The internal items can be accounted for later as internal mass. You do not want to specify anything other than the external shell and internal zone boundary's.
Also you will not want to save as sketchup format whatsoever (even tho it will ask you to do so) save only in open studio or export IDF. Many use open studio/sketchup for creation of IDF and use IDF editor from there.Have fun-Jeremiah D. CrossettCleanTech AnalyticsThis document may contain valuable information proprietary to CleanTech Analytics which is private and confidential. It may not be shared, copied, stored or transmitted in any form without the prior written consent of CleanTech Analytics
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Long Phan <ltb.phan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi Group,
I'm a new user in EnergyPlus. I am trying to learn this software. My question is when creating a office building geometry in Google Sketchup for EPlus, do I need to draw stuff inside the office like furniture, tables, chairs, etc., in order to accurately simulate the office energy use? Or just simply an empty envelope and then specify loads later?
Thanks for your help,
Long
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