RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] DXF output from EnergyPlus 6.0

I do not know what you use to display the data, and whether they are the same data.

DXF generated by direct entry usually do not have problems. DXF exported from a third party software is unpreditable. Values to eight or more decimal places can trigger warnings.

The red coloured rectangles in the display may have hidden data. The roof area looked different as well.

DXF is a text file and the values in the file can be easily identified with the data at the IDF. When the DXF cannot be displayed, there are usually messages pointing to the problem values in the error file.

I have not look at any DXF text file recently. I do not know how the retangular mode of entry of walls, windows, doors, etc. are translated into the DXF format.

Dr. Li

To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: elmer.morrissey@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:05:02 -0700
Subject: Fw: [EnergyPlus_Support] DXF output from EnergyPlus 6.0

I've attached two screen captures of a building I am working on. The visual studio capture shows the various external boundaries (walls, windows, etc). The DXF screen capture shows the various incorrect aspects of the DXF output. Is this anticipated and does it reflect errors in processing space boundaries?

Kind regards

-Elmer

From: Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] DXF output from EnergyPlus 6.0

Nothing has changed in the EnergyPlus V6 DXF file from earlier versions.

At 11:50 AM 9/7/2011, Elmer Morrissey wrote:

Hello,

Has anyone come across issues with the DXF when the geometry is more complex than a 'box-type' shape.

The DXF generated by EnergyPlus 6.0 is an unreadable file in simulations runs when the simulating the 'whole building'. Ultimately, it cannot be read in any CAD file.

Kind regards

-Elmer

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