Class: SetInteriorWallsAndFloorsToAdiabatic

Inherits:
OpenStudio::Measure::ModelMeasure
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/measures/SetInteriorWallsAndFloorsToAdiabatic/measure.rb

Overview

start the measure

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#arguments(model) ⇒ Object

define the arguments that the user will input



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# File 'lib/measures/SetInteriorWallsAndFloorsToAdiabatic/measure.rb', line 27

def arguments(model)
  args = OpenStudio::Measure::OSArgumentVector.new

  # populate choice argument for storys that are applied to surfaces in the model
  construction_handles = OpenStudio::StringVector.new
  construction_display_names = OpenStudio::StringVector.new

  # putting stories and names into hash
  construction_args = model.getConstructions
  construction_args_hash = {}
  construction_args.each do |construction_arg|
    construction_args_hash[construction_arg.name.to_s] = construction_arg
  end

  # looping through sorted hash of storys
  construction_args_hash.sort.map do |key, value| # TODO: - could filter this so only constructions that are valid on opaque surfaces will show up.
    construction_handles << value.handle.to_s
    construction_display_names << key
  end

  # make an argument for construction
  construction = OpenStudio::Measure::OSArgument.makeChoiceArgument('construction', construction_handles, construction_display_names, true)
  construction.setDisplayName('Select New Construction.')
  args << construction

  return args
end

#name ⇒ Object

define the name that a user will see, this method may be deprecated as the display name in PAT comes from the name field in measure.xml



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# File 'lib/measures/SetInteriorWallsAndFloorsToAdiabatic/measure.rb', line 19

def name
  return 'SetInteriorWallsAndFloorsToAdiabatic'
end

#run(model, runner, user_arguments) ⇒ Object

define what happens when the measure is run



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# File 'lib/measures/SetInteriorWallsAndFloorsToAdiabatic/measure.rb', line 56

def run(model, runner, user_arguments)
  super(model, runner, user_arguments)

  # use the built-in error checking
  if !runner.validateUserArguments(arguments(model), user_arguments)
    return false
  end

  # assign the user inputs to variables
  construction = runner.getOptionalWorkspaceObjectChoiceValue('construction', user_arguments, model) # model is passed in because of argument type

  # check the construction for reasonableness
  if construction.empty?
    handle = runner.getStringArgumentValue('construction', user_arguments)
    if handle.empty?
      runner.registerError('No construction was chosen.')
    else
      runner.registerError("The selected construction with handle '#{handle}' was not found in the model. It may have been removed by another measure.")
    end
    return false
  else
    if !construction.get.to_Construction.empty?
      construction = construction.get.to_Construction.get
    else
      runner.registerError('Script Error - argument not showing up as construction.')
      return false
    end
  end

  # counter for number of constructions use for interior walls in initial construction
  interior_walls = 0

  # make an array of walls that started as matched surfaces.
  # I need to do this first, because when one of pair changes to Adiabatic, the other will change to Outdoors
  surfaces_to_change = []
  surfaces = model.getSurfaces
  surfaces.each do |surface|
    if (surface.surfaceType == 'Wall') && (surface.outsideBoundaryCondition == 'Surface')
      surfaces_to_change << surface
    end
  end

  # change boundary condition and assign constructions
  surfaces_to_change.each do |surface|
    surface.setConstruction(construction)
    surface.setOutsideBoundaryCondition('Adiabatic')
    interior_walls += 1
  end

  # reporting initial condition of model
  runner.registerInitialCondition("The initial model has #{interior_walls / 2} pairs of interior wall surfaces.")

  # reporting final condition of model
  finishing_spaces = model.getSpaces
  runner.registerFinalCondition("All interior walls surfaces now use #{construction.name} for the construction.")

  return true
end