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





Thanks Karen and Jim, I just added it to the list (which is really long at this point).

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

Jason

On 4/27/2016 3:46 PM, Jim Dirkes jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support] wrote:
Either that or a copy function which allows closing the gap. Occasionally, it's annoying (and time-wasting) to tighten up a list when you want to remove an item that's not at the bottom.

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.
Inline image 1

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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