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Number of surfaces in OSM and IDF files

To whom it may concern,

I am modeling a one floor office building with five zones and a plenum in OpenStudio. I am relying on an IDF file in order to build up an OSM file by copying characteristics such as construction name, zone name and so forth. I realized that the IDF file has 12 wall surfaces (considering exterior and interior) in total. But, each space on the OpenStudio file has one exterior wall and 3 interior walls. It seems that the number of surfaces will be simplified once the OSM file is exported to IDF. Do I need to reduce the number once the IDF is created? Or is the reduction of the wall surfaces before exporting the OSM to IDF? Any comments will be highly appreciated!

Kind regards,

José Luis Bermúdez Alcocer, Ph.D.

Number of surfaces in OSM and IDF files

To whom it may concern,

I am modeling a one floor office building with five zones and a plenum in OpenStudio. I am relying on an IDF file in order to build up an OSM file by copying characteristics such as construction name, zone name and so forth. I realized that the IDF file has 12 wall surfaces (considering exterior and interior) in total. But, each space on the OpenStudio file has one exterior wall and 3 interior walls. It seems that the number of surfaces will be simplified once the OSM file is exported to IDF. Do I need to reduce the number once the IDF is created? Or is the reduction of the wall surfaces before exporting the OSM to IDF? Any comments will be highly appreciated!

Kind regards,

José Luis Bermúdez Alcocer, Ph.D.

Number of surfaces in OSM and IDF files

To whom it may concern,

I am modeling a one floor office building with five zones and a plenum in OpenStudio. I am relying on an IDF file in order to build up an OSM file by copying characteristics such as construction name, zone name and so forth. I realized that the IDF file has 12 wall surfaces (considering exterior and interior) in total. But, each space on the OpenStudio file has one exterior wall and 3 interior walls. It seems that the number of surfaces will be simplified once the OSM file is exported to IDF. Do I need to reduce the number once the IDF is created? Or is the reduction of the wall surfaces before exporting the OSM to IDF? Any comments will be highly appreciated!

Kind regards,

José Luis Bermúdez Alcocer, Ph.D.