Re: [TRNSYS-users] Error reading buifile

[David BRADLEY <d.bradley@tess-inc.com>]

Huy Tung,
  There isn't much in the way of tools to help debug an *.idf file that isn't importing correctly into TRNBuild. I have not gotten the exact error message that you mentioned but I have gotten similar ones. The import feature in TRNBuild almost always creates a complete *.b17 file (even if it won't open the *.b17 fully). I would recommend that you open the *.b17 with a text editor (such as Notepad) and see if you can locate the surface that is causing you the error then go back to SketchUp, delete the corresponding surface and redraw it.
  In general it is highly recommended that you draw your building one zone at a time, match surfaces, then import the building into TRNBuild after each new zone is drawn. It becomes increasingly difficult to go back and find an error in the Trnsys3D plugin. By importing after drawing each new zone you make sure that you catch the error early.
  Of course if you are unable to find the cause of the error you can send the *.idf to your distributor for assistance.
Kind regards,
 David

On 2/9/2014 02:03, Tung Nguyen Huy wrote:

Hello,

I made the house model by Google Sketchup Pro and match the surfaces by SURFACE MATCHING tool. However, when I use TRNSYS Simulation Studio to run the *.idf file. It notices an ERROR READING BUIFILE - "WALL SURFACE NUMBER IS NOT UNIQUE".

Please help me how to fix or how to avoid those errors. I met those errors many times, so I cannot do my work further. 

Thank you so much.

Yours sincerely,

Nguyen, Huy Tung

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