I currently have my schedules defined as Schedule:Compact in my IDF files. I would like to automatically convert these to 8760 files suitable for use in an IDF as a Schedule:File input.
Is there a way I can use EnergyPlus to read in my IDFs containing Schedule:Compact elements and somehow generate the equivalent hourly 8760 data file for use as a Schedule:File?
Thank you!
One method I can think of is to run your simulation and report only 1 variable as:
Output:Variable,"schedule name",Schedule Value,hourly;
Then you will have "YourFileName.csv" and will be an 8760 data file. You can then use that file, after changing the name to whatever you like, as a schedule file.
This works! Thank you!
Could you confirm whether the "schedule name" stands for one of the Schedule:compact?
where will be the "YourFileName.csv" generated?
"schedule name" is the name of any of the schedule types. "YourFileName.csv will be in the same output folder as all the results in your simulation.
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Sniff. Sniff sniff. I smell a Python script!
A python script would be the preferred solution - can you point me in the right direction?
I have tried using both the epquery and ladybug python modules to do this, but neither seem to have an internal representation of Schedule that would allow converting from Schedule:Compact to Schedule:File.
What I meant was "you could probably write a python script to do this." Not that one already existed. Sorry.