Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Call for IDF Editor Suggestions

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Karen Walkerman kwalkerman@xxxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support] <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Jason,

it would be useful if blank lines in list objects could be automatically ignored when saving and creating the IDF file. In the image below, there is a blank line in the "Corridors" Zonelist.

This translates in the text file to:

ZoneList,

Corridors, !- Name

1 07 North Entry, !- Zone 1 Name

, !- Zone 2 Name

1 11 Elevator, !- Zone 3 Name

1 18 Corridor, !- Zone 4 Name

2 06 Corridor, !- Zone 5 Name

2 14 Corridor, !- Zone 6 Name

1 09 Main Entry; !- Zone 7 Name

... and throws an error. It would be desirable for the program to simply do the following:

ZoneList,

Corridors, !- Name

1 07 North Entry, !- Zone 1 Name

1 11 Elevator, !- Zone 2 Name

1 18 Corridor, !- Zone 3 Name

2 06 Corridor, !- Zone 4 Name

2 14 Corridor, !- Zone 5 Name

1 09 Main Entry; !- Zone 6 Name

This would be useful for pretty much any list-type object, and especially Schedule:Compact.

... and for Schedule:Compact - how about being able to insert a line?

For Schedule:Compact, at least, it might be possible to simply display a textbox type input, instead of a line-by-line input.

All this can be easily done in a text file, but that requires closing, re-opening and interrupts the workflow.

Thanks!

Karen
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Jason Glazer jglazer@xxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support] <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Chandan, Thanks, that is a good suggestion and I added it to the list. https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/issues/5606 Jason
On 4/27/2016 7:16 AM, Chandan Sharma chandangsharma@xxxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support] wrote:

Jason,

If you are still taking inputs, here is one more request. Can IDFEditor sort EMS programs in a different way (the way we actually write IF-ELSE ,nested loops statements etc) than rest of the objects?

For example, if the idf has following EMS program

IF ABS_QdotReq < ABS_FullTotCapSens, !- <none>

Set PLR = (ABS_QdotReq - FanPowerToAir)/ (ABS_FullTotCapSens - FanPowerToAir), !- <none>

Set ErrorTol = 0.0005, !- <none>

Set Iter = 0, !- <none>

Set MaxIter = 30, !- <none>

Set Relax = 0.8, !- <none>

Set ABS_Error = 0.002, !- <none>

WHILE (ABS_Error > ErrorTol) && (Iter < MaxIter), !- <none>

Set OutAir_H = (PLR*FullLoadOutAirEnth) + ((1.0-PLR)* FanOut_H), !- <none>

Set OutAir_W = (PLR*FullLoadOutAirHumRat) + ((1.0-PLR)*FanOut_W), !- <none>

Set OutletAirTemp = @TdbFnHW OutAir_H OutAir_W, !- <none>

Set TotCapTest = AirSupMdotDesign * (DesiredZone_H - OutAir_H), !- <none>

Set Error = (ABS_QdotReq - TotCapTest)/ABS_QdotReq, !- <none>

Set ABS_Error = @ABS Error, !- <none>

IF (ABS_Error > ErrorTol), !- <none>

Set DelPLR = (ABS_QdotReq - TotCapTest) / ABS_FullTotCapSens, !- <none>

Set PLR = PLR + Relax * DelPLR, !- <none>

Set PLR = @min PLR 1.0, !- <none>

ENDIF, !- <none>

Set Iter = Iter + 1, !- <none>

If (Iter == 16), !- <none>

Set Relax = 0.5, !- <none>

ENDIF, !- <none>

ENDWHILE, !- <none>

ELSE, !- <none>

Set PLR = 1.0, !- <none>

Set OutAir_H = FullLoadOutAirEnth, !- <none>

Set OutAir_W = FullLoadOutAirHumRat, !- <none>

Set OutletAirTemp = FullLoadOutAirTemp, !- <none>

ENDIF, !- <none>

after sorting from IDF Editor, it becomes as follows

IF ABS_QdotReq < ABS_FullTotCapSens, !- A68

Set PLR = (ABS_QdotReq - FanPowerToAir)/ (ABS_FullTotCapSens - FanPowerToAir), !- A69

Set ErrorTol = 0.0005, !- A70

Set Iter = 0, !- A71

Set MaxIter = 30, !- A72

Set Relax = 0.8, !- A73

Set ABS_Error = 0.002, !- A74

WHILE (ABS_Error > ErrorTol) && (Iter < MaxIter), !- A75

Set OutAir_H = (PLR*FullLoadOutAirEnth) + ((1.0-PLR)* FanOut_H), !- A76

Set OutAir_W = (PLR*FullLoadOutAirHumRat) + ((1.0-PLR)*FanOut_W), !- A77

Set OutletAirTemp = @TdbFnHW OutAir_H OutAir_W, !- A78

Set TotCapTest = AirSupMdotDesign * (DesiredZone_H - OutAir_H), !- A79

Set Error = (ABS_QdotReq - TotCapTest)/ABS_QdotReq, !- A80

Set ABS_Error = @ABS Error, !- A81

IF (ABS_Error > ErrorTol), !- A82

Set DelPLR = (ABS_QdotReq - TotCapTest) / ABS_FullTotCapSens, !- A83

Set PLR = PLR + Relax * DelPLR, !- A84

Set PLR = @min PLR 1.0, !- A85

ENDIF, !- A86

Set Iter = Iter + 1, !- A87

If (Iter == 16), !- A88

Set Relax = 0.5, !- A89

ENDIF, !- A90

ENDWHILE, !- A91

ELSE, !- A92

Set PLR = 1.0, !- A93

Set OutAir_H = FullLoadOutAirEnth, !- A94

Set OutAir_W = FullLoadOutAirHumRat, !- A95

Set OutletAirTemp = FullLoadOutAirTemp, !- A96

ENDIF, !- A97

Thanks for asking for inputs.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Jason Glazer jglazer@xxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support] <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for all the suggestions I received on this thread. I
compiled them here:

https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/issues/5606

Please let me know if you have additional suggestions or
clarifications.

Jason

On 3/31/2016 3:42 PM, Jason Glazer wrote:
> If you use IDF Editor extensively and have ideas on how it
> can be made easier to use please let me know. I am
> especially interested in ideas on how to reduce
> time-consuming repetitive actions that would be simple for
> me to program. Here are the current GitHub issues related
> to IDF Editor:
>
> https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AIDFEditor
>
>
> Please email me directly and I will compile a list of
> suggestions and post a summary.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jason
>

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