[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Possible problem with transition-V5-0-0-to-V6-0-0 ? Or with the reference buildings?

[Mário <mneves32@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Álvaro.

How are you seeing the file in the DXF mode?

MN

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Álvaro Fialho <alvarofialho@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I wanted to play a bit with the "Commercial Reference Buildings" 
> (http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/commercial_initiative/reference_buildings.html), 
> but the available idf files are for EnergyPlus v5.
> 
> I converted them to v6 using the transition-V5-0-0-to-V6-0-0 tool that 
> comes in the bin folder of the default MacOS EnergyPlus installation. It 
> seemed to work ok:
> 
> alvaro$ /Applications/EnergyPlus-6-0-0/bin/transition-V5-0-0-to-V6-0-0 
> RefBldgLargeHotelPost1980_v1.3_5.0_5A_USA_IL_CHICAGO-OHARE.idf
>   Transition Starting
>   Transition 5.0 => 6.0
>   Processing Old IDD -- V5-0-0-Energy+.idd
>   Processing New IDD -- V6-0-0-Energy+.idd
>   Will create new full IDFs
>   Will create new IDF lines with units where applicable
>   Will create new IDF lines leaving blank incoming fields as blank (no 
> default fill)
>    Report Variable Name file=Report Variables 5-0-0-031 to 6-0-0.csv
>    not found.
>   Processing IDF -- 
> RefBldgLargeHotelPost1980_v1.3_5.0_5A_USA_IL_CHICAGO-OHARE.idf
> 
> 
> But when visualizing the resulting DXF file, there are some "gaps" 
> between the different stores of the building, as you can see in the 
> figure attached. Exactly the same happened to other big buildings, such 
> as the LargeOfficePost and the MidRiseAppartment, while for many others 
> the model was ok.
> 
> Would it be a problem with the "transition" tool? Or is it an error that 
> is already part of the original v5 model? I could verify this on my own, 
> but I couldn't find where to download previous versions of EnergyPlus.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Álvaro.
>




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