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model maker is offline?

asked 10 years ago

Nick N's avatar

updated 9 years ago

Has anyone tried generating idfs from modelmaker.nrel.gov (or the EnergyPlus Example File Generator) recently? I've tried periodically over the last month, but haven't had any luck - I get a message that "there was an error retrieving the latest results. Please check back later for updates."

I hope it comes back. It was pretty useful!

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I also found answer of this question. Thanks for asking :)

itpathshala's avatar itpathshala  ( 10 years ago )

is modelmaker still a thing or is that gone?

dradair's avatar dradair  ( 4 years ago )

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answered 10 years ago

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updated 10 years ago

I do my best to keep this service running as the app is using legacy code. I am unsure how much longer we are going to support modelmaker.nrel.gov or the example file generator. The best approach for the future is to use OpenStudio and use either the SketchUp plug-in or scripts to generate models dynamically. You can then use PAT to perturb the model using measures from the Building Component Library.

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answered 10 years ago

updated 10 years ago

Edit: I tried a couple scenarios and it worked, I believe it may be back online.

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This should be a comment to the question and not an answer

Clayton Miller's avatar Clayton Miller  ( 10 years ago )

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