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Re: [TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS3D Question

Hello Devin,

I vaguely remember trying this once and having some minor issue. My issue was that I specified the zone name in the incorrect place in the Type125 proforma. Please make sure that it is specified in the ‘Value’ and NOT the ‘Name’ column.  Again, please realize that this is simply for the graphical display in sketchup. If you would rather output hourly data, simply do that with the Type25 printer.

To respond to your second issue, when you save your TRNSYS3D *.idf file in TRNSYS3D, it does indeed save it as a *.idf (please note sometimes you manually have to write the *.idf extention). To implement the TRNSYS Building file (*.b17) in TRNSYS, the *.idf needs to be imported and translated to a *.b17 by a small application. You can either do this from the Studio as you did, or you can do this from TRNBuild. Thus, nothing wro! ng with the message.

Best regards,

Matt Duffy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Devin Rohan" <drohan@purdue.edu>
Sent: Tue, April 5, 2011 11:23
Subject: [TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS3D Question

I just got TRNSYS 17 and was going through the Google Sketchup tutorial.  The tutorial is not very clear as to what output from the Type 56 model should be an input into the Type 125 Sketchup printer.  I tried linking the two zone air temperatures to the 2 inputs of the Sketchup printer (with values being named FIRST_FLOOR and SECOND_FLOOR and units bei! ng "strings").  Going back into Sketchup, the render by data value just shows the model as white, meaning there's no information transfered from the studio simulation.  
 
One more note is that when I initially save the .idf file in Sketchup, it doesn't actually become a .idf until I create a 3D project in the sim studio.  I then get a message..."The BUI file need be translated and is about to be processed by TrnsysStudio. Click OK to continue..."  Is there anything wrong with this message?
 
Thanks

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Devin M. Rohan
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