[esp-r] "Found surface attribute... ANOTHER" and Changing Names for Constructions

[Ian McCall]

Hello ESP-r,

1) I have the following Error Message: "A model with inconsistent surface 
topology attributes might fail when simulated. Found surface attribute... 
ANOTHER" error message appears when I activate the "simulation".

Background: 
I am working with an apartment building (currently 15 zones) designed in ESP-r 
11.9 windows native version.
 
- In the model management option I have loaded a copied version of the 
construction database.
- I then deleted unnecessary constructions in the database. 
- This change cause many contiguity errors so I used the  “Clear ALL CONTIGUITY” 
option and then automatically re-created (several times) all the connection / 
contiguity.
- The connections in the "cnn" file looks correct but ESP-r threw up a long list 
of many "Duplicates Surfaces <> master list" and problems with the "Zone surface 
<> master list" etc... 
- So, I went in the individual zones and manually re-re-created the all the 
boundaries "surface in another zone" connections / contiguities that ESP-r 
automatically created. This manual intervention has eliminated the list of 
errors except for the one listed above. 

I can run the simulation without any further apparent errors. Any ideas of how 
to eliminate this "Found surface attribute... ANOTHER" error? I have looked at 
the QA report but I do not see anything that would cause this error. 

2) Changing Names for Construction Geometries 
- I created a new wall construction of pure concrete called “IntnaWallCav” in 
the constructions database. I assigned this construction to the walls in my 
model. For some unknown reason when I now exit the respective zone this walls at 
times change to a construction called “rete”. There is no item in the 
construction database called “rete”. The thermal properties and construction 
of “IntnaWallCav” and “rete” are exactly the same. Does ESP-r change the 
construction name “IntnaWallCav” to “rete” because “IntnaWallCav” is too long? 
 Any other ideas? 

Regards,

Ian

Ecole des Mines de Nantes


      
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