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Changing window properties as a variable in OpenStudio Analysis Spreadsheet

I have been trying to find a way to change window properties such a U-value, SHGC and visable transmitance as a variable in the analysis spreadsheet so that i can observe the impact of different windows.

I havent been able to find a measure that can do this directly so i tried using "ReplaceExteriorWindowConstruction" instead and thought that maybe that could work, even though its a choice argument. So i renamed all me window constructions from 1-6 and added the discrete distribution from 1-6 (This is shown in the figure below):

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It did not work and i got the following error:

Failed with Could not set variable 'construction' of value 4 on model

If anyone knows how to work around this or where to find a better measure for the job i would be happy to hear from you :)

Changing window properties as a variable in OpenStudio Analysis Spreadsheet

I have been trying to find a way to change window properties such a U-value, SHGC and visable transmitance as a variable in the analysis spreadsheet so that i can observe the impact of different windows.

I havent been able to find a measure that can do this directly so i tried using "ReplaceExteriorWindowConstruction" instead and thought that maybe that could work, even though its a choice argument. So i renamed all me window constructions from 1-6 and added the discrete distribution from 1-6 (This is shown in the figure below):

image description

It did not work and i got the following error:

Failed with Could not set variable 'construction' of value 4 on model

If anyone knows how to work around this or where to find a better measure for the job i would be happy to hear from you :)