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Set Exterior Roof Assembly to User Input U Value doesn't work

asked 2016-11-03 07:15:01 -0500

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updated 2017-09-03 10:01:50 -0500

i'm using the " Set Exterior Roof Assembly to User Input U Value" measure and for some reason it doesn't seem to work and i keep getting the same results no matter what value i input as a U-value for the exterior roof in my model ? Osm Model Regards

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Adding a direct link to the measure on the BCL would be helpful

Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec  ( 2016-11-03 08:17:50 -0500 )edit

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answered 2016-11-03 08:24:15 -0500

updated 2016-11-08 05:32:17 -0500

As I said above, adding a direct link to the measure on the BCL would be helpful. In this case, it's critical: there are actually two measures with the same name, and one of them has an error.

This measure checks if the surface is a Wall instead of a RoofCeiling: https://bcl.nrel.gov/node/82299

This measure checks if the surface is a RoofCeiling: https://bcl.nrel.gov/node/82298 and had a problem before

The line in question is L154:

      if surface.outsideBoundaryCondition == "Outdoors" and surface.surfaceType == "Wall"

Initially this problem has been reported by Matt Steen on Github and corrected by David Goldwasser as highlighted here: https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/is.... This is the first thing that pops up when you google the name of the measure.

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thank you for your reply but the problem is yet unsolved. i keep getting errors whenever i apply the measure Osm Measure

Applying the measure

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shahin1992's avatar shahin1992  ( 2016-11-07 08:00:20 -0500 )edit

Open the error log itself (stout and stderr likely). See http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user...

Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec  ( 2016-11-07 08:53:02 -0500 )edit

thank you for your reply, here is the error log if i remove the measure, the model works just fine. here is my osm model

shahin1992's avatar shahin1992  ( 2016-11-07 09:25:26 -0500 )edit

Is there anything that looks useful for us when you open the stdout and stderr?

Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec  ( 2016-11-07 13:54:33 -0500 )edit

no, i don't think it has something that's important that's why i haven't added it essentially to my post but you asked for it so i did. i personally have no clue why it's not working, when i use it with a wall instead of a roof on the set value for roof part the simulation has no errors yet no change to the energy usage but when i use it with a roof i get an error right away

shahin1992's avatar shahin1992  ( 2016-11-08 04:54:42 -0500 )edit

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