TheTRNSYS demo version has over 40 examples and allows users to create a simulation with up to 5 components and buildings with up to 2 thermal zones. The free demo version may be obtained by downloading the executable install below. The demo version expires annually in September; users are encouraged to download the new demo each year so that they have access to the most up-to-date features.
Note that it is distributed as an exe, not the rbz format that is standard for SketchUp extensions. That means that nobody here or at Trimble knows how their installer works. You will have to contact the author directly.
Edit: I too could find no mention of SketchUp or an extension called T3D on their website. I suspect that exe is the installer for their app, not for anything SketchUp. If there is an extension that brings the analysis data into SketchUp it must be from somewhere else.
Edit 2: with some more searching I found that the SketchUp plugin is called TRNSYS3D and is supposed to come with the TRNSYS app. The site has no further info about compatibility or how to install or use it.
Have you tried opening the Ruby Console window, closing and then restarting SketchUp? If the extension has compatibility issues they will usually be reported in the console as SketchUp starts. Extensions that include compiled code have to be re-compiled each time SketchUp updates its internal Ruby to a new version.
Thansk @DaveR and @slbaumgartner,
The plugin as you mentioned is TRNSYS3D (everyone calls it T3D). It was my bad not to mention the full name. I also do not know which versions of the plugin Sketchup Pro supports.
@DaveR, I think that it would be better to contact the costumer support team. I also changed my forum profile to SketchUp Pro. I do not know if you can see the attachment to this message, but the plugin adds a toolbar like what I marked. I screenshotted a tutorial for you to see how it looks like
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@slbaumgartner, I have not used Ruby Console window yet and I do not know how to use it. I opened it and it is all blank
I just tried it and left Ruby Console open and quitted SketchUp. Opened SketchUp again and it is still blank.
I think the best way to understand the problem is to contact the TRNSYS costumer support team.
Thanks
Thanks @sWilliams for your response,
I just found the hidden folder PROGRAMDATA and the TRNSYS3D.rb file and .\TRNSYS3D\ folder were available; however, it was for SKETCHUP 2020 while I use SKETCHUP 2023. I do not know if I have to copy and paste all the plugin folder from the 2020 one and copy it into the 2023 one.
If it does work, how do I add it to the SKETCHUP PRO 2023 interface?
Thanks again for providing me the support.
In this one case it does appear that all of the Ruby files date back to 2017 and earlier and are not being modified during the istallation process. So, all I can say is try copying the files bewetween directories.
@sWilliams, @slbaumgartner and @DaveR,
I installed the 2023 version of the TRNSYS3D plugin and I still have the same issue that the floor is shown in red, the roof in gray and the walls are inside out (The dark yellowish surface is inside).
I have no Idea what to do. I think I can change the roof and ground to their proper surfaces; however, in the long run, it would not be efficient. The Ruby Console also sent many errors as follows:
@dezmo Thanks for your comment. I did not see you comment and I sent another post. It seems that the problem continues to exist even with the new version.
I also contacted the plugin providers; however, I have not heard back from them yet.
Hopefully, one will be able to help me sort this out
Type98 enables the incorporation of CONTAM within the TRNSYS simulation environment (
www.trnsys.com) and couple with Type56 to perform combined energy, airflow and contaminant transport simulations for multizone buildings. Type98 provides the continued benefit of the full features of CONTAM as it evolves without requiring a redevelopment of a new type as previously required with Type97. This coupling is enable using socket communications messages that are documented in the CONTAM User Guide. The Contam3dExport tool simplifies development of coupled models by extruding CONTAM projects drawn to scale using the pseudo-geometry mode of ContamW.
Dols, W. Stuart; Steven J. Emmerich; Brian J. Polidoro. (2014). "Evaluating Building Ventilation Strategies Using Newly-Developed TRNSYS/CONTAM Simulation Capabilities." 2014 CIBSE ASHRAE Technical Symposium. Dublin, Ireland, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. PDF
Copy the files located in Tess models/Dlls/debug version and Tess models/Dlls/Release version into userlib folder located in trnsys installation directory. If Debug version folder and Release version folder exist in userlib, just combine the both folder with Tess models/Dlls/debug version and Tess models/Dlls/Release version respectively.
Hi all
Following the tutorial for trnsys3d, i get to the step that trnsys asks for
a idf file. I did save as idf my trnsys3d project, but I got a message that
the program cant find a BUI file. What is the problem?
Thasnk you for your advice.
Ricardo
idf is input data file, energy plus file format. Might you have the
sketchup plugin " open studio " installed? Open studio causes issues when
installed in the same directory as the simulation plugins- Gmodeler, & IES
VE..
The fix for these is to copy your plugin directory and rename with a new
name, then delete all non TRNSYS simulation studio plugins in the root
sketchup directory. Then you can use other plugins by renaming the copy and
root versions of your plugin so other plugins can be used with sketchup as
a medium.
This post made me wonder about something i read about, Energy Plus TRNSYS
co-simulation that is. I wonder if anyone knows of a type that might tye
into Energy plus external interface object or BCVTB that allows for this
co-simulation?
It would be interesting for me to experiment with, as i only have the free
trnsys version and find Energy Plus with design builder to work for most
but not all simulation goals, so it would be very interesting to be able to
call .bui from .idf or vise versa . ..
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Convergence problems are commonly caused by using too large a timestep and/or not having enough thermal capacitance (also called thermal mass or thermal storage) in a closed fluid loop. If your timestep is 1 hour, I would recommend reducing it to at least the TRNSYS default of 7.5 minutes or 0.125 hour; in most projects we use either a 5-minute or a 1-minute timestep. Taking the pipe out of your fluid loop will actually make convergence problems worse. If you're concerned about the pipe's influence on the model, you could always try making it a perfectly insulated pipe (set the loss coefficient to 0), placing the pipe after the solar collector, or changing the pipe's initial temperature.
Floating point errors are Fortran errors telling you one of the models in the simulation tried to complete some invalid mathematical operation, such as dividing by 0 or taking the log of a negative number. There was an invalid floating point bug in some solar models in TRNSYS 18.04.0001 that I believe was fixed in TRNSYS 18.05, so I would check your version of TRNSYS (click on the ? in the top menu in Simulation Studio -> About .. -> TRNSYS version is middle bottom of the window) and make sure you're running TRNSYS 18.05.0000 or later. If you're still getting a floating point error, you can either send your project and any files needed to run your project to your distributor for debugging, or you can use a tool like Visual Studio to step through the code and find the error yourself. See this post I wrote on the forum on floating point errors for more information.
@a_weiss Thank you for your response. It seems that changing the timestep did not resolve the issue I am facing. I am concerned about the change in internal energy within the pipe, specifically caused by the exchange of energy between the fluid and the pipe. This leads to a rise in the temperature of the fluid in the solar collectors during the night when there is no sunlight. I am now trying to identify the error by steping through the code
@ayoub-nassa Why is there fluid flow in the collectors at night - do you have a pump and a pump controller in your system? If the issue is a temperature rise over the collectors at night, that sounds like an issue with the collector model. What version of TRNSYS are you running? Which solar collector model are you using?
Apologies for the delayed response. I'm currently using TRNSYS 18.04.0001 and working with "Solar Collector; Quadratic Efficiency, 2nd Order Incidence Angle Modifiers", specifically "Type 1". In the actual system, the solar circuit pipes are 150 meters long. However, I attempted to reduce the length to 10 meters to observe the impact. Upon visualizing the temperature at the solar collector's outlet, I noticed that the progression is accurate, as depicted in the attached images (please refer to the separate image I will provide in a new response).
The pump is controlled by "Type 165", where the upper input "Th" represents the temperature at the collector's outlet, and the lower input "Tl" represents the temperature at the ground heat exchanger's outlet. The upper dead band is set at 6, and the lower dead band is set at 3. I have examined the control signal at the outlet of "Type 165" and noticed that it is not functioning correctly. For instance, when the controller is off and the difference between Th and Tl is still lower than the upper dead band of 6, the control signal should remain at 0. However, I observed the opposite behavior. This discrepancy might be the reason why the pump is operating during the night. I'm truly puzzled by this issue.
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