Re: [TRNSYS-users] Error: Active layer

["Cramer Silkworth" <silkworth@transsolar.com>]

Ratnalee,

 

The bui file is just an ASCII text file. Open it in Notepad (or any other text editor) and find your wall types, and there you'll see the thicknesses of each layer in each wall.

 

 

-Cramer

J. Cramer Silkworth

Transsolar Climate Engineering

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From: Ratnalee Patil [mailto:ratnalee@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:29 AM
To: trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu
Subject: [TRNSYS-users] Error: Active layer

Hi everyone,

 

I just came across a problem with Type 56. I had an active layer defined previously with specifications according to the related guidelines in TRNSYS document (6.2.4.2.3). While I was trying out different combinations of pipe diameters and spacing with the flow rates, I closed the bui file before changing the thickness of the layer above the pipes (which needs to be greater than 0.3*spacing). Now when I try to reopen my bui file, I get a window with 'error reading bui file' saying thickness of layer adjacent to active layer is too small. When I click OK, the file closes. How do I change this thickness in the bui file if I can't opn it?

 

I appreciate the help.

 

Thank you,

Ratnalee Patil
Graduate Student
Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
(919) 387-2866

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