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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">normally this problem can happens for two reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For one wall there are some windows that are too close one with another and this could cause the problem;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The border of some window could be too close to the border of the wall in which the window is defined (I would suggest to leave at least
2 – 5 cm between the frame of the window and the frame of the wall).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Too many windows in a wall could cause this problem sometimes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I could suggest to proceed like that:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Try to check if there are windows that can have the problem described in 1. or 2.;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If you are not able to do it, I would suggest you to proceed step by step. Create a copy of the Trnsys3d model, delete a group of windows
that for you could be critical and try to import it again in TrnBuild to create the shading matrix. If the problem remains, delete another group of window until you are able to create the shading matrix
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> you will find the windows/group of windows that cause you problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I hope you can find the issue with this approach. I had it once and I solved it keeping at least 2-5cm between the window frame and border of wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"> TRNSYS-users <trnsys-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Santiago Escudero via TRNSYS-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 11, 2022 2:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Santiago Escudero <sescudero@irec.cat><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [TRNSYS-users] TRNbuild not generating shading/insolation matrix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">Deat TRNSYS-users,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">I am having issues to generated the insolation matrixes for a multizone Building model. The Building model is distributed among 31 zones. Here below is attached a picture:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA" style="mso-fareast-language:CA"><img border="0" width="981" height="608" style="width:10.2166in;height:6.3333in" id="Imagen_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D81F6B.BC93BC70"></span><span lang="CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">With this model, I’m able to create the view factor matrix, but whener starting to process the shading/ insolation matrix running detailed mode, TRNbuild automatically shuts down after some seconds processing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">I checked the “.shd” log file attached in the same folder and it does not contain any errors, it simply stops processing. Here below a picture of the end of the “.shd” file:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA" style="mso-fareast-language:CA"><img border="0" width="712" height="345" style="width:7.4166in;height:3.5916in" id="Imagen_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D81F6B.BC93BC70"></span><span lang="CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">I’m also attaching the idf, b18 and shd in case it helps to solve the issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">Santiago Escudero. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">IREC – Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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