Hello,
I am making a model of a building in SketchUp, which has 90 rooms with the same heigh. This rooms are grouped in different thermal zones. When I group two or more enclosures, I get the following warning:
* Warning * CalculateZoneVolume: The Zone="THERMAL ZONE 1" is not fully enclosed. To be fully enclosed, each edge of a surface must also be an edge on one other surface. * ~~~ * The zone volume was calculated using the floor area times ceiling height method where the floor and ceiling are the same except for the z-coordinates. * ~~~ * The surface "SURFACE 20" has an edge that was used 4 times: it is an edge on three or more surfaces: * ~~~ * It was found on the following Surfaces: 'SURFACE 24' 'SURFACE 3' 'SURFACE 5' * ~~~ * Vertex start { 12.6216, 4.7843, 3.0000} * ~~~ * Vertex end { 12.6216, -9.0239E-017, 3.0000} * ~~~ * The surface "SURFACE 20" has an edge that was used 4 times: it is an edge on three or more surfaces: * ~~~ * It was found on the following Surfaces: 'SURFACE 23' 'SURFACE 3' 'SURFACE 6' * ~~~ * Vertex start { 12.6216, -9.0239E-017, 3.0000} * ~~~ * Vertex end { 12.6216, -9.0239E-017, 0.0000} * ~~~ * The surface "SURFACE 20" has an edge that was used 4 times: it is an edge on three or more surfaces: * ~~~ * It was found on the following Surfaces: 'SURFACE 19' 'SURFACE 3' 'SURFACE 1' * ~~~ * Vertex start { 12.6216, -9.0239E-017, 0.0000} * ~~~ * Vertex end { 12.6216, 4.7843, 0.0000} * ~~~ * The surface "SURFACE 20" has an edge that was used 4 times: it is an edge on three or more surfaces: * ~~~ * It was found on the following Surfaces: 'SURFACE 21' 'SURFACE 3' 'SURFACE 4' * ~~~ * Vertex start { 12.6216, 4.7843, 0.0000} * ~~~ * Vertex end { 12.6216, 4.7843, 3.0000}
I get this error in all thermal zones. I have tried to do what is recommended in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eex6T2SmqOc , but this type of error is only solved if I create as many thermal zones as enclosures.
Is that a good solution? How would it affect the modeling of the air conditioning system?
Thanks!
