Easiest way to run multiple OpenStudio simulations

answered 2017-03-16 09:58:21 -0600

updated 2017-03-16 10:01:41 -0600

OpenStudio's Parametric Analysis Tool. Design alternatives can be constructed using measures or they can be individual models.

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@ljbrackney The PAT works great if you have separate models without any measures attached, but in my case I have 15 different models, each with unique measures. When I input the models into PAT, it strips the OSMs of the measures that I have assigned. I see that there is an option to add a User Defined measure after inputting an alternative starting model, but when I do this it doesn't allow me to select a measure from the ones I have created and enter the relevant inputs . . . I must be missing something cause I would think PAT would want to support this functionality

dpud12 ( 2017-03-16 10:53:58 -0600 )edit

Ah. Yeah, PAT 1.x doesn't support that. I believe PAT 2.1.0 does, although I haven't been testing multiple seed model functionality personally. @aparker or @David Goldwasser are probably in a better position to speak to that capability - at least until I get around to testing and documenting it.

ljbrackney ( 2017-03-16 11:14:39 -0600 )edit

Yes PAT 2.x does support custom seed models for each datapoint. This would allow you to build up an analysis of unique seed models with with the same or custom measures run on them. Another option I thought of when I saw this post was using the OpenStudio Command Line Interface, but for most use cases I think PAT 2.1 will be the way to go. 2.1 is due out at the end of March. The 1.14.0 release of PAT is the last 1.x PAT that will be released.