Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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As of EnergyPlus v8.9, neither the IDD nor the schema file (schema.epJSON) are read at runtime by EnergyPlus. Rather, the schema is embedded into the EnergyPlus binary so you cannot modify either file and expect an effect. Your only option in the near term would be to recompile EnergyPlus from source code. You could also create a GitHub issue requesting that the number of allowed fields in the ComfortViewFactorAngles object be increased for a future EnergyPlus release.
