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Cloning ZoneHVACUniHeater failed to addToThermalZone

asked 2016-04-27 07:41:17 -0500

Cole.S's avatar

updated 2017-10-18 07:21:09 -0500

Hi, I am trying to clone a ZoneHVACUnitHeater from a seed .osm file. I was able to successfully clone the heater (heater_in_zone), but was not able to add the unit heater to a thermal zone (thermalZone). My lines of code are:

# Load Heater components unless "no heater" is selected
     if heater_name.eql?("No Heater")
     else
        heat = true
        heater_path = OpenStudio::Path.new("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/resources/#{heater_name}.osm")
        heater_inputmodel=translator.loadModel(heater_path)
        heater_inputmodel=heater_inputmodel.get
        heater_in_zone=heater_inputmodel.getZoneHVACUnitHeaters[0]

      end

heater_clone = heater_in_zone.clone(model).to_ZoneHVACUnitHeater.get
heater_clone.addToThermalZone(thermalZones)

When run, the following error occurs:

"Expected argument 1 of type openstudio::model::ThermalZone &, but got Array [#<OpenStudio::Model::ThermalZon....in SWIG method 'addToThermalZone.'"

I'm pretty new to Ruby so am not sure the correct protocol for cloning objects. If anyone could help me that would be great!

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You are right. I changed the line of code to

heater_clone.addToThermalZone(thermalZones[0]) .... and the error was resolved.

Cole.S's avatar Cole.S  ( 2016-04-27 09:22:24 -0500 )edit

Okay, I'm going to move it to an answer.

Adam Hilton's avatar Adam Hilton  ( 2016-04-27 10:06:46 -0500 )edit

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answered 2016-04-27 10:07:51 -0500

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With respect to your error, I don't know what you have written into your thermalZones variable but it looks like it's probably a string array. addToThermalZone() is only expecting one value, so you can't pass an entire array to it.

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