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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=530101715-19052011><FONT color=#0000ff
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=530101715-19052011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Thanks for the help! I will have to give that a
try.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=530101715-19052011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Thanks again!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Nick Caton
[mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:06
AM<BR><B>To:</B> David Hostetter;
bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bldg-sim] EnergyPlus and
AGI32 Interoperability<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">EnergyPlus
is foreign to me right now, but if I’m correct in understanding DesignBuilder
will export the DOE benchmark models into Sketchup, then the answer is
definitely yes. There is a procedure I’ve documented to move from Sketchup
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">à</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
AGI32, and I use it fairly often for photometric/rendering studies. I’ve
written on this a while back and more recently in the AGI32 forums… (<A
href="http://www.agi32.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=864&forum_id=4">http://www.agi32.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=864&forum_id=4</A>).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Some
simplification may be in order once you’re in Sketchup to make the transition
into AGI32 cleanly.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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have reason to believe the most recent AGI32 update (2.1?) resolves much of the
coplanar triangulation I’ve learned to work around / live with, which could
potentially eliminate some/all of the intermediate CAD processing steps
(region/union). I’ve seen screenshots elsewhere that looked
promising.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>David
Hostetter<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:54 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bldg-sim] EnergyPlus and
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Does anyone know of a
way to communicate between EnergyPlus and AGI32? Specifically, we would
like to use the DOE Commercial Benchmark Models that are available in EnergyPlus
and export them to AGI32 for lighting analysis and design. We will be
using DesignBuilder as our visualization tool for
EnergyPlus.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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