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Is there a different way to do Inersect/SurfaceMatching

I have scoured this site and tried all the suggestions, but nothing seems to work. I have a fairly straight forward model. All spaces are rectangular. Basement and first floor with return plenums. Some of the first floor spaces are full height. I have tried intersecting and then surface matching with:

Extensions->User Scripts->Alter/Add->Intersect Space Geometry The SurfaceMatching toolbar Directly in OpenStudio with Components&Measures->Apply Measure->Envelope->Form-> BCL SurfaceMatching

I've tried every combination of intersecting and SurfaceMatching in SketchUp and even then using BCL SurfaceMatching without intersecting.

Nothing seems to work. I still end up with a lot of unmatched surfaces. It even sometimes flips surface orientation or deletes surfaces all together.

Here is the file before I did any intersect/surface matching: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xa7fzGIRjAiSZ5b3AFe3bRc5gCvgndZi

SketchUp Version 17.2.2555 / OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in Version 2.9.0 / OpenStudio Version 2.9.0

Is there a different way to do Inersect/SurfaceMatching

I have scoured this site and tried all the suggestions, but nothing seems to work. I have a fairly straight forward model. All spaces are rectangular. Basement and first floor with return plenums. Some of the first floor spaces are full height. I have tried intersecting and then surface matching with:

Extensions->User Scripts->Alter/Add->Intersect Space Geometry The SurfaceMatching toolbar Directly in OpenStudio with Components&Measures->Apply Measure->Envelope->Form-> BCL SurfaceMatching

I've tried every combination of intersecting and SurfaceMatching in SketchUp and even then using BCL SurfaceMatching without intersecting.

Nothing seems to work. I still end up with a lot of unmatched surfaces. It even sometimes flips surface orientation or deletes surfaces all together.

Here is the file before I did any intersect/surface matching: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xa7fzGIRjAiSZ5b3AFe3bRc5gCvgndZi

SketchUp Version 17.2.2555 / OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in Version 2.9.0 / OpenStudio Version 2.9.0

Before Surface Matching with BCL measure: image description After Surface Matching with BCL measure: image description

Is there a different way to do Inersect/SurfaceMatching

I have scoured this site and tried all the suggestions, but nothing seems to work. I have a fairly straight forward model. All spaces are rectangular. Basement and first floor with return plenums. Some of the first floor spaces are full height. I have tried intersecting and then surface matching with:

Extensions->User Scripts->Alter/Add->Intersect Space Geometry Geometry

The SurfaceMatching toolbar toolbar

Directly in OpenStudio with Components&Measures->Apply Measure->Envelope->Form-> BCL SurfaceMatching

I've tried every combination of intersecting and SurfaceMatching in SketchUp and even then using BCL SurfaceMatching without intersecting.

Nothing seems to work. I still end up with a lot of unmatched surfaces. It even sometimes flips surface orientation or deletes surfaces all together.

Here is the file before I did any intersect/surface matching: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xa7fzGIRjAiSZ5b3AFe3bRc5gCvgndZi

SketchUp Version 17.2.2555 / OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in Version 2.9.0 / OpenStudio Version 2.9.0

Before Surface Matching with BCL measure: image description After Surface Matching with BCL measure: image description2.9.0

Is there a different way to do Inersect/SurfaceMatching

I have scoured this site and tried all the suggestions, but nothing seems to work. I have a fairly straight forward model. All spaces are rectangular. Basement and first floor with return plenums. Some of the first floor spaces are full height. I have tried intersecting and then surface matching with:

Extensions->User Scripts->Alter/Add->Intersect Space Geometry

The SurfaceMatching toolbar

Directly in OpenStudio with Components&Measures->Apply Measure->Envelope->Form-> BCL SurfaceMatching

I've tried every combination of intersecting and SurfaceMatching in SketchUp and even then using BCL SurfaceMatching without intersecting.

Nothing seems to work. I still end up with a lot of unmatched surfaces. It even sometimes flips surface orientation or deletes surfaces all together.

Here is the file before I did any intersect/surface matching: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xa7fzGIRjAiSZ5b3AFe3bRc5gCvgndZi

SketchUp Version 17.2.2555 / OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in Version 2.9.0 / OpenStudio Version 2.9.0