[TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS3D_Updating an Trnsys3d file

[Angela Dröscher]

Dear Mika,

the update usually works well for me, so maybe some detailed explanation here for your better understanding:
The test_b17.idf is the file that got created when you imported you original test.idf into TRNBuild (or read it in the Simulation Studio). This is the file you need to select in the first line of the pop-up window ("Select corresponding TRNSYS3d File (*_b17.idf)"). In the second line (""Save As" update TRNSYS3d File (*.idf)") you can either choose your original idf-file and overwrite it (in case you have nerve) or give it a new name such as "test2.idf". When the update is completed, you can open test2.idf in Google SketchUp and NOW add a zone. When you are finished in Google SketchUp, you can again import the test2.idf in TRNBuild and will get a test2.b17 (and a test2_b17.idf) where the settings you did in test.b17 are still existent. If you want to do another modification in Google SketchUp, you again have to update your idf (choose test2_b17.idf in the first line of the pop-up window) and so on.
To conlude: you _first_ have to update the *.idf via TRNBuild (to transfer your settings), _then_ you can modify it in SketchUp and re-import it in TRNBuild.

Hope that helps,
best regards
Angela

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Am 24.03.2011 06:30, schrieb Yoshinaga Mika:
> Dear All,
>
> Does anyone know how to update idf-file in TRNBuild with TRNSYS 3D (ver.1.0.5.2)?
>
> My situation is like this. I created a test.idf file by Google sketch-up, read it by Simulation Studio as new 3d file (test-b17.idf and test.b17 files are created here), and set all of the material data (ex. wall type), schedules and so on by TRNBuild. Now I'd like to add one zone into this project without resetting the material data again!
>
> I can select "File->Update Trnsys 3d File" but the next pop-up window requests 2 files. This window is different from the way the manual says. One message is "Select corresponding TRNSYS3d File (*_b17.idf)", the other is ""Save As" update TRNSYS3d File (*.idf)".
> Though I set the new test2.idf file (add one zone into test.idf by sketch-up) or test2-b17.idf file (through Simulation Studio) as the former requested file, both couldn't work well. How should I use this function?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
> Mika
>
>
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