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Is it possible to open existing CBECC-Com model in Sketchup OpenStudio Plugin?

I have an existing CBECC-Com model that was created with the IESVE plugin, but has convex surfaces errors. I think it would be easier to split these surfaces in SketchUp, but when I try to import the SDD XML file created by IES or CBECC-Com, SketchUp/OpenStudio gives me a generic error saying it can't open the file. I seem to be able to open the osm file that CBECC-Com creates for the propsed and baseline runs, but I don't think that helps me.

I know that I can split up the spaces directly in IESVE, but the search for non-convex surfaces in the OpenStudio SketchUp plugin makes it easier.

Thanks, Ben

Is it possible to open existing CBECC-Com model in Sketchup OpenStudio Plugin?

I have an existing CBECC-Com model that was created with the IESVE plugin, but has convex surfaces errors. I think it would be easier to split these surfaces in SketchUp, but when I try to import the SDD XML file created by IES or CBECC-Com, SketchUp/OpenStudio gives me a generic error saying it can't open the file. I seem to be able to open the osm file that CBECC-Com creates for the propsed and baseline runs, but I don't think that helps me.

I know that I can split up the spaces directly in IESVE, but the search for non-convex surfaces in the OpenStudio SketchUp plugin makes it easier.

Latest version of everything but free sketchup (so I belive OS 1.7, SU 2015, and CBECC v3b), though since I started in IES it was technically in CBECC-Com v3, but I had no problem opening the IES generated xml in the latest version of CBECC-Com directly, but I couldn't get either of those to open in SketchUp.

Thanks, Ben

Is it possible to open existing CBECC-Com model in Sketchup OpenStudio Plugin?

I have an existing CBECC-Com model that was created with the IESVE plugin, but has convex surfaces errors. I think it would be easier to split these surfaces in SketchUp, but when I try to import the SDD XML file created by IES or CBECC-Com, SketchUp/OpenStudio gives me a generic error saying it can't open the file. I seem to be able to open the osm file that CBECC-Com creates for the propsed and baseline runs, but I don't think that helps me.

I know that I can split up the spaces directly in IESVE, but the search for non-convex surfaces in the OpenStudio SketchUp plugin makes it easier.

Latest version of everything but free sketchup (so I belive OS 1.7, SU 2015, and CBECC v3b), though since I started in IES it was technically in CBECC-Com v3, but I had no problem opening the IES generated xml in the latest version of CBECC-Com directly, but I couldn't get either of those to open in SketchUp.

Thanks, Ben