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Feel free to adapt the following code, it'll give you some training on measures too!

# Find the north walls, with a big tolerance here.
between_deg = -25
until_deg = 25

# Conversions to SI units
between_rad = OpenStudio::convert(between_deg,"deg","rad").get
until_rad = OpenStudio::convert(until_deg,"deg","rad").get


# Construction: adapt to grep the construction you actually need
construction = model.getConstructionByName("North Construction").get

model.getSurfaces.each do |surface|
  # Find exterior walls only
  next if surface.outsideBoundaryCondition != "Outdoors"
  next if surface.surfaceType != "Wall"


  # Filter on azimuth: OpenStudio works CLOCKWISE (different from classic trigonometry), and returns it in radians
  # Also doesn't take care of the Building North Axis, it'll be in your original drawing (that's usually easier anyways)
  # If you want the north wall: 0, east: Pi/2, south: Pi , west: 3*Pi/2

  # Filter on azimuth
  azimuth = surface.azimuth
  # Case where start point was negative
  if between_rad > until_rad
      next if (azimuth > until_rad) && (azimuth < between_rad)
  else
      next if (azimuth < between_rad) || (azimuth > until_rad)
  end

  #surface.setConstruction(construction)
  puts "Assigned construction to #{surface.name} which has an azimuth of #{OpenStudio::convert(azimuth,"rad","deg").get} degrees"
end

Feel free to adapt the following code, it'll give you some training on measures too!too! I'd personally not create an actual measure for this, I'd just open a terminal window and do some interactive ruby on my model, but that's just me.

# Find the north walls, with a big tolerance here.
between_deg = -25
until_deg = 25

# Conversions to SI units
between_rad = OpenStudio::convert(between_deg,"deg","rad").get
until_rad = OpenStudio::convert(until_deg,"deg","rad").get


# Construction: adapt to grep the construction you actually need
construction = model.getConstructionByName("North Construction").get

model.getSurfaces.each do |surface|
  # Find exterior walls only
  next if surface.outsideBoundaryCondition != "Outdoors"
  next if surface.surfaceType != "Wall"


  # Filter on azimuth: OpenStudio works CLOCKWISE (different from classic trigonometry), and returns it in radians
  # Also doesn't take care of the Building North Axis, it'll be in your original drawing (that's usually easier anyways)
  # If you want the north wall: 0, east: Pi/2, south: Pi , west: 3*Pi/2

  # Filter on azimuth
  azimuth = surface.azimuth
  # Case where start point was negative
  if between_rad > until_rad
      next if (azimuth > until_rad) && (azimuth < between_rad)
  else
      next if (azimuth < between_rad) || (azimuth > until_rad)
  end

  #surface.setConstruction(construction)
  puts "Assigned construction to #{surface.name} which has an azimuth of #{OpenStudio::convert(azimuth,"rad","deg").get} degrees"
end
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updated 2016-05-19 09:52:32 -0600

David Goldwasser's avatar

Feel free to adapt the following code, it'll give you some training on measures too! I'd personally not create an actual measure for this, I'd just open a terminal window and do some interactive ruby on my model, but that's just me.

# Find the north walls, with a big tolerance here.
between_deg = -25
until_deg = 25

# Conversions to SI units
between_rad = OpenStudio::convert(between_deg,"deg","rad").get
until_rad = OpenStudio::convert(until_deg,"deg","rad").get


# Construction: adapt to grep the construction you actually need
construction = model.getConstructionByName("North Construction").get

model.getSurfaces.each do |surface|
  # Find exterior walls only
  next if surface.outsideBoundaryCondition != "Outdoors"
  next if surface.surfaceType != "Wall"


  # Filter on azimuth: OpenStudio works CLOCKWISE (different from classic trigonometry), and returns it in radians
  # Also doesn't take care of the Building North Axis, it'll be in your original drawing (that's usually easier anyways)
  # If you want the north wall: 0, east: Pi/2, south: Pi , west: 3*Pi/2

  # Filter on azimuth
  azimuth = surface.azimuth
  # Case where start point was negative
  if between_rad > until_rad
      next if (azimuth > until_rad) && (azimuth < between_rad)
  else
      next if (azimuth < between_rad) || (azimuth > until_rad)
  end

  #surface.setConstruction(construction)
surface.setConstruction(construction)
  puts "Assigned construction to #{surface.name} which has an azimuth of #{OpenStudio::convert(azimuth,"rad","deg").get} degrees"
end

Feel free to adapt the following code, it'll give you some training on measures too! I'd personally not create an actual measure for this, I'd just open a terminal window and do some interactive ruby on my model, but that's just me.

# Find the north walls, with a big tolerance here.
between_deg = -25
until_deg = 25

# Conversions to SI units
between_rad = OpenStudio::convert(between_deg,"deg","rad").get
until_rad = OpenStudio::convert(until_deg,"deg","rad").get


# Construction: adapt to grep the construction you actually need
construction = model.getConstructionByName("North Construction").get

model.getSurfaces.each do |surface|
  # Find exterior walls only
  next if surface.outsideBoundaryCondition != "Outdoors"
  next if surface.surfaceType != "Wall"


  # Filter on azimuth: OpenStudio works CLOCKWISE (different from classic trigonometry), and returns it in radians
  # Also doesn't take care of the Building North Axis, it'll be in your original drawing (that's usually easier anyways)
  # If you want the north wall: 0, east: Pi/2, south: Pi , west: 3*Pi/2

  # Filter on azimuth
  azimuth = surface.azimuth
  # Case where start point was negative
  if between_rad > until_rad
      next if (azimuth > until_rad) && (azimuth < between_rad)
  else
      next if (azimuth < between_rad) || (azimuth > until_rad)
  end

  # Assign the construction to the surface
  surface.setConstruction(construction)
  puts "Assigned construction to #{surface.name} which has an azimuth of #{OpenStudio::convert(azimuth,"rad","deg").get} degrees"
end

Feel free to adapt the following code, it'll give you some training on measures too! I'd personally not create an actual measure for this, I'd just open a terminal window and do some interactive ruby on my model, but that's just me.

# If interactive, load model
path = 'C:\mymodel.osm'
translator = OpenStudio::OSVersion::VersionTranslator.new
ospath = OpenStudio::Path.new(path)
model = translator.loadModel(ospath)
if model.empty?
    raise "Path #{path} is not a valid path to an OpenStudio Model"
else
    model = model.get
end    

# Find the north walls, with a big tolerance here.
between_deg = -25
until_deg = 25

# Conversions to SI units
between_rad = OpenStudio::convert(between_deg,"deg","rad").get
until_rad = OpenStudio::convert(until_deg,"deg","rad").get


# Construction: adapt to grep the construction you actually need
construction = model.getConstructionByName("North Construction").get

model.getSurfaces.each do |surface|
  # Find exterior walls only
  next if surface.outsideBoundaryCondition != "Outdoors"
  next if surface.surfaceType != "Wall"


  # Filter on azimuth: OpenStudio works CLOCKWISE (different from classic trigonometry), and returns it in radians
  # Also doesn't take care of the Building North Axis, it'll be in your original drawing (that's usually easier anyways)
  # If you want the north wall: 0, east: Pi/2, south: Pi , west: 3*Pi/2

  # Filter on azimuth
  azimuth = surface.azimuth
  # Case where start point was negative
  if between_rad > until_rad
      next if (azimuth > until_rad) && (azimuth < between_rad)
  else
      next if (azimuth < between_rad) || (azimuth > until_rad)
  end

  # Assign the construction to the surface
  surface.setConstruction(construction)
  puts "Assigned construction to #{surface.name} which has an azimuth of #{OpenStudio::convert(azimuth,"rad","deg").get} degrees"
end
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