Dear Luke,
Just use the online plotter with file (type65a for example), double click on the component and edit the external files tab with your preferred file name and directory.
Regards, Houssein. From: Chaminda Ranaweera via TRNSYS-users <trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:26 AM To: Luke Witmer; TRNSYS users mailing list at OneBuilding.org Subject: Re: [TRNSYS-users] Multi-obj Opt. Hello,
Can anybody help me on writing Output results to file. I foolowed the instruction in Help Manual. But it gives error massage. lease help me if u know. I hereby attach two Picture on that Thank You On Tue, 17 May 2016 19:15:17 +0000 Luke Witmer via TRNSYS-users <trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org> wrote: > Chaminda, > > If you want to leverage TRNSHD with the TRNSYS3D >SketchUp Plugin, you will > need to model the PVs as windows (on each roof surface), >as the shading > insolation matrix is only applied to window surfaces. >Also, the surrounding > building objects need to be modeled as shading objects, >as I don't think > generic walls will be accounted for in the shading >matrix calculations. > Then you can specify a window material made of nothing >so that irradiance > passing through is not reduced by the window material. >After that, you can > have the irradiance passing through that window >(representing your pv > aperture), reduced by shading objects, as an output to >compare against > different configurations or to pass to an actual pv >model (though this > number would only be valid in a pv model if your pv >panels have advanced > power electronics to reduce partial shading losses). I >hope that helps and > is clear enough. > > If anyone has a better way to do this, I'd be interested >to know as well. I > know there are specific components for inter-row pv >shading calcs, but > those don't account for nearby objects. > > Best, > Luke |