[TRNSYS-users] trnsys3D plugin reconstruction

Thu Sep 9 03:00:45 PDT 2010

Dear Geoffrey,

the modell looks like that you started drawing based on a GOOGLE
SKETCHUP model and then build up the Trnsys3d zones.
I made the experience that this can cause a lot of problems like walls
are disappearing, two walls are appearing at the same place, if I erase
a wall 
and reload the drawing then there's still the wall existing, etc........

So in order to avoid these problems I made the experience that after I
built up the modell in the combined model (SKP and IDF) I have to copy
the whole idf geometry out of the zones 
to a new SKETCHUP drawing and to redefine the zones like:

1) Basis Sketchup geometry

2) Redraw the skp geometry in an idf zone

3) Copy the geomtry inside a zone

4) Open in parallel another Sketchup and insert a Zone

5) Paste in Place the geometry

That's it.

Then to stop the error message while opening GOOGLE SKETCHUP you have to
deactivate the Trnsys3d Plugin by the menu Window - > Preferences

Restart GOOGLE SKETCHUP and reactivate Trnsys3d.

Regards
Christian

TRANSSOLAR Software Team
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Von: Geoffrey VAN MOESEKE [mailto:vanmoeseke at matriciel.be] 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. September 2010 09:44
An: trnsys-users at engr.wisc.edu
Betreff: [TRNSYS-users] trnsys3D plugin reconstruction

Dear trnsys users

I encounter the following problem when using trnssolar 3D plugin for
sketchup:

When I try to reopen a .idf fil build the previous days, many surfaces
appears to be badly interpreted.

The figure attached shows the problem.

I got the following error message:

ERROR:

ArgumentError

Duplicate points in array

BACKTRACE:

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/Surface.rb:131:in `add_face'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/Surface.rb:131:in `create_entity'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/DrawingInterface.rb:83:in
`draw_entity'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/ModelInterface.rb:202:in
`update_model'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/ModelInterface.rb:197:in
`each_with_index'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/ModelInterface.rb:197:in `each'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/ModelInterface.rb:197:in
`each_with_index'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/ModelInterface.rb:197:in
`update_model'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/interfaces/ModelInterface.rb:114:in `draw_model'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/ModelManager.rb:176:in `open_input_file'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/CommandManager.rb:71:in `open_input_file'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/MenuManager.rb:70:in `create_commands'

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp
7/Plugins/Trnsys3d/lib/MenuManager.rb:70:in `call'

I use Sketchup 7.1.6860 and the plugin 1.0.4.85. using the 1.0.5.1
version of the plugin doesn’t seem to help.

Does anyone knows about those issues?

Best regards.

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Geoffrey van Moeseke

ir.architecte

MATRIciel SA

Place de l'Université 25, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

tel: (+32) 10 24 15 70 - fax: (+32) 10 24 15 60

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