <RRaustad@...> wrote:
> >
> > If you look at the first 3 points in the BuildingSurface:Detailed
> > object, they are described opposite in direction to the fenestration
> > coordinates which may be confusing E+. I'm not sure of this, but you
> > could also try using point 3 as the first point in the list where point
> > 1 and 2 would be listed last. You could also try splitting up the
> > surface into 2 or more surfaces where the fenestration surface is
> > "within" the boundary of a 4-point surface.
> >
>
> 

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