Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Floor Plan to Model - Floor Areas

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you wait for V7 release, you will be able to input the
floor areas you desire.

There is also a tips and tricks article about wall modeling (center,
etc)

At 05:59 AM 10/25/2011, Jean marais wrote:
> I've used Design Builder to
> generate geometry. In Design Builder you must specify a width for the
> exterior walls and a width for interior partitions.
>
> The architectual layouts show differing wall thicknesses, resulting in a
> different floor area, than that of my model.
>
> To achieve the best geometric fit, I've set my walls as thin as possible
> in Design Builder, listed the floor areas and volumes and compared them
> to those of the floor plans.
>
> I can adjust the volume, but not the floor area in e+.
>
> I must justify the discrepancy to the LEED reviewers.
>
> How do other people deal with this? What other workflows do they
> use?

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