Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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For jEPlus you may find it easier to have different base models with just the geometry saved in IMF files. You would then use jEPlus to set a value that selects which geometry file to include.
Something like:
##include @@PathToGeometryIMF@@
Alternatively it's certainly possible to do as David suggests and use scaling factors (I've done this before to set the area of PV panels or to adjust window to wall ratios using jEPLus and EPMacro). The maths might get a little messy depending on how complex your geometry is but if it's just stretching on the x- and y-axes then it's not hard at all.
If jEPlus isn't finding any jobs then I'd suggest simplifying things to see if you can isolate the problem that way as it ought to work.
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For jEPlus you may find it easier to have different base models with just the geometry saved in IMF files. You would then use jEPlus to set a value that selects which geometry file to include.
Something like:
##include @@PathToGeometryIMF@@
Alternatively it's certainly possible to do as David @David Goldwasser suggests and use scaling factors (I've done this before to set the area of PV panels or to adjust window to wall ratios using jEPLus and EPMacro). The maths might get a little messy depending on how complex your geometry is but if it's just stretching on the x- and y-axes then it's not hard at all.
If jEPlus isn't finding any jobs then I'd suggest simplifying things to see if you can isolate the problem that way as it ought to work.
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For jEPlus you may find it easier to have different base models with just the geometry saved in IMF files. You would then use jEPlus to set a value that selects which geometry file to include.
Something like:
##include @@PathToGeometryIMF@@
Alternatively This is by far the easiest approach if you need to intersect and match surfaces as jEPlus can't do that.
For simpler geometries, it's certainly possible to do as @David Goldwasser suggests and use scaling factors (I've done this before to set the area of PV panels or to adjust window to wall ratios using jEPLus and EPMacro). The maths might get a little messy depending on how complex your geometry is but if it's just stretching on the x- and y-axes then it's not hard at all.
If jEPlus isn't finding any jobs then I'd suggest simplifying things to see if you can isolate the problem that way as it ought to work.
