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  Topic: Exported Window Type
mbwaite

Replies: 1
Views: 47

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:56 pm   Subject: Exported Window Type
When exporting my DB model to IDF (I need to work on some things in it with e+) it creates a new window glass type with transmittance=1, reflectance=0, etc., which are not allowed by e+. I have a sing ...
  Topic: Crash
mbwaite

Replies: 1
Views: 82

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:10 pm   Subject: Crash
In a model I am working on, whenever I try to remove any partition adjacent to a particular zone (only one zone on one block, as far as I can tell), the program crashes with no warning.

Anyone else ...
  Topic: Disappearing zones
mbwaite

Replies: 3
Views: 198

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:57 pm   Subject: Disappearing zones
Steve,

Is there another way I can get it to you? It has client-specific information that I would prefer not to post online.

Thanks.

Mike
  Topic: Disappearing zones
mbwaite

Replies: 3
Views: 198

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:50 pm   Subject: Disappearing zones
This is a new one: When I am partitioning my block and complete a zone, when rezoning, the new zone will completely disappear from my model. It appears as a void space in the block, has exterior walls ...
  Topic: Shrinking Windows
mbwaite

Replies: 4
Views: 406

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:47 pm   Subject: Shrinking Windows
Thanks Mahabir and Andy. I just switched to Version 2.2. I'm not sure why I had it set to 2.1. As Mahabir noted, it works fine. No need to dig deeper, Andy. I can move forward with 2.2.

Thanks for ...
  Topic: Shrinking Windows
mbwaite

Replies: 4
Views: 406

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:13 pm   Subject: Shrinking Windows
Nobody's seen this before?
  Topic: Shrinking Windows
mbwaite

Replies: 4
Views: 406

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:15 pm   Subject: Shrinking Windows
My windows seem to be shrinking when I export them to E+. They seem to be short in each direction an amount approximately equal to the default frame dimension; however, I have turned off frames/divide ...
  Topic: Window Reveals bug in DB
mbwaite

Replies: 10
Views: 1525

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 8:24 pm   Subject: Window Reveals bug in DB
Hi Andy,

Was this ever resolved? I am having a similar confusion. I have the options "Frame inside projection" and "Frame outside projection." I currently have both set to 0. My frame is flush with ...
  Topic: Ceiling height
mbwaite

Replies: 2
Views: 348

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:54 pm   Subject: Ceiling height
Thanks, Andy. I started moving along these lines after posting. The single-zone analysis shouldn't be a problem.
  Topic: Ceiling height
mbwaite

Replies: 2
Views: 348

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:05 pm   Subject: Ceiling height
I have searched the help file for this, but have had no luck. Does anyone know of a way to have different ceiling heights within one zone? The main interior portion of the building I am working on ha ...
  Topic: Round or arched windows
mbwaite

Replies: 1
Views: 297

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:26 pm   Subject: Round or arched windows
I have been trying to do round or arched windows in DB (see attached file), but have not had luck with them translating to e+. I exported the IDF (see attached IDF) to make sure the geometry worked ou ...
  Topic: Data from previous versions
mbwaite

Replies: 1
Views: 430

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:44 pm   Subject: Data from previous versions
I have been trying to load dbs files that contain a significant amount of data from previous simulations. The information is definitely contained in the file, but when I open it in a newer beta versio ...
  Topic: setpoints and setback in cooling design and simulations
mbwaite

Replies: 15
Views: 3646

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:43 pm   Subject: setpoints and setback in cooling design and simulations
Andy,

Thank you very much for the help.

The thing that is most confusing to me is that I ran a bunch of models before with the same schedule and the same collected results and did not have this ...
  Topic: setpoints and setback in cooling design and simulations
mbwaite

Replies: 15
Views: 3646

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:55 pm   Subject: setpoints and setback in cooling design and simulations
Andy,

Thank you for your prompt response.

I do not believe it is an issue with the amount of data being generated. I am running a two-week simulation and collecting hourly weather data. In the p ...
  Topic: setpoints and setback in cooling design and simulations
mbwaite

Replies: 15
Views: 3646

PostForum: DesignBuilder Support   Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:28 pm   Subject: setpoints and setback in cooling design and simulations
Now, every time I try to run a simulation, the program closes at some point during the middle of it. I am trying to repeat the same simulations I ran before, but with the new version, so as to avoid t ...
 
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