[TRNSYS-users] Save and re-use control cards quickly

[Jeff Thornton via TRNSYS-users]

Vincent - 

Actually there is a way - but it's kind of sneaky! Set the control cards
you wish to change to STRINGS and give them equation names: STARTTIME,
STOPTIME, TIMESTEP, ATOL, DTOL etc, 

Then drag out one of the equation components and define these equation
names / values for one of your cases. Make sure to change the name of
the equation component to something descriptive: MAY_JUNE_0PT25HOURS for
example When you are finished, test it to make sure it runs and then
right click on the equation component in the assembly window and choose
SAVE. Pick a location in the Studio/Proformas directory that you'll
remember and save it there. Repeat this process for each of the
simulation cards that you wish to create. Then choose the Direct Access
--> Refresh Tree option to re-load the libraries. Now you've got a
library of control cards that you can drag out and use each time you'd
like a change. 

Jeff 

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On 07/03/2017 2:58 pm, David BRADLEY via TRNSYS-users wrote: 

> Vincent, 
> 
> There is not a way to save more than one set but it is an interesting idea! 
> 
> best, 
> 
> David 
> 
> On 06/28/2017 07:14, Vincent Höfte via TRNSYS-users wrote: 
> 
>> Hi all, 
>> 
>> I am relatively new to TRNSYS and maybe this is an obvious question, but I couldn't find the answer in the documentation. 
>> 
>> Is it possible to save different pre-sets of Control Cards? I will have to do a lot of simulations with different durations and time steps, but I wish not to manually change all the input of the control cards every time I do a simulation with, for example, a different .BUI file. 
>> 
>> For example; I would like to have simulations for four seasonal representative weeks of the year (21-st-28th of March, Jun, Sep, Dec) with a time step of 0,5 hour, and also half a year with a time step of one hour. I want to save the control cards, so I don't have to change the simulation start and step hours, the time step and the tolerances all the time. 
>> 
>> I hope my question is clear and that you can help me. Thanks in advance, 
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Vincent Höfte 
>> 
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