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eio file in v. 9.4 mistake?

asked Mar 18

RobinCris's avatar

updated Mar 18

I wrote a program that run trough the eio file and collect constructions and materials

for example, this is the explanation of window construction line

! <WindowConstruction>,Construction Name,Index,#Layers,Roughness,Conductance {W/m2-K},SHGC,Solar Transmittance at Normal Incidence,Visible Transmittance at Normal Incidence

and this is one of the lines

WindowConstruction,_4-6-5 - 1001,16,1,VerySmooth,3.864,0.751,0.680,0.654

there is no problem there.

When I try to read "WindowMaterial:Shade" is the only place I get an error.

this is the explanation of WindowMaterial:Shade line

! <WindowMaterial:Shade>,Material Name,Thickness {m},Conductivity {W/m-K},Thermal Absorptance,Transmittance,Visible Transmittance,Shade Reflectance

but I think there is an extra comma in the values before the material name

 WindowMaterial:Shade,,30002,1.000E-003,160.000,0.900,5.000E-002,5.000E-002,0.600

I do not have that in any other window/ or regular material

Is that a know issue or I am missing something?

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@RobinCris it kind of looks like the WindowMaterial:Shade explanation line is missing the Index parameter, which is parameter #3 in the WindowConstruction explanation line. That would make your example WindowMaterial:Shade have an Index = 30002. The remaining parameters align after that.

Another possible issue is that the example WindowMaterial:Shade doesn't have a name assigned because the second parameter is blank.

WindowMaterial:Shade,, ...
Aaron Boranian's avatar Aaron Boranian  ( Mar 18 )

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answered Mar 19

There was indeed an extra comma. See the issue posted here and the bugfix here. It will be fixed in the upcoming E+ 25.1 release due out in the next week or two.

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