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 I have a idf file created with designbuilder and want to implement a four pipe beam which was newly incorporated in energyplus version 8.4. No graphical user interface appears to have adopted version 8.4 yet.

  I created a Induction unit in design builder and exported the idf file hoping to change the system to a FourPipeBeam based on the example file. I chose a induction unit model as it seemed closest to the FourPipeBeam and gives me all the nodes and connections.

But the process seems too tedious and there are a lot of errors.

Just wondering how do you usually use a energy plus example idf file of a system and incorporate it into your model of the building.

I have a idf file created with designbuilder and want to implement a four pipe beam which was newly incorporated in energyplus version 8.4. No graphical user interface appears to have adopted version 8.4 yet.

I created a Induction unit in design builder and exported the idf file hoping to change the system to a FourPipeBeam based on the example file. I chose a induction unit model as it seemed closest to the FourPipeBeam and gives me all the nodes and connections. But the process seems too tedious and there are a lot of errors.

Just wondering how do you usually use a energy plus example idf file of a system and incorporate it into your model of the building.