Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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IDF Editor can read and write IDF files directly and uses the Energy+.idd file directly to describe, populate, and link various fields. This approach has the advantage of being able to support the latest version of EnergyPlus as soon as the Energy+.idd file is updated by the developers. Strictly speaking IDF Editor is a GUI but it does not contain any graphical representation of the building layout of HVAC interconnections.
I believe a similar approach is also being used by IDF+.
