If the model is first created in Revit and imported as gbXML to SketchUp Make, Is there a difference if we perform analysis directly inside Legacy OpenStudio plugin in SketchUp or export it to IDF and perform the analysis inside EnergyPlus, or even use the OpenStudio Suite? Can you please guide me on the differences of these three?
gbXML is a file format that allows disparate 3D Building Information Model (BIM) tools, like Revit, and architectural/engineering analysis software, like SketchUp and EnergyPlus, to share information with each other. After importing a gbXML file into SketchUp, you can then alter the file's geometry in a few ways:
To perform an analysis, or run a simulation, it should not matter whether you do that in SketchUp or outside of SketchUp directly in EnergyPlus or OpenStudio. Again, SketchUp is a tool that allows you to edit geometry for building energy models.
For more information, you can read @__AmirRoth__ 's article about the history of the Euclid extension for SketchUp HERE.
@yhshaker2 when you install OpenStudio, there is a SketchUp extension that comes with it. In the most recent version 2.3 of OpenStudio, you can select whether you want to install this SketchUp extension or not (previously it would always install without asking first).
@Aaron Boranian i have one question for you: so, can i do all my simulations using only OpenStudio, that is, dont need to use EnergyPlus? I have been searching for this for a long time and found little information that would help me in a complete simulation of a building (informing all the steps and processes).
Asked: 2017-11-06 08:05:09 -0600
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