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Sketchup generates an error when using the OpenStudio extension to export the IDF. How to add a photovoltaic curtain wall correctly?

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I created the photovoltaic curtain wall by creating a shading surface group and then using the“Add photovoltaic” script.But when I try to export the IDF it generates the warning below:

Warning: Object of type 'OS:ShadingControl' and named 'Shading Control 1' does not control any SubSurfaces, will not be translated

How can I make the fenestration area unshaded when adding photovoltaics? Or is there a better way to add the photovoltaic curtain wall?

Sketchup generates an error when using the OpenStudio extension to export the IDF. How to add a photovoltaic curtain wall correctly?

image description

I created the photovoltaic curtain wall by creating a shading surface group and then using the“Add photovoltaic” script.But when I try to export the IDF it generates the warning below:

Warning: Object of type 'OS:ShadingControl' and named 'Shading Control 1' does not control any SubSurfaces, will not be translated

How can I make the fenestration area unshaded when adding photovoltaics? Or is there a better way to add the photovoltaic curtain wall?

Sketchup generates an error when using the OpenStudio extension to export the IDF. How to add a photovoltaic curtain wall correctly?

image description

I created the photovoltaic curtain wall by creating a shading surface group and then using the“Add photovoltaic” script.But when I try to export the IDF it generates the warning below:

Warning: Object of type 'OS:ShadingControl' and named 'Shading Control 1' does not control any SubSurfaces, will not be translated

How can I make the fenestration area unshaded when adding photovoltaics? Or is there a better way to add the photovoltaic curtain wall?