Open Studio: Having a problem with OpenStudio Spaces drawn in Sketchup.

I am putting together a two-story data center; see attached pictures. Corridor space surrounds various server rooms like a square donut with the servers as the filling on both floors. Note: the top floor also maintains a 3 ft plenum.

When I match surfaces and run the model, OpenStudio automatically fills the corridor "donut" for some reason, overlapping with the server rooms (see the 'exploded' pictures). Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

As a work around, I have split the rectangular donut with seams, and then joined them as one thermal space being run by the same AHU equipment. This seems to yield accurate enough results. Is this the correct approach if OpenStudio cannot handle donut or courtyard-like spaces?

Initial Data Center Assembly

Exploded Data Center Corridors BEFORE Surface Matching

Exploded Data Center Corridors AFTER Surface Matching

Work around = Split Rectangular Donut with Seams, Reassemble with Shared Thermal Zones, Surface Match, and then Run Model

Open Studio: Having a problem with OpenStudio Spaces drawn in Sketchup.

I am putting together a two-story data center; see attached pictures. Corridor space surrounds various server rooms like a square donut with the servers as the filling on both floors. Note: the top floor also maintains a 3 ft plenum.

When I match surfaces and run the model, OpenStudio automatically fills the corridor "donut" donut for some reason, overlapping with the server rooms reason (see the 'exploded' pictures). Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

As a work around, I have split the rectangular donut with seams, and then joined them as one thermal space being run by the same AHU equipment. This seems to yield accurate enough results. Is this the correct approach if OpenStudio cannot handle donut or courtyard-like spaces?

Initial Data Center Assembly

Exploded Data Center Corridors BEFORE Surface Matching

Exploded Data Center Corridors AFTER Surface Matching

Work around = Split Rectangular Donut with Seams, Reassemble with Shared Thermal Zones, Surface Match, and then Run Model

Open Studio: Having a problem with OpenStudio Spaces drawn in Sketchup.

I am putting together a two-story data center; see attached pictures. Corridor space surrounds various server rooms like a square donut with the servers as the filling on both floors. Note: the top floor also maintains a 3 ft plenum.

When I match surfaces and run the model, OpenStudio automatically fills the corridor donut for some reason (see the 'exploded' pictures). Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

As a work around, I have split the rectangular donut with seams, and then joined them as one thermal space being run by the same AHU equipment. This seems to yield accurate enough results. Is this the correct approach if OpenStudio cannot handle donut or courtyard-like spaces?

Initial Data Center Assembly

Exploded Data Center Corridors BEFORE Surface Matching

Exploded Data Center Corridors AFTER Surface Matching

Work around = Split Rectangular Donut with Seams, Reassemble Reassembled with Shared Thermal Zones, Surface Match, Matched, and then Run Ran Model

Open Studio: Having a problem with OpenStudio Spaces drawn in Sketchup.

I am putting together a two-story data center; see attached pictures. Corridor space surrounds various server rooms like a square donut with the servers as the filling on both floors. Note: the top floor also maintains a 3 ft plenum.

When I match surfaces and run the model, OpenStudio automatically fills the corridor donut for some reason (see the 'exploded' pictures). Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

As a work around, I have split the rectangular donut with seams, and then joined them as one thermal space being run by the same AHU equipment. This seems to yield accurate enough results. Is this the correct approach if OpenStudio of the aforementioned cannot handle donut or courtyard-like spaces?be prevented?

Initial Data Center Assembly

Exploded Data Center Corridors BEFORE Surface Matching

Exploded Data Center Corridors AFTER Surface Matching

Work around = Split Rectangular Donut with Seams, Reassembled with Shared Thermal Zones, Surface Matched, and then Ran Model

Open Studio: Having a problem with OpenStudio Spaces drawn in Sketchup.

I am putting together a two-story data center; see attached pictures. Corridor space surrounds various server rooms like a square donut with the servers as the filling on both floors. Note: the top floor also maintains a 3 ft plenum.

When I match surfaces and run the model, OpenStudio automatically fills the corridor donut for some reason (see the 'exploded' pictures). Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

As a work around, I have split the rectangular donut with seams, and then joined them as one thermal space being run by the same AHU equipment. This seems to yield accurate enough results. Is this the correct approach of the aforementioned cannot be prevented?

Initial Data Center Assembly

Exploded Data Center Corridors BEFORE Surface Matching

Exploded Data Center Corridors AFTER Surface Matching

Work around = Split Rectangular Donut with Seams, Reassembled with Shared Thermal Zones, Surface Matched, and then Ran Model

Open Studio: Having a problem with OpenStudio Spaces drawn in Sketchup.

I am putting together a two-story data center; see attached pictures. Corridor space surrounds various server rooms like a square donut with the servers as the filling on both floors. Note: the top floor also maintains a 3 ft plenum.

When I match surfaces and run the model, OpenStudio automatically fills the corridor donut for some reason (see the 'exploded' pictures). Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

As a work around, I have split the rectangular donut with seams, and then joined them as one thermal space being run by the same AHU equipment. This seems to yield accurate enough results. Is this the correct approach of the aforementioned cannot be prevented?

Initial Data Center Assembly

Exploded Data Center Corridors BEFORE Surface Matching

Exploded Data Center Corridors AFTER Surface Matching

Work around = Split Rectangular Donut with Seams, Reassembled with Shared Thermal Zones, Surface Matched, and then Ran Model

Open Studio: Having a problem with OpenStudio Spaces drawn in Sketchup.

I am putting together a two-story data center; see attached pictures. Corridor space surrounds various server rooms like a square donut with the servers as the filling on both floors. Note: the top floor also maintains a 3 ft plenum.floors.

When I match surfaces and run the model, OpenStudio automatically fills the corridor donut for some reason (see the 'exploded' pictures). Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

As a work around, I have split the rectangular donut with seams, and then joined them as one thermal space being run by the same AHU equipment. This seems to yield accurate enough results. Is this the correct approach of the aforementioned cannot be prevented?

Initial Data Center Assembly

Exploded Data Center Corridors BEFORE Surface Matching

Exploded Data Center Corridors AFTER Surface Matching

Work around = Split Rectangular Donut with Seams, Reassembled with Shared Thermal Zones, Surface Matched, and then Ran Model

Open Studio: Having a problem with OpenStudio Spaces drawn in Sketchup.

I am putting together a two-story data center; see attached pictures. Corridor space surrounds various server rooms like a square donut with the servers as the filling on both floors.

When I match surfaces and run the model, OpenStudio automatically fills the corridor donut for some reason (see the 'exploded' pictures). Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

As a work around, I have split the rectangular donut with seams, and then joined them as one thermal space being run by the same AHU equipment. This seems to yield accurate enough results. Is this the correct approach of the aforementioned cannot be prevented?

Initial Data Center Assembly C:\fakepath\2storyDataCenter.JPG

Exploded Data Center Corridors BEFORE Surface Matching C:\fakepath\Exploded_Before_Surface_Matching.JPG

Exploded Data Center Corridors AFTER Surface Matching C:\fakepath\Exploded_After_Surface_Matching.JPG

Work around = Split Rectangular Donut with Seams, Reassembled Reassemble with Shared Thermal Zones, Surface Matched, Match, and then Ran run Model C:\fakepath\Exploded_Solution_Surface_Matched.JPG