Your middle two coordinates are identical. Thus the
dot product fails.
If you want/need a triangular window, remove one of the middle
coordinates.
At 04:06 PM 8/30/2012, Jeremiah Crossett wrote:
Anyone have ideas for this
one> it was working fine and I changed an airflow setting then
this> when I change back it does not go away...?
Program
Version,EnergyPlus-64-MP 7.1.0.012, 8/30/2012 3:03 PM,IDD_Version
7.1.0.012
************* Beginning Zone Sizing Calculations
** Severe ** CalcCoordinateTransformation: Invalid dot
product, surface="FIN Left":
** ~~~ ** (
-3.745, -3.638, 1.981)
** ~~~ ** (
-3.745, -3.638, 0.975)
** ~~~ ** (
-3.745, -3.638, 0.975)
** ~~~ ** (
-3.745, -3.638, 1.981)
** Fatal ** CalcCoordinateTransformation:
Program terminates due to preceding condition.
...Summary of Errors that led to program termination:
..... Reference severe error count=1
..... Last severe error=CalcCoordinateTransformation:
Invalid dot product, surface="FIN Left":
************* Warning: Node connection errors not
checked - most system input has not been read (see previous
warning).
************* Fatal error -- final processing. Program
exited before simulations began. See previous error messages.
************* EnergyPlus Warmup Error Summary. During
Warmup: 0 Warning; 0 Severe Errors.
************* EnergyPlus Sizing Error Summary. During
Sizing: 0 Warning; 1 Severe Errors.
************* EnergyPlus Terminated--Fatal Error Detected. 0
Warning; 1 Severe Errors; Elapsed Time=00hr 00min 0.86sec
Jeremiah D. Crossett
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