Energy Simulation errors

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Permalink Reply by Theodoros Galanos on April 19, 2015 at 12:34am

Seems I overestimated both my design skills and eyesight. Had an invalid brep. Going over the design now, managed to close the breps (most of them). I now get an error while solving adjacencies "number of windows doesnt match between (hexa name)  and hexa name surfaces".

I am still getting the severe error of adiabatic surfaces. Is there something I am missing since the only place I see where I can assign adiabatic is in solve adjacencies.

Thanks in advance.

Permalink Reply by Theodoros Galanos on April 19, 2015 at 12:53am

Attaching the new file.

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Abraham Yezioro on April 19, 2015 at 1:08am

Theodore,

Your issues are not related to E+'s version. No need to update it.

Though, unless Chris identifies the tolerance issue i would suggest to build zone by zone and see what you get. This way you can be sure you are doing fine.

The model is so complicated to check that i can't dedicate much more time to see. Also use the HB_decomposeByType so you can visualize if you are getting what you think you should get.

-A.

Permalink Reply by Theodoros Galanos on April 19, 2015 at 2:12am

Thanks Abraham.

At least one issue is out.

I managed to clean the file a bit. Not the structure unfortunately but the geometry variables. I cleared internal and external walls appropriately. In the preview component though I can see three main issues:

1. 3 Window surfaces are listed as internal windows even though they are on external surfaces. I don't know how I can define a window as internal in honeybee. Tried changing the normals but didn't work. This is an EP option so is the idf editor the only way?

2. 2 surfaces show up on external surfaces even though they are internal.

3. A whole zone (the grouped zone on the left, corridor) is not previewed. It is the only zone I cannot manage to close. And I am not sure why it is open. In the preview there is a weird thing however. The wirefreme looks bended somehow.

Despite all the above, the same errors keep coming up. Specifically the adiabatic surfaces cannot have windows or openings I do not understand. I realize that a surface like "ground", "ceiling", or "floor" cannot have openings but I checked and all of them are wall surfaces. And finall the outside boundary condition error. I'm stomped. And I can't but help feeling it's some stupid mistake I made and I can't see.

Thank you all in advance.

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Permalink Reply by Abraham Yezioro on April 19, 2015 at 4:24am

See attached.

Look for RED groups. There i've found issues that don't know how to solve.

Hard to see ... but you'll manage, i'm sure.

-A.

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