Hello everyone,
I exported an OSM file from CBECC-Com which already had the proposed system capacities. Instead of manually autosizing the system, I wanted to know if there is a script I can use. I tried the 'Autosize' measure from BCL, but the capacities weren't autosized. Am I missing anything? Can I get some help on this? I am using OS 2.5 version. Thanks
When you run CBECC, and assuming you are retaining output files (see settings under Tools -> Program and Analysis Options, and set Simulation and Analysis output options to 2 or higher), there is an intermediate SDD file that we call the 'Sim SDD' xml. One of these is created for each run, and named accordingly, for example, * - ap.xml is the Annual Proposed model, or in other words, your input model as processed by the ruleset for the final T24 compliance run.
If you open this file in a text editor, change the property (Proj) 'HVACAutoSizing' from 0 to 1, and then load the SDD file into OpenStudio (File -> Import - > SDD), OS will ignore all the system capacities defined in your CBECC model.
I'm hoping we can make this more accessible in the CBECC interface in the next release, though it would be a feature that isn't valid for compliance, but could be useful for debugging capacity/unmet hour issues.
@DavidReddy this actually helped and saves time from manually autosizing the systems Thanks
@Ranjani I am not aware of a measure setup to do this, but should be pretty easy, as there is a supporting method for this in the openstudio-standards gem. This Link identifies which objects the method below alters.
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require 'openstudio-standards'
model.autosize
If you use the OS app or PAT to make a new measure, just replace what is between the initial and final condition with the two lines above.
Nice! Another way to code that would be...
class_names = ['all', 'the', 'class', 'names', 'to', 'autosize', ...]
class_names.each do |class_name|
self.send('get' + class_name + 's').sort.each { |obj| obj.autosize }
end
As of OpenStudio 2.5.0, model.autosize is part of the OpenStudio API. So in a measure, just write:
model.autosize
No need to require openstudio-standards for this.
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What is the name of the measure on the BCL that you are using?
@davidgoldwasser Sorry I am not able to find the measure in the BCL library. Is there a script available that I can use?
David- Do you know if there are any scripts available for autoszing the OS model extracted from CBecc-Com?