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Is it possible to combine plenum with room below?

I want to model an air conditioned room without having a plenum. The issue is the room volume is smaller than the target volume, and it is because the plenum is taking up the space that is supposed to be the room volume that is air conditioned. I want to have one zone and it needs to be the full room volume. Every time I get a model from Asset Score it comes with a plenum, so the volume of the building I calculate is not what is in the Energy Plus reports as conditioned air. I currently do not have access to floorspace or SketchUp.

Is there a way to remove the plenum without erasing the room volume that it contains? Is having a plenum required for every model?

Is it possible to combine plenum with room below?

I want to model an air conditioned room without having a plenum. The issue is the room volume is smaller than the target volume, and it is because the plenum is taking up the space that is supposed to be the room volume that is air conditioned. I want to have one zone and it needs to be the full room volume. Every time I get a model from Asset Score it comes with a plenum, so the volume of the building I calculate is not what is in the Energy Plus reports as conditioned air. I currently do not have access to floorspace or SketchUp.

Is there a way to remove the plenum without erasing the room volume that it contains? Is having a plenum required for every model?