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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Warning: a Surface is non-convex.

It means a line drawn through the surface touches more than 2 points for 
certain parts of the surface.
Draw the surface.
You can split up the surface into 2 surfaces to get rid of the error.

On 11/8/2012 1:53 PM, juniabuildings wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have got this warning:
>
> ** Warning ** CheckConvexity: Zone="1STFLOFFICE9:CORRIDOR1STFL34", Surface="1STFLENTRANCE10%5:LOBBY1STFL3_WALL_3_0_4" is non-convex.
>     **   ~~~   ** ...vertex 2 to vertex 3 to vertex 4
>     **   ~~~   ** ...vertex 2=[22.66,4.20,0.30]
>     **   ~~~   ** ...vertex 3=[22.66,4.20,0.00]
>     **   ~~~   ** ...vertex 4=[24.45,4.20,0.00]
>
> What does it mean that the surface is non-convex.
>
> Any idea of how to fix the warning?
>
> Regards,
>
> JC
>
>
>
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