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What do you need to know about surfaces in contact with the ground, when modeling in Open Studio?
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
        
        asked 8 years ago  
 
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Hello,
 
i am modeling a building in Sketchup using the OS plugin. I want to understand how to corectly model ground surfaces in OS, because you have more than one outside boundary condition option for ground surfaces. What is the difference if i use Ground or GroundFCfactorMethod as an outside boundary condition(or some other boundary condition for a ground surface)? Because it seems that in OS there is no difference, so what happens in EP?
 
Tnx,
 
David
 
Addition to question: Which outside boundary conditions relating to ground surfaces that are listed in OS are functional (it seems that only Ground and FCfactor method are operable in OS)? 
 
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        answered 8 years ago  
 
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InputOutput reference has detailed explanation of difference outside boundary condition choices in EnergyPlus.
 
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OK, i checked the InputOutput reference, and now i have more understanding for the different outside boundary conditions. But still i have problems in OS. For my model the OtherSIdeCoefficients boundary condition is atractive, but it does not work in OS (simulation error). So i wonder, which outside boundary conditions in OS actualy work(it seems that only Ground and FCfactor method)?
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I guess will have to pass that to OpenStudio experts. I directly run energyplus.
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OK, tnx anyway !
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It doesn‘t matter in OS, I think, because you can change the details in E+
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