[TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS3D plugin & SketchUp 8: surface recognition problem

[Muhammad Tauha Ali]

You probably need to open .idf file in sketchup instead of .skp file.

Thanks,
Tauha

From: trnsys-users-bounces at cae.wisc.edu [mailto:trnsys-users-bounces at cae.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Stefano Lazzari
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 1:24 PM
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Subject: [TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS3D plugin & SketchUp 8: surface recognition problem

Dear Forum,
I am a new user of TRNSYS 17 and SketchUp 8. After creating the geometry within SketchUp (paying attention to draw always "inside" each activated zone) I saved both .skp and .idf files without getting error messages. Then, I opened the .skp file in SkethUp to proceed with the matching of adjacent surfaces. However, when I activate a zone some (many) surfaces are not recognized by the Object Info Tool (they can be selected on screen but are simply not seen by the Object Info Tool: the area showing Object Inputs properties is blank and the gray text "No EnergyPlus object selected" appears). Where I am wrong? Since the geometry is quite complicated, I hope I do not need to rebuild it from scratch...
Thank you very much for your help.
Regards,

Stefano Lazzari






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