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You could look at the LV-N Building Coordinate Geometry report,
which is the first report in the *.SIM file that lists the vertex
coordinates for all the spaces and surfaces. However, if you're
trying to build an EnergyPlus IDF by parsing the LV-N, that would
take a lot of time for anything more complicated than a shoebox,
plus you will still only have the building geometry inputs. <br>
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What I have done to translate from DOE-2.2 to EnergyPlus (assuming
that's your ultimate need) is to change 2.2 to 2.1E BDL using a
collection of awk scripts, use the doe2ep program that I worked on
while still at LBNL to translate the 2.1E BDL to EnergyPlus 3.0 IDF,
and then use EnergyPlus' MultipleVersionTranslator to upgrade to the
current version. Believe it or not, but this has actually worked for
several projects I've been involved. This is clearly an interim
solution, and not something I would be comfortable in releasing as
software. However, if anyone's interested, please contact me at the
e-mail address shown below.<br>
<br>
Joe<br>
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<div>Dear eQuest users,</div>
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<div>I need to read the absolute coordinates of the origin of
each space (the coordinates of each space origin with respect
to the origin of the building coordinate system) from the .inp
file that eQuest creates. I need to do this so that I can
locate the spaces side by side or one over the other in the
correct order in another program. I checked whether the X, Y
and Z commands were used under the SPACE command of the
DOE-2.2 inp to figure this out. But, it turns out that the
DOE-2.2 input file does not have the X, Y, Z commands used for
the spaces. Below is an example SPACE command in the DOE-2.2
input (.inp) file that eQuest creates. Would you please let me
know which command in the .inp file below would be helpful for
me to extract the information necessary to locate the zones
correctly with respect to the building origin?</div>
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<div>"L1 Zone3" = SPACE <br>
SHAPE = POLYGON<br>
ZONE-TYPE = CONDITIONED<br>
PEOPLE-SCHEDULE = "EL1 Bldg Occup Sch"<br>
LIGHTING-SCHEDUL = ( "EL1 Bldg InsLt Sch" )<br>
EQUIP-SCHEDULE = ( "EL1 Bldg Misc Sch" )<br>
INF-SCHEDULE = "ZG1-S1 (PSZ) P-Inf Sch"<br>
INF-METHOD = AIR-CHANGE<br>
INF-FLOW/AREA = 0.0277204<br>
PEOPLE-HG-LAT = 250<br>
PEOPLE-HG-SENS = 250<br>
EQUIP-LATENT = ( 0 )<br>
EQUIP-SENSIBLE = ( 1 )<br>
PEOPLE-HEAT-GAIN = 417<br>
LIGHTING-W/AREA = ( 1.5 )<br>
EQUIPMENT-W/AREA = ( 1 )<br>
AREA/PERSON = 100<br>
POLYGON = "EL1 Space Polygon 3"<br>
LOCATION = FLOOR-V44<br>
C-SUB-SRC-BTUH = ( 0, 0, 0 )<br>
C-SUB-SRC-KW = ( 0, 0, 0 )<br>
C-ACTIVITY-DESC = *Classroom / Lecture (70%)*<br>
..<br>
"EL1 West Wall (G.W3.E6)" = EXTERIOR-WALL <br>
CONSTRUCTION = "Wall Const"<br>
LOCATION = SPACE-V1<br>
..<br>
"EL1 West Win (G.W3.E6.W1)" = WINDOW <br>
GLASS-TYPE = "All G-Type"<br>
FRAME-WIDTH = 0.108333<br>
X = 1.98833<br>
Y = 3.10833<br>
HEIGHT = 5.00333<br>
WIDTH = 3.78333<br>
FRAME-CONDUCT = 2.781<br>
..<br>
"EL1 Roof (G.W3.E7)" = EXTERIOR-WALL <br>
CONSTRUCTION = "Roof Const"<br>
LOCATION = TOP<br>
..<br>
"EL1 Flr (G.W3.U3)" = UNDERGROUND-WALL<br>
CONSTRUCTION = "Floor Const"<br>
LOCATION = BOTTOM</div>
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<div>Thank you very much in advance for your help,</div>
<div>Looking forward to hearing from you,</div>
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<div>Best Regards,</div>
<div>Simge Andolsun, Ph.D., M.S.<br>
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