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How do I specify a roof with a hole (a 'ringed' surface)?

Is there a way to describe in the IDF file a surface with a hole?

My model has a hole in a roof, as in the images below. This hole is actually another building component - the ceiling of the space beneath or floor of a space above).

model

The model

surface

The surface

I am trying to figure out if there's a way to describe this hole purely by describing the coordinates of the roof and the hole in the BuildingSurface:Detailed object.

How do I specify EnergyPlus: describing a roof with a hole whole (a 'ringed' surface)?surface)

Is there a way to describe in the IDF file a surface with a hole?

My model has a hole in a roof, as in the images below. This roof (this hole is actually another building component - the ceiling of the space beneath or floor of a space above).

model

The model

surface

The surface

I am trying to figure out if there's a way to describe this hole purely by describing the coordinates of the roof and the hole in the BuildingSurface:Detailed object.

EnergyPlus: describing a roof with a whole (a 'ringed' surface)

Hi. Is there a way to describe in the IDF .idf file a surface asurface with a hole?

My model has a hole in a roof (this hole is actually another building component - the ceiling of the space beneath or beneath, or, the floor of a space above).

model surface

I am trying to figure out if there's there`s a way to describe this hole whole purely by describing the coordinates of the roof and the hole in the BuildingSurface:Detailed object.BuildingSurfaces:Detailed class.