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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT-BR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This is a simple question that I tought of on the gbXML webinar thinking it would be a basic routine on both Bentley´s AECOsim and Autodesk´s Vasari systems, but haven´s found an answer so far. That is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>How can I import EnergyPlus (5, 6 and 7) idf files with all my current modeling information to the environments? From what I have seen there always is a way to start from a gbXML, but how do I go from a “idf” file to a gbXML or straight to AECO or Vasari?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Also, how do I keep compatibility between my AECO / Vasari simulations and a EnergyPlus model?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=330 style='width:247.5pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'><img width=121 height=91 id="Imagem_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CD39C0.00622AF0" alt="Descrição: Descrição: Descrição: Descrição: cid:image001.png@01CC81F3.24A80950"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#054CB4;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Leandro M Biondo</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'><br>Energy Efficiency Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Meteorologist<br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Rua Álvaro Rodrigues, 182 - Cj. 153<br>Brooklin - São Paulo - Brasil<br>tel: (11) 2149 0300 cel: (11) 6436 3510<br><b><a href="http://www.cte.com.br/"><span style='color:#054CB4'>http://www.cte.com.br</span></a></b> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>