<div dir="ltr">Dear All, especially Marion and David,<div><br></div><div>First of all, thank you so much for your kindness. I deeply appreciate your help. </div><div>Ultimately, I could figure out those errors by following your instructions. However, I found that I only need to capitalize all the names of zones in Google Schetchup pro while I create new zones. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Now, I have another <span id="79506424-cf22-4c2b-9b4a-c3da9f13bb44" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">confusion</span> about TRNSYS. I need to compute the COOLING LOAD for an apartment. How can I simulate it? Which types should I use to simulate? Because I saw many types in the TRNSYS Simulation Studio.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thank you so much.</div><div><br></div><div>Yours sincerely,</div><div>Nguyen, Huy Tung</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:00 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trnsys-users-request@cae.wisc.edu" target="_blank">trnsys-users-request@cae.wisc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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1. Re: Error reading buifile (David BRADLEY)<br>
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<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: David BRADLEY <<a href="mailto:d.bradley@tess-inc.com">d.bradley@tess-inc.com</a>><br>To: "TRNSYS users mailing list at the Solar Energy Lab, UW-Madison" <<a href="mailto:trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu">trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:nguyenhuytung.cxd1@gmail.com">nguyenhuytung.cxd1@gmail.com</a><br>
Cc: <br>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:11:28 -0600<br>Subject: Re: [TRNSYS-users] Error reading buifile<br>
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Huy Tung,<br>
There isn't much in the way of tools to help debug an *.idf file
that isn't importing correctly into TRNBuild. I have not gotten the
exact error message that you mentioned but I have gotten similar
ones. The import feature in TRNBuild almost always creates a
complete *.b17 file (even if it won't open the *.b17 fully). I would
recommend that you open the *.b17 with a text editor (such as
Notepad) and see if you can locate the surface that is causing you
the error then go back to SketchUp, delete the corresponding surface
and redraw it.<br>
In general it is highly recommended that you draw your building
one zone at a time, match surfaces, then import the building into
TRNBuild after each new zone is drawn. It becomes increasingly
difficult to go back and find an error in the Trnsys3D plugin. By
importing after drawing each new zone you make sure that you catch
the error early. <br>
Of course if you are unable to find the cause of the error you can
send the *.idf to your distributor for assistance.<br>
Kind regards,<br>
David<br>
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<div>On 2/9/2014 02:03, Tung Nguyen Huy
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello,
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<div>I made the house model by Google Sketchup Pro and match the
surfaces by SURFACE MATCHING tool. However, when I use TRNSYS
Simulation Studio to run the *.idf file. It notices an ERROR
READING BUIFILE - "WALL SURFACE NUMBER IS NOT UNIQUE".</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Please help me how to fix or how to avoid those errors. I
met those errors many times, so I cannot do my work further. </div>
<div><br>
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<div>Thank you so much.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Yours sincerely,</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Nguyen, Huy Tung</div>
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Cc: <br>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:33:42 +0000<br>Subject: Re: [TRNSYS-users] Error reading buifile<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Huy Tung,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Did you draw the model using the plugin Trnsys3d?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">If you draw a surface in Trnsys3d it gets automatically assigned a “name” which is an arbitrary combination of numbers and
characters.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">This field isn’t an input and shouldn’t be modified by the user in order to avoid errors.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">During the import in the Trnsys Studio, the *.idf file is translated into a *.b17 file and thereby the surface names are converted
into<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">unique surface IDs.
<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The error messages shows you the zone and airnode name and the surface ID which is causing the error. I would recommend that
you open the b17 error<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">In a text editor and search for the surface ID and replace it by an unique number.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Marion</span></font><u></u><u></u><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">Von:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
<u></u><u></u>trnsys-users<u></u>-<a href="mailto:bounces@cae.wisc.edu" target="_blank">bounces@cae.wisc.edu</a><u></u> [mailto:<u></u><u></u>trnsys-users<u></u>-<a href="mailto:bounces@cae.wisc.edu" target="_blank">bounces@cae.wisc.edu</a><u></u>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Im Auftrag von </span></b>Tung Nguyen Huy<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Gesendet:</span></b> Sonntag, 9. Februar 2014 09:04<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">An:</span></b> <u></u><u></u>trnsys-users<u></u>@<a href="http://cae.wisc.edu" target="_blank">cae.wisc.edu</a><u></u><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Betreff:</span></b> [TRNSYS-users] Error reading buifile</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hello,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I made the house model by Google Sketchup Pro and match the surfaces by SURFACE MATCHING tool. However, when I use TRNSYS Simulation Studio to run the *.idf file. It
notices an ERROR READING BUIFILE - "WALL SURFACE NUMBER IS NOT UNIQUE".<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please help me how to fix or how to avoid those errors. I met those errors many times, so I cannot do my work further. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you so much.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yours sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nguyen, Huy Tung<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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