<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>It is significantly easier just to use the DOE2 executables that come with EE4. The DOE.bat file in the EE4/DOE folder will run the .DOE file as generated by EE4 without worrying about changing the EE4 defined materials/constructions. </div><div><br>On 2012-05-11, at 1:07 PM, Alex Blue <<a href="mailto:ablue@sustainable-solutions.ca">ablue@sustainable-solutions.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A colleague recently had to make some modifications to the DOE2.1E file generated by EE4 for the first time, and I thought I would take the opportunity to send out a quick how-to for others’ future reference. There’s loads of good documentation
on the <a href="http://doe2.com">doe2.com</a> site for the actual commands and keywords, but I had some initial confusion in getting the right program pointed at the right files.
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<p class="MsoNormal">First, note that this is for an old version of DOE2. eQuest runs DOE2.2, and that is the more up-to-date version. But for those Canadians modifying EE4 files, DOE2.1E is the relevant version.
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<p class="MsoNormal">How-To:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Go to DOE21E folder, open WNT-DOS <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->In the command line that opens, write: DOE21E exent C:\DOE21E\INP\filename weatherfilename<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Hit enter, watch the text scroll by (or not, your call) and open the .sim file to view results or the .bdl file to find errors<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Things I messed up and want to share: <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->If your inp file is someplace other than the file path shown above, input that path instead, mine’s just an example.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Use the filename only, not filename.inp<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Your filename cannot contain spaces<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Put your weather file in the WEATHER\PACKED folder<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Don’t enter the .bin extension for the weather file<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->You get an .INP file by saving the .DOE file generated by EE4 as filename.inp (ie. Just hit save-as and change the extension)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->EE4 outputs air spaces in layer-by-layer construction as AS-0.<i>x</i>00. DOE21E doesn’t recognize that- change it to AL## (where the two # signs are actually specific numbers, see DOE2 BDL summary version 2.1E page 125 for keywords
for this.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->You can use the up arrow key to repeat the text in the last line.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">GLHF!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alex<o:p></o:p></p>
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