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EnergyPlus: describing a roof with a whole (a 'ringed' surface)

Hi. Is there a way to describe in the .idf file asurface with a hole? My model has a hole in a roof (this hole is actually another building component - ceiling of the space beneath, or, the floor of a space above). I am trying to figure out if there`s a way to describe this whole purely by describing the coordinates of the roof and the hole in the BuildingSurfaces:Detailed class.

EnergyPlus: describing a roof with a whole (a 'ringed' surface)

Hi. Is there a way to describe in the .idf IDF file asurface a surface with a hole?

My model has a hole in a roof (this hole is actually another building component - the ceiling of the space beneath, or, the beneath or floor of a space above).

model surface

I am trying to figure out if there`s there's a way to describe this whole hole purely by describing the coordinates of the roof and the hole in the BuildingSurfaces:Detailed class.BuildingSurface:Detailed object.

EnergyPlus: describing How do I specify a roof with a whole hole (a 'ringed' surface)surface)?

Is there a way to describe in the IDF file a surface with a hole?

My model has a hole in a roof (this roof, as in the images below. This hole is actually another building component - the ceiling of the space beneath or floor of a space above).

model

The model

surface

The surface

I am trying to figure out if there's a way to describe this hole purely by describing the coordinates of the roof and the hole in the BuildingSurface:Detailed object.