Re: [TRNSYS-users] reporting possible TRNSYS3d bug

Hello Matt,

If you say so concerning *.skp and *.idf, I guess I did a mess with the *.idf !

Please find it attached.

Three questions now:

- How can I understand whether the *.idf is well done (just importing it in TRNSYS or also opening it as text?)?

- Just to start correctly next time: it doesn’t make any sense, creating the building as *.skp and then drawing the TRNSYS zones (generating the *.idf) as “geometric carbon copy” of the *.skp geometry, right?

- in zoning process, facing convex zones is really frequent (for example following the shape of flats within a multifamily house).

In order to create a detailed model following the apartments shapes (well zoned building, high number of zones, high simulation times), the only solution to represent correctly the “convex” apartment is to create 2 no convex zones separated with a full glazed, no resistance wall, setting then an high flow rate between the two zones?

Thanks a lot,

With best regards

Stefano

From: Matt Duffy [mailto:duffy@tess-inc.com]
Sent: martedì 10 maggio 2011 22.21
To: Avesani Stefano ; trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu
Subject: Re: [TRNSYS-users] reporting possible TRNSYS3d bug

Hello Stefano,

I have never seen this particular error. To the best of your knowledge, were there any significant errors in your *.idf? You hopefully did not combine a *.skp file with your *.idf?

Best regards,

Matt Duffy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Avesani Stefano" <stefano.avesani@eurac.edu>
Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 8:10
Subject: [TRNSYS-users] reporting possible TRNSYS3d bug

Dear all,

I am facing this problem with the TRNSYS3d plug in.

Is this the right place to communicate this, isn’t? Please find in the following the error description.

Thanks

Stefano

ERROR:

NoMethodError

undefined method `upcase' for nil:NilClass

BACKTRACE:

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/BaseSurface.rb:371:in `glazing_area'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/Bag.rb:87:in `each'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/BaseSurface.rb:370:in `glazing_area'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/Zone.rb:494:in `exterior_glazing_area'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/Bag.rb:87:in `each'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/Zone.rb:492:in `exterior_glazing_area'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/Zone.rb:503:in `percent_glazing'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/dialogs/ZoneInfoInterface.rb:50:in `populate_hash'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/dialogs/DialogInterface.rb:19:in `initialize'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/dialogs/ObjectInfoInterface.rb:40:in `new'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/dialogs/ObjectInfoInterface.rb:40:in `populate_hash'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/dialogs/DialogInterface.rb:36:in `update'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/DialogManager.rb:63:in `update'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/ModelManager.rb:429:in `selection_changed'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/observers/SelectionObserver.rb:21:in `onSelectionBulkChange'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/BaseSurface.rb:371

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