Ground heat exchanger horizontal severe errors

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@Kyle Benne the snippet doesn't match the error because it's osm and not idf, right? But yeah, it seems the error results from the OSM->IDF translator not handling Ground Temperature Model choices other than "KusudaAchenbach".

Hi, The last snippet referes to Openstudio .osm file. I'm using version 1.13.3 of openstudio. Kyle, I would like to send you the entire file but due to the nature of the project and contract conditions, I will not be able to do so. thats the most information I can share. I've initially tried the KUSUDA model and the error was the same. In my modest opinion, and taking the I-O reference as guide, OS is not writing the model name and type either into the .osm and when it is converted into .idf for e+ to run it.

Sorry I missed the fact that was an osm snippet. The reason it doesn't look consistent with E+ input is because E+ structure has changed since that feature was introduced in OpenStudio. In order to keep the OpenStudio API consistent, we typically handle this kind of change in the OS -> E+ translator, as is the case here. As Eric pointed out, the only valid ground temperature model is "KusudaAchenbach". I think if you switch to that model the E+ idf will look closer to what you expect, however I think I might see a bug in the translation related to setting the model type field.

I filed a bug about setting the model type field, here. I will commit a fix to that issue shortly, but in the meantime until the fix works into the next software release, you can edit the idf manually or with an E+ Measure in OpenStudio.

Thank you Kyle. Seams like going back to e+ editor for this one. I'll be waiting for the OS next release, we're having several projects with this feature that have just been commissioned.