Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
 | 1 | initial version |
The relationship between OpenStudio and CBECC-Com is a little complicated, we need to write up a better description of it but I'll give an overview here. OpenStudio can export an Input SDD XML file. This can be opened in CBECC-Com where all additional details are added. Once the Input SDD is complete, the rules are run on the file and CBECC-Com produces a series of Sim SDD XML files, each file corresponds to an energy simulation. OpenStudio can import these Sim SDD files. However, OpenStudio cannot import an Input SDD file. Furthermore, the OpenStudio import of a Sim SDD file does not bring along non-simulation, Input SDD content. Therefore, you cannot currently jump back and forth between OpenStudio and CBECC-Com using the SDD file. It would be good if the CBECC-Com team could link to a diagram explaining the process and transformation between various SDD file formats.
| | 2 | No.2 Revision |
The relationship between OpenStudio and CBECC-Com is a little complicated, we need to write up a better description of it but I'll give an overview here. OpenStudio can export an Input SDD XML file. This can be opened in CBECC-Com where all additional details are added. Once the Input SDD is complete, the rules are run on the file and CBECC-Com produces a series of Sim SDD XML files, each file corresponds to an energy simulation. OpenStudio can import these Sim SDD files. files to produce OpenStudio models for simulation. However, OpenStudio cannot import an Input SDD file. Furthermore, the OpenStudio import of a Sim SDD file does not bring along non-simulation, Input SDD content. Therefore, you cannot currently jump back and forth between OpenStudio and CBECC-Com using the SDD file. It would be good if the CBECC-Com team could link to a diagram explaining the process and transformation between various SDD file formats.
