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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Oussama,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Parametrics including changing window sizes is a perfect use case for jEPlus. You can see how it is done with the example described here: http://www.jeplus.org/wiki/doku.php?id=docs:manual_1_7_examples#change_window_size. It is with EnergyPlus. However, if you are know how window coordinates are defined in TRNSYS, the example can be easily adapted to work with it, too. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>jEPlus also looks after executing your parametric cases in parallel, by the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> TRNSYS-users [mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Oussama Ibrahim via TRNSYS-users<br><b>Sent:</b> 27 June 2018 11:33<br><b>To:</b> TRNSYS users mailing list at OneBuilding.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Oussama Ibrahim<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TRNSYS-users] parametric study in buildings<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Christoph,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks very much for your helpful reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Oussama<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>----<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Oussama Ibrahim</span></strong><br>Lebanese University <br>Tel: 961-70-818470 <br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:oibrahimul@hotmail.com" id=LPNoLP>oibrahimul@hotmail.com</a> ; <a href="mailto:oibrahim1984@gmail.com" id=LPNoLP>oibrahim1984@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> TRNSYS-users <trnsys-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org> on behalf of hotline via TRNSYS-users <trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> TRNSYS users mailing list at OneBuilding.org<br><b>Cc:</b> hotline<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TRNSYS-users] parametric study in buildings</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hey,</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Batch programming is a programming paradigm that allows automated execution of certain commands at the level of an operating system. A batch file is a “batch” of such commands. If it is called with the command line, the system executes each individual task listed there one after the other. That's why the term batch processing is common.</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Here is an super simple example of a batch file which calls a Trnsys template:</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>open an editor and type in the following line: c:\TRNSYS18\TrnEXE64.exe c:\TRNSYS18\Examples\3D_Building\6_Step_Add_Daylight\Building.dck</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>save as *.bat</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>double click on the *.bat file an the simulation should start</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>When you want to run several simulations in series or parallel you can add it into this batch file. Please have a look in further literature.</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>best,</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Christoph</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=xmsonormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> TRNSYS-users [mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Oussama Ibrahim via TRNSYS-users<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 26. Juni 2018 12:33<br><b>An:</b> TRNSYS users mailing list at OneBuilding.org <trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Oussama Ibrahim <oibrahimul@hotmail.com><br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [TRNSYS-users] parametric study in buildings<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper"><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Christoph,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks for your answer. I needed a confirmation for that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>But, may you please, explain to me what is a batch and how to run it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Oussama<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="x_Signature"><div id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper"><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>----<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Oussama Ibrahim</span></strong><br>Lebanese University <br>Tel: 961-70-818470 <br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:oibrahimul@hotmail.com" title="mailto:oibrahimul@hotmail.com Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link" id=LPlnk421560>oibrahimul@hotmail.com</a> ; <a href="mailto:oibrahim1984@gmail.com" id=LPlnk506138>oibrahim1984@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=xmsonormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> TRNSYS-users <<a href="mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" id=LPlnk869521>trnsys-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> on behalf of hotline via TRNSYS-users <<a href="mailto:trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org" id=LPlnk955863>trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 26, 2018 1:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> TRNSYS users mailing list at OneBuilding.org<br><b>Cc:</b> hotline<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TRNSYS-users] parametric study in buildings <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear all,</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Unfortunately there is no such possibility to do this in the Trnsys17 environment automatically. In my understanding the easiest way for you, is to create a number of .bui files with different window areas (Yossef already described it – thx for that) and then run it with a batch.</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Best,</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Christoph<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=xxmsonormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> TRNSYS-users [<a href="mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" id=LPlnk543281>mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Yossef Ibrahimi via TRNSYS-users<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 26. Juni 2018 11:57<br><b>An:</b> Oussama Ibrahim via TRNSYS-users <<a href="mailto:trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org" id=LPlnk503785>trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Yossef Ibrahimi <<a href="mailto:yossefibrahimi@yahoo.com" id=LPlnk558176>yossefibrahimi@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [TRNSYS-users] parametric study in buildings<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I think that if you are looking to modify the WWR, you have to modify the window AND the wall areas in order to get the same total area as before the modification.</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>It's possible in TRNSYS 17 by modifying the .b17 file manually or with a script (matlab, python...).</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="x_x_yahoo_quoted_0859051899"><div><div><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'>Le mardi 26 juin 2018 à 07:50:14 UTC+1, Oussama Ibrahim via TRNSYS-users <<a href="mailto:trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org" id=LPlnk160319>trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> a écrit : </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'> </span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div id="x_x_yiv8944975602"><div><div id="x_x_yiv8944975602divtagdefaultwrapper"><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello every one,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I am trying to perform parametric study in buildings, where one of the parameters is the windows to wall ratio (WWR). I am defining the area of the walls and I intend to change the area of windows, thus, the area of the window is the parameter under consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Does anyone have an idea if this possible using Trnsys17.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Oussama<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="x_x_yiv8944975602Signature"><div id="x_x_yiv8944975602divtagdefaultwrapper"><p class=xxmsonormal style='background:white'><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>----<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Oussama Ibrahim</span></strong><br>Lebanese University <br>Tel: 961-70-818470 <br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:oibrahimul@hotmail.com" target="_blank" title="mailto:oibrahimul@hotmail.com Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link" id=LPlnk318669>oibrahimul@hotmail.com</a> ; <a href="mailto:oibrahim1984@gmail.com" target="_blank" id=LPlnk734878>oibrahim1984@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=xxmsonormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'>_______________________________________________<br>TRNSYS-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:TRNSYS-users@lists.onebuilding.org" id=LPlnk142361>TRNSYS-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/trnsys-users-onebuilding.org" target="_blank" id=LPlnk22042>http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/trnsys-users-onebuilding.org</a></span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>