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Look at RunDirMulti.bat that comes with EnergyPlus (in the main
EnergyPlus folder). It loops through a list of files and creates
separate temp directories for a series of parallel runs. You should
be able to borrow from this or adapt it to your purposes.<br>
Mike<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/14/2014 5:48 AM, Tavis Wells
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<div dir="ltr">Greetings all!</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I am attempting to optimize the passive design
of a building using GenOpt as the optimizer, EnergyPlus as
the primary energy model platform, and daylight reports from
Daysim <span style="font-size: 12pt;">(an identical model to
the Eplus model) </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">which
feed into the Eplus model.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr">Each iteration dictated by GenOpt would need to
simulate in Daysim and finish before simulating in Eplus.</div>
<div dir="ltr">I am using a 'Master' batch file, referenced by
GenOpt, to call Daysim and then Eplus.</div>
<div dir="ltr">This process works when run straight from the
batch file, but when run through GenOpt it does not create
the temporary working directory correctly (.expidf and .err
files missing), and so it crashes during the first
iteration, saying ".err file does not exist".</div>
<div dir="ltr">Simplifying the task to just optimize Eplus,
but through a batch file, has the same result.</div>
<div dir="ltr">The command line I've been working with
consists of 3 parts: </div>
<div dir="ltr">Call <RunEplus.bat> <model>
<weatherfile></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I've tried
countless different variations of this command line but
cant figure it out!</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Has anyone optimized an EnergyPlus model
through GenOpt <span style="font-size: 12pt;">using</span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> a batch file before? Or know
what the command line might look like to do that?</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Any ideas
welcome!</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks,</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tavis.</span></div>
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