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How to merge an EnergyPlus IDF with an OpenStudio IDF?

I would like to merge two IDFs modeling two parts of the same building, one created in EnergyPlus IDF Editor and another in OpenStudio 1.10. The IDF Editor model contains a refrigerated warehouse that could not be created in OS, and the OS model contains the rest of the building (dry warehouse, office, kitchen, etc). Is there a way to do this without having duplicate surfaces, schedules, nodes, and without losing systems? I don't want to just copy and paste one IDF into another because I assume there will be problems with naming conventions between the two files for nodes, surfaces that would take forever to rename. I tried a variation of the process in the post below, but it did not merge the systems.

https://unmethours.com/question/3951/merge-two-openstudio-files/

How to merge an EnergyPlus IDF with an OpenStudio IDF?

I would like to merge two IDFs modeling two parts of the same building, one created in EnergyPlus IDF Editor and another in OpenStudio 1.10. The IDF Editor model contains a refrigerated warehouse that could not be created in OS, and the OS model contains the rest of the building (dry warehouse, office, kitchen, etc). Is there a way to do this without having duplicate surfaces, schedules, nodes, and without losing systems? I don't want to just copy and paste one IDF into another because I assume there will be problems with naming conventions between the two files for nodes, surfaces that would take forever to rename. I tried a variation of the process in the post below, but it did not merge the systems.

https://unmethours.com/question/3951/merge-two-openstudio-files/