Using FMU parser.exe

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C:\Users\julien\EnergyPlus\datasets\FMUs>C:\EnergyPlusV9-4-0\PreProcess\FMUParser\parser --printidf ShadingController.fmu

This creates a ShadingController/ folder and a tmp.idf

Here is the parser help:

$ parser --help
NAME
        parser - parse xml file

SYNOPSIS
        parser OPTION...FMUFILE...[-name objNam]

DESCRIPION
        The parser parses informaiton in modelDescription.xml file in functional mock-up unit for co-simulation.

OPTION
        -d, --delete
                delete the unpacked fmu folder
        -h, --help
                print help information
        -p, --printidf
                print temporary IDF file for Energyplus
        -u, --unpack
                unpack the FMU
        -v, --verbose
                print debug information. It is the only option that can combine with other options.
OTHERS
        -n, --name
                extract the fmu in folder objNam. The default folder name is fmu's name without the ".fmu".

EXAMPLE
        To generate a temporary IDF file from a fmu named havc.fmu in Linux
                parser -p hvac.fmu

        To unpack the fmu havc.fmu in a folder called MyFMU in linux
                parser -u havc.fmu -n MyFMU
AUTHOR
        Wangda Zuo, Thierry S. Nouidui, Michael Wetter @ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LICENSE
        Copyright (c) 2012, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy. All rights reserved