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Is there an easy way to show what an OpenStudio field will accept?

asked 2015-09-09 06:11:32 -0500

For example, I want to change the openstudio::model::SimulationControl::solarDistribution: doc here

I will use setSolarDistribution ( std::string solarDistribution ). Is there a way to return all possibles values accepted by OS? That would be 'MinimalShadowing', 'FullExterior', etc.

In irb, something like help 'OpenStudio::SimulationControl::solarDistribution' (this doesn't work)

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answered 2015-09-09 09:05:42 -0500

You can call OpenStudio::Model::SimulationControl::validSolarDistributionValues(). It will return a list of valid values.

Usually for fields that accept a range of acceptable values, there will be a validFooValues() function.

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Why doesn't that work for OpenStudio::Model::OutputVariable::validReportingFrequencyValues()? I can see that it checks if it's valid when I call setReportingFrequency because it returns false when it's not appropriate

Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec  ( 2016-01-26 03:49:27 -0500 )edit

It seems like the more consistent API naming convention is fooValues(). Also it appears that OutputVariable hasn't implemented it fully. If you look at SimulationControl, OuputVariable should call the getIddKeyNames() function.

MarkAdams's avatar MarkAdams  ( 2016-01-26 08:07:25 -0500 )edit

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