File management in SketchUp with OpenStudio and EnergyPlus

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Hi @iasonas_fng, sorry for your troubles. When working with OpenStudio you only need to save your OSM file, you do not need to save the SKP file. When you open SketchUp you can go to the OpenStudio menu and choose open OSM, re-opening a SKP file linked to an OSM sometimes causes problems. I am a little unsure what you mean by "Selecting Save As or Export from the OpenStudio menu doesnt seem to do anything so I start with Save As .skp model from the File menu", can you expand on that? When you choose "Save" or "Save As" from the OpenStudio model it should prompt you for where you want to save your OSM file if you have not already saved it.

OpenStudio does not store any of the energy modeling information in the SketchUp (.skp) file itself, but rather uses SketchUp as a visualization tool. Modifications made to the energy model (including the energy model geometry) are stored in a separate file. The Legacy OpenStudio SketchUp plugin stored this model information in a .IDF file (the EnergyPlus input file format). The current OpenStudio SketchUp plugin (which you are using) stores this model information in a .OSM files (the OpenStudio input file format). The plugin has its own save, save-as, open and open buttons in the OpenStudio toolbar. These buttons are described in the OpenStudio SketchUp Plugin Documentation.

The OpenStudio introductory tutorial contains a series of videos showing how to do each of the steps you are interested in if you want to see things step-by-step.

Perhaps it will help to consider the SketchUp file format (.skp) and the OpenStudio file (.osm) as containing the objects required to managing two completely separate object models. Aside from some links and pointers described above, they are independent files.

SketchUp related model objects (lines, circles, dimensions, views, etc.) will be saved in the .skp file when one saves using the SketchUp -> File -> "Save" command

OpenStudio related model objects (OpenStudio surfaces, subsurfaces, construction definitions, material definituions. schedules, etc.) will be saves to the .osm file when one saves the Plugins->OpenStudio -> File -> "Save OpenStudio Model" command.

I was working in my .osm file into sketchup normally. So i started to organizing my folders after work and when i tried to load the .osm file into sketchup was showed the message "Validity check: Failed to load file". (All files have been moved from folder)