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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear users,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’d like to know how to solve the following issue: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>For some reason many adjacent walls are not recognized when loading the idf file in the trnsys wizard. I’ve seen the surfaces where the error “Adjacent wall not found” appears and I checked:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Object info recognizes the wall as adjacent and boundary zone is correct<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>On the matching surface recognition is OK as well<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Areas are equal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Vertices are coincident<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>The idf is written as described in the sketchup interface.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>The b17 file is the only where in those surfaces don’t appear something like “: ADJ_SURF=63 : BACK”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Not all adjacent surfaces had this problem but many do (62).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Could someone tell me how to make those walls getting recognized in trnsys?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Many thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:10.2pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'>Alexandre J. Freire</span></b><i><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Investigador Científico / Research Engineer</span></i><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;mso-fareast-language:PT'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#943634;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Secção de Fluidos e Calor</span></i></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:PT'> </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Edif. L403</span></i><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:PT'>4200-465 Porto - Portugal</span></i><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Tlf: +351 22 508 2264</span></i><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>