Hello to everyone,
I'm modeling a skyscraper using OpenStudio 3.1. Because of the requirements of the job, I need to assign a thermal zone to every single space in the building. Therefore, once I ended modeling the geometry, I will have to deal with a huge energyplus file with more than 5k thermal zones and almost 100k surfaces. Needless to say, I'm experiencing always wider latencies in performing basic operations like creating spaces, selecting/subdiving surfaces, etc., which lead me to a very difficoult extimation of the time needed for creating the geometry.
Hoping that anyone in this forum has dealt with something similar in the past, here is my question: is it possible to split the final model into several files by adding a reduced number of thermal zones on each one and interconnecting them in a sort of master-slave relationship?
Thinking about this potential solution and assuming that I will make and extensive use of macroses where possible, the problems I foresee are:
- assigning the constructions implemented in the master file to the surfaces available in the slave ones;
- matching surfaces between master and slave zones;
- implementing the HVAC system (unless the thermal zones subdivision is made in accordance with the loops available).
If such an implementation is actually possible, what should I do for making it work properly? Otherwise, are there other potential solution I could take into consideration?
Many thanks.
