Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Error message: in.idf missing

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you're doing things by hand, you'll need to follow (or
write your own) batch file to mirror what our batch files do.

You're gettting this message, most likely, because you have HVACTemplate
objects in your in.idf but haven't run the ExpandObjects program which
changes them from HVACTemplate to the other "native"
objects.

If memory serves, we run:
epmacro
expandobjects
energyplus

and each of these may use in.<something> as input, output a file
which gets copied to an in.idf for down the line.   

Why are you running by hand, if I may ask?

At 09:18 AM 7/23/2009, Steven (Xing) Shi wrote:
> Thank you! This helped. However,
> another arises.  I got the following fatal message:
>
> The ExpandObjects program has not been run or is not in your
> EnergyPlus.exe folder.
>
> I checked the folder (both in Windows and DOS) and saw the
> ExpandObjects.exe file in the energyplus.exe folder.
>
> What is wrong here?  Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linda Lawrie <linda@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Are you going to the command window to run energyplus or trying to
> > double click on it?
> > 
> > If you open a command (aka DOS) window and do a dir to make sure
> > in.idf is there (and isn't called something like in.idf.txt) then
> you 
> > should be able to just type EnergyPlus to run.
> > 
> > If you're trying to use the RunEPlus batch file, the instructions
> > would be different.
> > 
> > At 08:55 AM 7/23/2009, Steven (Xing) Shi wrote:
> > >Yes. I was in the EP root folder.  My directory is as
> follows:
> > >
> > >E:\Research\Software\EnergyPlusV3-1-0
> >
>
>
>
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