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2016-03-02 09:12:40 -0500 commented answer Automatic door generation while doing surface matching and degenerate surfaces openstudio

Thank you David. I may have solved my issue. As I understand from what you are saying and what I tried, I need to use the "Intersect and Divide Inter-Zone Subsurfaces" in order to intersect internal subsurfaces between openstudio spaces, after I use the surface matching tool to match the base surfaces. I will report back if I have any additional issues. Best regards.

2016-03-01 12:50:31 -0500 commented answer Automatic door generation while doing surface matching and degenerate surfaces openstudio

I also have the same question, anybody who is aware please answer it.

2016-02-29 14:46:48 -0500 commented answer SketchUp Openstudio Ruby Console ERROR

Yes I double click in the openstudio space that I want. One issue that I have is that I need to draw a door in a wall that seperates a room from a corridor, and each of them has its own openstudio space.

I repeteadly have the error below when I load a save and some doors that I have draw do not show up:

"Error: Sub Surface 152 This sub surface's base surface 'Surface 29' has less than 3 points, it cannot be drawn."

The same doors that present this error load correctly on previous saves before I draw additional doors. Finally I have the initial error when I use the Hide command.

2016-02-29 10:56:04 -0500 asked a question SketchUp Openstudio Ruby Console ERROR

Greetings. I frequently stumble upon the following error while drawing subsurfaces. The subsurfaces usually do not register as doors or windows if the error appears. I am forced to restart SketchUp in order to complete one subsurface, but the error appears again in the next subsurface I try to draw.

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The error repeats itself a couple of times more than the ones that are captured in the picture. Any help is greatly appreciated.

2016-02-29 10:48:53 -0500 commented answer Openstudio does not load surfaces, please help

Next time I will know then, thanks!

2016-02-29 10:48:04 -0500 commented answer Openstudio does not load surfaces, please help

Thank you!

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2016-02-25 15:26:25 -0500 answered a question Openstudio does not load surfaces, please help

Thank you very much. I feared so that it was a mistake to make just one space, but it is good to know that this was the mistake and I can start over without making the same mistake.

No need to spend more time with this model if that is the case. I already have a good enough guide for remodeling it and much detail is not needed.

I will try again with more spaces this time, at least a core and a perimeter as you suggested, probably more since just one for the perimeter will probably not be enough as it is indeed a complex building.

Certainbly I need to educate myself more about the programms, but I have no physical person to turn to, so the mistakes escalate. One less to go now though. Another one I did was to forget choosing the surface before drawing the sub-surface.

How did you make the horizontal cut? It is a useful tool that I have not managed to find yet. EDIT: Just found it by googling "sketchup section", with the use of the plane section tool. Nevermind that.

A million thanks again, I will start over and if any issue presents itself I will know who to ask for it.

2016-02-25 14:15:30 -0500 commented question Openstudio does not load surfaces, please help

I will send you the initial, the "corrupted" and the "no sub-surface" models to check them, hoping that you have a painless way to fix the model. It is very kind of you to help me since there is absolutely no one else I can turn to for assistance.

2016-02-25 14:12:40 -0500 commented question Openstudio does not load surfaces, please help

Ī¤hank you for your post. The reverse face went just fine. I removed the subsurfaces and it loads much faster without any errors other than this:

"Error: Surface 209 This planar surface shares the same SketchUp face as Surface 274. This error cannot be automatically fixed. The surface will not be drawn."

However the model was also crippled in the process. I guess I could just start over hoping that it will not lag/get corrupted again, but I would also like to ask if it is possible to make many thermal zones in one Openstudio space, since the model is included in one big Openstudio space.

2016-02-25 13:11:56 -0500 commented question Openstudio does not load surfaces, please help

It always pops a ton of errors about missing subsufaces, but there was no problem up until now. Example below.

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/7606/7...

It loads the model, before it finishes loading it stops responding for a while and then it loads the surface-less model. I need to close SketchUp and load a previous save to restore it.

The diagnostic tool removes some subsurfaces but does not solve the issue.

I noticed the reverse coloring too but I am not aware how to fix it. Is it easy for you to describe it or alternatively point me to the manual?

I really appreciate your concern

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2016-02-25 12:37:36 -0500 asked a question Openstudio does not load surfaces, please help

Greetings. There is a major issue with the Openstudio model I am working on. After drawing a door or a window, in the next load it fails to draw the surfaces. Example in the images below. Please ask me if you need additional information and diagnostic files of any kind.

SketchUp 2016 Openstudio 1.10.0

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Thank you.