Hi,
I’m trying to apply a different interior material for only one zone, but I can’t run the energy simulation since it displays an error. It seems the adjacent faces don’t have the same material, so I believe I am not managing to solve the adjacency correctly. Could anyone help me with that?
Thank you in advance.
@thisf ,
Interior constructions in EnergyPlus must have reversed material layers between adjacent surfaces. If you plug in a construction for the _altConstruction input to solve adjacencies, it should do this reversal for you automatically if the construction does not have symmetric material layers.
Thanks a lot for the answer @chris. I see and now it makes a lot of sense. However I wonder if i need to solve the adjacencies in different steps. As you can see in the image attached I have the yellow volume which is suppose to have 2 different types of interior constructions. What would be your suggestion to tackle with this challenge? I appreciate the help Chris.
@thisf ,
You can use two solve adjacency components (one after the other) to get control over the different adjacency information applied with each component. Just make sure removeCurrentAdj_ is set to False and then any exiting adjacencies will not be changed.
Hi @chris. Thanks again. I tried the recommended strategy but didn’t succeed. I wonder if I missed something or if there’s another problem I can’t see. I have attached the file.THISF_FORUM.gh (703.4 KB)
hard to say if this is something wrong. Too many texts to differentiate.
But anyways, check what i’m proposing you to do. See white groups. I’m saving 1 of your solveAdjacencies which i believe is unnecessary. I think the internal walls are now well recognized.
Also updated the file to last components (you had 2 HB_HB components, each a different version).
Unfortunately the windows were not internalised, so i hope it will work fine.
-A.
THISF_FORUM_AY.gh (676.7 KB)
Thank you so much for looking into the file @AbrahamYezioro. It looks great and the adjacencies seem to be working as intended. I wanted to ask you about the material of the internal wall. After the last solve adjacency, the air walls are well recognized but not the internal wall construction.
Thanks @AbrahamYezioro. It didn’t really work out. I decided to go around and explode the breps so I could match all the surfaces properly.
