Thanks for the offer, but in double checking before submitting I found the problems. I had reversed a side in an adjacent zone surface to fix a mismatch orientation,
but only got a warning on view factors for RADBED1 because complex geometry placed a possible view surface in line with the surface I changed…
Need more rest before giving up in the future….
Ned Lyon, P.E. (MA, WV)
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From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Linda Lawrie
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 7:18 AM
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] View Factor Warning Help
Send the input file to the helpdesk and we can look at it.
This is most often caused by surfaces not enclosing a zone -- but since you checked that, it might be incorrect surface orientation, so it thinks they aren't in the zone.
At 04:54 AM 3/8/2013, Edward G. Lyon wrote:
I generated a partial model in Sketchup with the intention of duplicating it with origin and direction changes to complete a floor plan. I am not sure how to locate and fix the following warning.
** Warning ** FixViewFactors: View factors not complete. Check for bad surface descriptions or unenclosed zone="RADBED1".
RADBED1 did have some problems with Sketchup geometry that I fixed in the IDF. There was a small gap to one adjacent surface. RADBED1 is a small rectangle. One surface is an exterior, 3 are adiabatic, and 2 are other surface. I have confirmed that the vertices are properly entered . Adjacent zones are not reporting this problem, so I assume there is no overlap. I have 4 other similar zones that did not need any fixing. Going back to Sketchup for a fix is not an option as the legacy open studio always loses parts of the geometry when reopened. Any help you can offer is appreciated.
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