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error "Creating GenericModelObject for IddObjectType 'CommentOnly’

asked 2025-11-24 13:28:35 -0600

Alisacusu's avatar

updated 2025-11-24 13:48:54 -0600

The following error appears during the run: ‘Creating GenericModelObject for IddObjectType 'CommentOnly’. What should I do?

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@Alisacusu can you upload your model to Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. and then share a URL for others to download? That would help others provide better solutions.

Aaron Boranian's avatar Aaron Boranian  ( 2025-11-24 13:48:15 -0600 )edit

It's not an error, it's a warning. Maybe @Julien Marrec knows why it's happening. But I'm guessing it's safe to ignore -- your model does run successfully and generates EnergyPlus results.

shorowit's avatar shorowit  ( 2025-11-24 19:02:14 -0600 )edit

thank yoy so much.. and do you know how can I extrapolate results regarding thermal loads, if that I have to do an initial simulation of the building envelope only, without any systems? I was unable to install idealoadsystem without errors

Alisacusu's avatar Alisacusu  ( 2025-11-25 02:20:34 -0600 )edit

@Alisacusu : On ideal loads, see answer/comments here.

Denis Bourgeois's avatar Denis Bourgeois  ( 2025-11-26 09:15:53 -0600 )edit

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answered 2025-12-08 07:18:59 -0600

This is happening because you have Comments in your OSM file, and it's safe to ignore. I guess the Warn should really not happen for comments (here) but I'm not enclined to change it myself right now (open a github issue if you care)

anyways, in your file, first occurs around line 4958

OS:Rendering:Color,
  {3c8cd0e2-dac2-43d6-bdc3-aa8760dc16d6}, !- Handle
  Rendering Color 183,                    !- Name
  245,                                    !- Rendering Red Value
  220,                                    !- Rendering Green Value
  245;                                    !- Rendering Blue Value

!- X,Y,Z Vertex 4 {m}

!- X,Y,Z Vertex 4 {m}

Looks like some manual editing happened in your file, or maybe a conflict resolution of some kind.

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Well, I ended up filing it anyways: https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/is...

Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec  ( 2025-12-08 07:25:02 -0600 )edit
Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec  ( 2025-12-08 07:34:38 -0600 )edit

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