I am currently dealing with a large number of warnings in the form of,
The surface "SURFACE 825" has an edge that is either not an edge on another surface or is an edge on three or more surfaces: * ~~~ * Vertex start { 3.6652, -10.7695, 3.8608} * ~~~ * Vertex end { 3.8842, -10.6438, 3.8608}
Would anyone have any guidance on how I could correct this warning?
Thank you, Steven
EnergyPlus now uses an algorithm that detects if each zone volume is fully enclosed (think leak proof). The algorithm checks to see if each edge of each surface is used touched by just one other edge of another surface. If this does not occur the warning message that you saw will be shown. I would look at that surface and that edge in particular and check if touches another surface edge. It might make sense to visualize the model in Sketchup using Euclid or OpenStudio. It is very likely that the warning message does show a problem with the zone not being fully enclosed. If that is intentional, you can ignore the warning. If the zone is fully enclosed but the way the edges are arranged is complicated you should also feel free to ignore the warning.
Along these same lines, if the zone is fully enclosed but the way the edges are arranged is complicated, double check what the zone volume is in the outputs. When this new algorithm calculates volumes, these types of not fully enclosed to the algorithm zones sometimes size as 10-20x the actual zone volume. You should be able to hard-code the volume in the thermal zone object.
@M_Shannon, I would like to see an example of this 10-20x problem you are seeing. Could you email me the file? jglazer at gard dot com.
@M_Shannon, how can you hard-code the volume? I don't see that option in thermal zone object. I'm using OpenStudio 2.5.0.
I had the same problem that might be an issue with SketchUp or OS. What I found out in my case was that a Stairwell I modeled as a single space was not oriented in the same direction as the rest of the model. That led into very small differences in coordinates of adjacent walls, in order of less than one millimeter, due to the rotational translation needed between space origin and model origin. I ended up rotating the stairwell space origin in the direction of the rest of the model, then I redrew the stairwell and problem was fixed.
So I think that you should look for something similar.
I have the same problem, but I can not find the line that E + warns, even opening the file in SU. Everything looks ok. Anyone with the same problem?
The warning: * Warning * CalculateZoneVolume: The Zone="94" 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 "94_CEILING_1_0_0" has an edge that is either not an edge on another surface or is an edge on three or more surfaces: * ~~~ * Vertex start { 0.2121, -0.4419, 3.3000} * ~~~ * Vertex end { -1.3081, 1.0783, 3.3000} * ~~~ * The surface "94_CEILING_1_2_1" has an edge that is either not an edge on another surface or is an edge on three or more surfaces: * ~~~ * Vertex start { 2.1567, -2.3865, 3.3000} * ~~~ * Vertex end { 0.2121, -0.4419, 3.3000}
The surface IDF:
BuildingSurface:Detailed, 94_Ceiling_1_0_0, !- Name Ceiling, !- Surface Type 3, !- Construction Name 94, !- Zone Name Surface, !- Outside Boundary Condition 228_Floor_0_0_10061, !- Outside Boundary Condition Object NoSun, !- Sun Exposure NoWind, !- Wind Exposure 0, !- View Factor to Ground , !- Number of Vertices 2.6625, !- Vertex 1 X-coordinate {m} -1.6875, !- Vertex 1 Y-coordinate {m} 3.3, !- Vertex 1 Z-coordinate {m} 2.6625, !- Vertex 2 X-coordinate {m} 0.4625, !- Vertex 2 Y-coordinate {m} 3.3, !- Vertex 2 Z-coordinate {m} 0.1625, !- Vertex 3 X-coordinate {m} 0.4625, !- Vertex 3 Y-coordinate {m} 3.3, !- Vertex 3 Z-coordinate {m} 0.1625, !- Vertex 4 X-coordinate {m} -1.6875, !- Vertex 4 Y-coordinate {m} 3.3; !- Vertex 4 Z-coordinate {m}
BuildingSurface:Detailed, 94_Ceiling_1_2_1, !- Name Ceiling, !- Surface Type 3, !- Construction Name 94, !- Zone Name Surface, !- Outside Boundary Condition 265_Floor_0_0_10042, !- Outside Boundary Condition Object NoSun, !- Sun Exposure NoWind, !- Wind Exposure 0, !- View Factor to Ground , !- Number of Vertices 0.3375, !- Vertex 1 X-coordinate {m} 0.4625, !- Vertex 1 Y-coordinate {m} 3.3, !- Vertex 1 Z-coordinate {m} 0.3375, !- Vertex 2 X-coordinate {m} 3.2125, !- Vertex 2 Y-coordinate {m} 3.3, !- Vertex 2 Z-coordinate {m} 0.1625, !- Vertex 3 X-coordinate {m} 3.2125, !- Vertex 3 Y-coordinate {m} 3.3, !- Vertex 3 Z-coordinate {m} 0.1625, !- Vertex 4 X-coordinate {m} 0.4625, !- Vertex 4 Y-coordinate {m} 3.3; !- Vertex 4 Z-coordinate {m}
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@baum, can you give some history of the file. What version of OpenStudio are you using, did you create geometry from scratch in OpenStudio or was there a source gbXML or DXF file that was imported?
I am using 2.3.0 currently. The geometry was created using sketchup with the openstudio plugin.
@David Goldwasser if it helps I can send link to my model before and after I corrected it.
@Avi, that would be great.
@David Goldwasser I sent it. Did you get it?