[Equest-users] eQuest & NoteTab Question
David Reddy
david at 360-analytics.com
Thu Sep 10 08:55:41 PDT 2015
We typically use RegExs for tasks like this as well, but I had not run
across the Regular Expressions 101 <https://regex101.com/> site before;
what a great resource Julien! Very cool way to keep track of
expressions and share. Thanks for circulating these examples!
David
On 9/10/2015 12:26 AM, Julien Marrec wrote:
> Jesse,
>
> I've created an example here : https://regex101.com/r/iZ5jO8/1. This
> should really help understanding how I'm getting the result, by
> decomposing each step of the regex.
>
> Note that I added names to capturing groups, you don't have to do
> that, you could use just positional:
>
> Look for: (SYSTEM *\n *?TYPE *= )HP(.*?FURNACE-HIR +?=
> [.0-9]+)\n(.*?\.\.\n)(\".*?\")
>
> Replace with: \1PSZ\2\n CONTROL-ZONE = \4\n\3\4
>
> A few things: dot (.) has to match newline characters for it to work.
> Also, in notepad++ to replace with named capturing groups, you use
> $+{Name}
> You have to replace \n (unix convention) by \r\n.
>
>
> Anyways, for notepad++ try:
>
> Search:
> (?<System1>SYSTEM *\r\n *?TYPE *= )HP(?<System2>.*?FURNACE-HIR +?=
> [.0-9]+)\r\n(?<System3>.*?\.\.\r
> \n)(?<ZoneName>\".*?\")
>
> Replace with:
> $+{System1}PSZ$+{System2}\n CONTROL-ZONE =
> $+{ZoneName}\n$+{System3}$+{ZoneName}
>
>
>
> I've loaded it up in eQuest, seems to do the job just fine. Let me
> know if you are trouble implementing. I've also attached the file
> back, but I'd be a shame to not take this as an opportunity to learn regex
>
> PS: By the way, you should really use floor multipliers.
>
> Best,
> Julien
>
>
> --
> Julien Marrec, EBCP, BPI MFBA
> Energy&Sustainability Engineer
> T: +33 6 95 14 42 13
>
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>
> 2015-09-09 22:32 GMT+02:00 Phillips, Jesse <jphillips at rdkengineers.com
> <mailto:jphillips at rdkengineers.com>>:
>
> Thanks Julien.
>
> I’ve attached the inp file. I am not familiar with Regex at all
> but I’ll check out that website. If you could send me some
> examples tomorrow though, that would be great!
>
> thanks,
>
> Jesse
>
> *From:*Julien Marrec [mailto:julien.marrec at gmail.com
> <mailto:julien.marrec at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2015 4:27 PM
> *To:* Phillips, Jesse <jphillips at RDKEngineers.com>
> *Cc:* Nathan Miller <nathanm at rushingco.com
> <mailto:nathanm at rushingco.com>>;
> equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest & NoteTab Question
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't know Notetab, but as long as you have one system for each
> zone, this is pretty easy if your editor supports Regular
> Expressions (Regex).
>
> As you might know, inp files has what I call a positional input
> for a few things (space > surface > window/door, same for system >
> zone). Meaning if you find something that is a system, everything
> that's right after (which are zones) below to this system until
> you find another system. As opposed to having a keyword linking
> those two objects.
>
> So you could use a regex for this job. Especially using positive
> lookaheads to delimit a single system and its zone (singular here,
> could be plural).
>
> If you do have only a single zone per system, it's even easier.
>
> Just look for a system and it's zone below it.
>
> If you are not familiar with regex and can't manage to build it,
> let me know, I'll try to find a few tomorrow to help you out (send
> me your file or an extract or it so I don't have to create a dummy
> one to play with it).
>
> By the way, here's a website I wish existed when I first started
> playing with regex: https://regex101.com/. Fyi, Notepad++ uses the
> prce engine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julien
>
>
> --
> Julien Marrec, EBCP, BPI MFBA
> Energy&Sustainability Engineer
> T: +33 6 95 14 42 13 <tel:%2B33%206%2095%2014%2042%2013>
>
> LinkedIn (en) : www.linkedin.com/in/julienmarrec
> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/julienmarrec>
> LinkedIn (fr) : www.linkedin.com/in/julienmarrec/fr
> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/julienmarrec/fr>
>
> 2015-09-09 22:04 GMT+02:00 Phillips, Jesse
> <jphillips at rdkengineers.com <mailto:jphillips at rdkengineers.com>>:
>
> I don’t think you can create macros in NoteTab. What would
> that macro look like in boxer?
>
> Jesse Phillips
>
> Energy Engineer
>
> RDK Engineers
>
> P: 857-221-5957
>
> *From:* Nathan Miller [mailto:nathanm at rushingco.com
> <mailto:nathanm at rushingco.com>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2015 3:38 PM
> *To:* Phillips, Jesse <jphillips at RDKEngineers.com
> <mailto:jphillips at RDKEngineers.com>>;
> equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* RE: eQuest & NoteTab Question
>
> Can you create a macro that searches for each instance of
> “=ZONE”, copies the text before the “=” to get the zone name,
> and the pastes in the lines necessary to create a new single
> zone system, using the zone name now stored in the clip-board
> to paste in the control zone?
>
> I’m not familiar with NoteTab, but you can do that in boxer.
>
> **
>
> *Nathan Miller, PE, LEED AP BD+C**– */Mechanical
> Engineer/Senior Energy Analyst/
>
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>
> *www.rushingco.com <http://www.rushingco.com/>*
>
> *From:* Equest-users
> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Phillips, Jesse
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2015 3:23 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] eQuest & NoteTab Question
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a model with 233 zones. Right now, every zone has a
> water loop heat pump. I want to convert these all to packaged
> single zone systems. To do this, I am working in the .inp
> file and doing a “find and replace” in NoteTab. The replacing
> of the system type is easy. I simply search for the
> “type = HP” line and replace with “type = PSZ”.
> However, the PSZ system requires a control zone. I would like
> each control zone to be the zone in which that particular
> system resides. Which means, for each of my 233 zones, I will
> have a different control zone (i.e. no longer a simple find
> and replace search).
>
> Does anyone know of a way to use “find and replace” (or
> another method) to set each control zone with the zone name
> which the system resides?
>
> This is what the .inp file should look like for a packaged
> single zone system:
>
> "EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.SSW1)" = SYSTEM
>
> TYPE = PSZ
>
> HEAT-SOURCE = HEAT-PUMP
>
> ZONE-HEAT-SOURCE = NONE
>
> SIZING-RATIO = 1
>
> COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1
>
> MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58
>
> FAN-SCHEDULE = "S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch"
>
> CW-LOOP = "DEFAULT-CW"
>
> COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752
>
> COOL-SH-CAP = 11839
>
> HP-SUPP-SOURCE = NONE
>
> FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067
>
> CONTROL-ZONE = "EL1 SSW Perim Zn (G.SSW1)"
>
> C-EER95 = 8.24
>
> C-COP47 = 0.78
>
> C-AFUE = 0.78
>
> C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1
>
> C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1
>
> C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1
>
> C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum*
>
> C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7
>
> C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum*
>
> C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7
>
> C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14
>
> For my next system, everything would be exactly the same
> except the highlighted lines (and so on for all 233 systems):
>
> "EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.W2)" = SYSTEM
>
> TYPE = PSZ
>
> HEAT-SOURCE = HEAT-PUMP
>
> ZONE-HEAT-SOURCE = NONE
>
> SIZING-RATIO = 1
>
> COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1
>
> MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58
>
> FAN-SCHEDULE = "S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch"
>
> CW-LOOP = "DEFAULT-CW"
>
> COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752
>
> COOL-SH-CAP = 11839
>
> HP-SUPP-SOURCE = NONE
>
> FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067
>
> CONTROL-ZONE = "EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.W2)"
>
> C-EER95 = 8.24
>
> C-COP47 = 0.78
>
> C-AFUE = 0.78
>
> C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1
>
> C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1
>
> C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1
>
> C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum*
>
> C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7
>
> C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum*
>
> C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7
>
> C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14
>
> thank you,
>
> Jesse Phillips | Energy Engineer
>
>
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