Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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That sounds like a difficult first model! I would suggest combining spaces/zones in the future to reduce modeling and simulation time. I think @David Goldwasser is suggesting to write your own measure to find surfaces, but in case you don't have time/experience you could instead apply the Rename Space Surfaces Based on Parent Space and Orientation measure after downloading it through the OS App. However, this would only provide additional information if you've named all your spaces with meaningful names.
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That sounds like a difficult first model! I would suggest combining spaces/zones in the future to reduce modeling and simulation time. I think @David Goldwasser is suggesting to write your own measure to find surfaces, but in case you don't have time/experience the time or experience you could instead apply the Rename Space Surfaces Based on Parent Space and Orientation measure after downloading it through the OS App.
However, this would will only provide additional information if you've named all your spaces with meaningful names.names. As a best practice I try to name my spaces according to the architectural drawings. This allows me to quickly locate a space when I need to edit it. Also, I would suggest combining spaces/zones in the future to reduce modeling and simulation time. My first real model was ~175 zones and sometimes took 30 minutes to run!
