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Why does Openstudio not correctly calculate my subsurface area size?

Good Afternoon,

I have recently been running a model with a number of exterior doors and overhead doors along the perimeter of the different zones. The model seems to run without any major issues or severe errors, however I noticed when I look at my openstudio results it has a Net door surface area of like 10sqft. It seems to recognize the number of doors in the model and all doors have been set to a door subsurface with the appropriate data. But it can't seem to calculate the area properly (Should be way more than 10sqft). When Investigating I noticed my door vertices seem to be correct, but the vertices of the wall surface the door is attached too seem to be skewed despite the wall appearing straight and perfectly closed. Would this have anything to do with the area calculations being off? And if so how do I remediate this problem in the future? I am using sketchup plugin with openstudio v3.1, and I used the "create spaces from diagram" tool to build the geometry.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. I am happy to provide model file and screenshots for additional references as needed.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Why does Openstudio not correctly calculate my subsurface area size?

Good Afternoon,

I have recently been running a model with a number of exterior doors and overhead doors along the perimeter of the different zones. The model seems to run without any major issues or severe errors, however I noticed when I look at my openstudio results it has a Net door surface area of like 10sqft. It seems to recognize the number of doors in the model and all doors have been set to a door subsurface with the appropriate data. But it can't seem to calculate the area properly (Should be way more than 10sqft). When Investigating I noticed my door vertices seem to be correct, but the vertices of the wall surface the door is attached too seem to be skewed despite the wall appearing straight and perfectly closed. Would this have anything to do with the area calculations being off? And if so how do I remediate this problem in the future? I am using sketchup plugin with openstudio v3.1, and I used the "create spaces from diagram" tool to build the geometry.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. I am happy to provide model file and screenshots for additional references as needed.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Why does Openstudio not correctly calculate my subsurface area size?

Good Afternoon,

I have recently been running a model with a number of exterior doors and overhead doors along the perimeter of the different zones. The model seems to run without any major issues or severe errors, however I noticed when I look at my openstudio results it has a Net door surface area of like 10sqft. It seems to recognize the number of doors in the model and all doors have been set to a door subsurface with the appropriate data. But it can't seem to calculate the area properly (Should be way more than 10sqft). When Investigating I noticed my door vertices seem to be correct, but the vertices of the wall surface the door is attached too seem to be skewed despite the wall appearing straight and perfectly closed. Would this have anything to do with the area calculations being off? And if so how do I remediate this problem in the future? I am using sketchup plugin with openstudio v3.1, and I used the "create spaces from diagram" tool to build the geometry.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. I am happy to provide model file and screenshots for additional references as needed.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Why does Openstudio not correctly calculate my subsurface area size?

Good Afternoon,

I have recently been running a model with a number of exterior doors and overhead doors along the perimeter of the different zones. The model seems to run without any major issues or severe errors, however I noticed when I look at my openstudio results it has a Net door surface area of like 10sqft. It seems to recognize the number of doors in the model and all doors have been set to a door subsurface with the appropriate data. But it can't seem to calculate the area properly (Should be way more than 10sqft). When Investigating I noticed my door vertices seem to be correct, but the vertices of the wall surface the door is attached too seem to be skewed despite the wall appearing straight and perfectly closed. Would this have anything to do with the area calculations being off? And if so how do I remediate this problem in the future? I am using sketchup plugin with openstudio v3.1, and I used the "create spaces from diagram" tool to build the geometry.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. I am happy to provide model file and screenshots for additional references as needed.

Thanks in advance for the help!