Errors in Eneregy Simualtion

[rsalelwani]

I’m trying to simulate a room that has an external shading device by using an E+ component in GH. I got many errors!!!
please see the photo and the text file.

EneregySimulationTest.err (812.1 KB)

Can anyone please tell me where the problem is?

Thanks in advance,
Raed

[FabianPosadas]

According to your error log you have 128 degenerate surfaces. Which to me tells me you have a non-convex surfaces.

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[rsalelwani]

Hi @FabianPosadas,

I still got errors!

I included a gh file. Can someone give a hand to see where the problem is?
Illuminace_EnergyTest_Raed.gh (592.0 KB)

Thanks in advance,
Raed

[OmidmRashidi]

Hi @rsalelwani,
This issue is about epw weather data.Generally, which means Energyplus cannot locate weather file.
Make sure the weather file directory (Epw path) has no white_space and any special characters. If the issue persists, please share your epw file and the destination that you provided.

[rsalelwani]

Hi and thanks for your reply @OmidmRashidi

I used the same file for daylight simulation which worked properly but it’s not working with Energy+ simulation.
here is the file that I used.

SAU_Jeddah_MN6.epw (1.4 MB)

[OmidmRashidi]

Can you share file path as text that you have chosen?
Like this:
C:\EnergyPlusV8-8-0\WeatherData\USA_CA_San.Francisco.Intl.AP.724940_TMY3.epw
As you can see, I put the epw file in drive C and there is no white_space_and_any_Special_character in the path.

[rsalelwani]

@OmidmRashidi
C:\Users\rsale\OneDrive - Cardiff University\PhD_Documents\Raed_first_Draft\SAU_JEDDAH_MN6

Is it?

[OmidmRashidi]

@rsalelwani, Your path is too long and has some white space. Copy and put the epw file into Energyplus WeatherData folder that I mentioned in previous post and use it for the simulation.

It should solve the issue.