I've got a script that does various things with idf file snippets and ends up with a few distinct idf objects. Does anyone have a suggestion on simple ways to merge/copy/concatenate one into the other? I could always just convert them to text and do it that way, but I was hoping for something more eppy-ish.

I'm aware of the copyidfobjects method, but I'm hoping for something that doesn't require looping through every object.

I've got a script that does various things with idf file snippets and ends up with a few distinct idf objects. Does anyone have a suggestion on simple ways to merge/copy/concatenate one into the other? I could always just convert them to text and do it that way, but I was hoping for something more eppy-ish.

I'm aware of the copyidfobjects method, but I'm hoping for something that doesn't require looping through every object.

I've got a script that does various things with idf file snippets and ends up with a few distinct idf objects. Does anyone have a suggestion on simple ways to merge/copy/concatenate one into the other? I could always just convert them to text and do it that way, but I was hoping for something more eppy-ish.

I'm aware of the copyidfobjects method, but I'm hoping for something that doesn't require looping through every object.

For reference, I've got a model split into idf file chunks (because they are part of a larger workflow and coming from various places) such as main file with geometry, envelope, hvac, internal gains, outputs, etc. Then I've loaded each of these files individually with eppy and made various modifications (choosing the correct envelope, mapping the hvac system to the relevant zones, etc). So now I'm at the end of the script and have 6 or so objects sitting in memory that I'd like to combine into a single idf file for simulation.

I've got a script that does various things with idf file snippets and ends up with a few distinct idf objects. Does anyone have a suggestion on simple ways to merge/copy/concatenate one into the other? I could always just convert them to text and do it that way, but I was hoping for something more eppy-ish.

I'm aware of the copyidfobjects method, but I'm hoping for something that doesn't require looping through every object.

For reference, I've got a model split into idf file chunks (because they are part of a larger workflow and coming from various places) such as main file with geometry, envelope, hvac, internal gains, outputs, etc. Then I've loaded each of these files individually with eppy and made various modifications (choosing the correct envelope, mapping the hvac system to the relevant zones, etc). So now I'm at the end of the script and have 6 or so objects sitting in memory that I'd like to combine into a single idf file for simulation.

as a simple example:

idf1 = IDF(model_part_1.idf) idf1 = IDF(model_part_1.idf)

fancy stuff to alter the above

I'm hoping for something on the order of

idf_all = idf1.idfconcatenate(idf2)

idf_all.idfname = "model_complete.idf" idf_all.save()

I've got a script that does various things with idf file snippets and ends up with a few distinct idf objects. Does anyone have a suggestion on simple ways to merge/copy/concatenate one into the other? I could always just convert them to text and do it that way, but I was hoping for something more eppy-ish.

I'm aware of the copyidfobjects method, but I'm hoping for something that doesn't require looping through every object.

For reference, I've got a model split into idf file chunks (because they are part of a larger workflow and coming from various places) such as main file with geometry, envelope, hvac, internal gains, outputs, etc. Then I've loaded each of these files individually with eppy and made various modifications (choosing the correct envelope, mapping the hvac system to the relevant zones, etc). So now I'm at the end of the script and have 6 or so objects sitting in memory that I'd like to combine into a single idf file for simulation.

as a simple example:

idf1 = IDF(model_part_1.idf)
idf1 = IDF(model_part_1.idf)
 
IDF(model_part_1.idf)

# fancy stuff to alter the above
 
above

# I'm hoping for something on the order of
 
of

idf_all = idf1.idfconcatenate(idf2)
 
idf1.idfconcatenate(idf2)

idf_all.idfname = "model_complete.idf"
idf_all.save()
 
(sorry, having some browser issues with formatting, will fix soon)idf_all.save()

I've got a script that does various things with idf file snippets and ends up with a few distinct idf objects. Does anyone have a suggestion on simple ways to merge/copy/concatenate one into the other? I could always just convert them to text and do it that way, but I was hoping for something more eppy-ish.

I'm aware of the copyidfobjects method, but I'm hoping for something that doesn't require looping through every object.

For reference, I've got a model split into idf file chunks (because they are part of a larger workflow and coming from various places) such as main file with geometry, envelope, hvac, internal gains, outputs, etc. Then I've loaded each of these files individually with eppy and made various modifications (choosing the correct envelope, mapping the hvac system to the relevant zones, etc). So now I'm at the end of the script and have 6 or so objects sitting in memory that I'd like to combine into a single idf file for simulation.

as a simple example:

idf1 = IDF(model_part_1.idf)
idf1 = IDF(model_part_1.idf)

# fancy stuff to alter the above

# I'm hoping for something on the order of
 idf_all = idf1.idfconcatenate(idf2)

idf_all.idfname = "model_complete.idf"
idf_all.save()