[esp-r] Re: updating .con files from .geo

[Jon Hand]

This is a glitch that has been corrected and is now in the
development_branch version of ESP-r.   It is not an issue
with Ubuntu 10.04.

Regards, Jon Hand
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From: esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk [esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Matthew Wright [matthew.wright at c4ci.eu]
Sent: 31 July 2012 15:15
To: esp-r at lists.strath.ac.uk
Subject: [esp-r]  updating .con files from .geo

Hi ESP-r community,



I have been using ESP-r for a few months, and had problems with results consistency.

I have been trying to use “search and replace” under “global tasks” in the composition sub menu.

I have a model with about 15 zones, so entering each zone and surface individually is time consuming.

I find that I frequently get a mismatch between the .geo file and the .con file, with the .con file frequently corrupting when I attempt to force an update.

I am trying to ascertain whether I have

1.       corrupted my compiled code

2.       corrupted these particular files

3.       or whether the Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit platform I am using has a problem



If the second, what behaviour typically does this, if the third are there configurations necessary or useful to perform in Ubuntu.



To describe my behaviour –

I have been running comparisons between fabric specifications and using “search & replace” to produce variants from a baseline model.

I am then told that the .geo files are updated and that I need to update the .con files.

I then have tried using

1.       the update all zones option

2.       rebuilding the zone .con file on inspection of the zone construction properties

3.       going into the constructions database and altering each element by a small amount and correcting to force a names list rebuild

4.       any other edit function that purports to rebuild the .con file

In the end, the only reliable method has been to individually change the construction in the surface “attributes menu” of the zone properties, or to use the option that allows more than one surface to attributed at once.

Leaving the zone description then forces a reliable .con rebuild.



I have occasionally altered the .opr files by a text editor in Ubuntu in order to facilitate faster changes of ventilation and infiltration rates.





Regards



Matt

Matthew Wright

Physicist



e: Matthew.Wright at c4ci.eu<mailto:Matthew.Wright at c4ci.eu>