Is there any way to import material and construction from idf file or create maerial and construction via text

[xiaoyuling]

Dear Chris
I’m using ladybug tools 1.5, is there any way to import material and construction from idf file or create material and construction via text panel?
@chris

[minggangyin]

Hi,@xiaoyuling
You can use text split\replace compotent to create material via text panel copied from Enerygplus idf file.

[chris]

Also see here, @xiaoyuling :

Importing construction sets and materials from IDF or OSM to Honeybee in Ladybug Tools

Hello everyone, I am in the process of learning the workflow of the new Honeybee and Ladybug Tools. I have an OSM and IDF file that purely contains customized construction sets and materials that I usually work with and I was wondering whether there is a way to import them into the new Honeybee without having to recreate each of them inside the grasshopper and copy pasting them every time I make a new model? I am aware that there is an import OSM IDF component, but to my understanding it only …

I believe the workflow there likely gives you want you want.

[xiaoyuling]

Thank u for this suggestion,it is very useful