Is any one used Energy plus "ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 Prototype Building Model Package" before? I tried to use the outpatient healthcare models. But all of these models have a same error when opened with IDF editor: Too many fields for objects: controller: mechanical ventilation. Is any one know how to fix it in text editor?
Thanks,
The problem is that the number of fields in the Energy+.IDD file is not sufficient for the IDF Editor (it is not an issue for EnergyPlus itself). You can edit the Energy+.IDD file manually using a text editor to add fields to what ever object is causing a problem by following the pattern in the IDD. Make sure you have a comma after each intermediate field and a semicolon only after the last field. The original IDD file has the Controller:MechanicalVentilation ends with:
A146,\field Zone 48 Name
\type object-list
\object-list ZoneAndZoneListNames
\note A zone name or a zone list name may be used here
A147,\field Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name 48
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationOutdoorAirNames
A148,\field Design Specification Zone Air Distribution Object Name 48
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationZoneAirDistributionNames
A149,\field Zone 49 Name
\type object-list
\object-list ZoneAndZoneListNames
\note A zone name or a zone list name may be used here
A150,\field Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name 49
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationOutdoorAirNames
A151,\field Design Specification Zone Air Distribution Object Name 49
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationZoneAirDistributionNames
A152,\field Zone 50 Name
\type object-list
\object-list ZoneAndZoneListNames
\note A zone name or a zone list name may be used here
A153,\field Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name 50
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationOutdoorAirNames
A154;\field Design Specification Zone Air Distribution Object Name 50
Following this pattern, replace the semicolon on the A154 line with a comma and keep adding fields until you get to 70 fields or so, which would look like:
A209,\field Zone 69 Name
\type object-list
\object-list ZoneAndZoneListNames
\note A zone name or a zone list name may be used here
A210,\field Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name 69
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationOutdoorAirNames
A211,\field Design Specification Zone Air Distribution Object Name 69
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationZoneAirDistributionNames
A212,\field Zone 70 Name
\type object-list
\object-list ZoneAndZoneListNames
\note A zone name or a zone list name may be used here
A213,\field Design Specification Outdoor Air Object Name 70
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationOutdoorAirNames
A214;\field Design Specification Zone Air Distribution Object Name 70
\type object-list
\object-list DesignSpecificationZoneAirDistributionNames
I have been using EnergyPlus 8.3 after upgrading those files. I have a Energy+.idd that fixes that issue with that object that you can download here. The prototype building models can be found on energycodes.gov .
@JasonGlazer After following the procedure above I receive an 'Unmatched Object Lists Found' window when I open the IDF editor. The warning states 'The following lists appear in the IDD for an \object-list but not in a \reference or \reference-class-name: DESIGNSPECIFICATIONZONEAIRDISTRIBUTIONNAMES'
All items in the IDF editor appear correctly and I can run the simulation without error. Is this warning anything to be wary of? I'm using EnergyPlus v8.2.0 Update 1.
I am not sure why you are getting that error. Send me your edited energy+.idd file and I will take a look. Send to jglazer at gard.com
Looks like it was just some extra "tab" characters causing the problem. I just sent you a revised IDD file.
If others get the "unmatched object lists found" error after editing the Energy+.idd file, it would be a good idea to make sure no "tab" characters are used in the energy+.idd file. Many editors have a feature called "convert tabs to spaces" that should be used to see if it fixes this issue.
Asked: 2015-04-24 11:47:45 -0500
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Last updated: Apr 24 '15
