EzPlus -- EnergyPlus Interface Support Tools
TDG is planning to develop - under the name EzPlus - a suite of EnergyPlus support tools intended to make the text-based use of EnergyPlus faster, easier, and more accurate. So far, we have developed
EzPlus integrates the following files into a "project:" an EnergyPlus input file; a weather file; a DOS batch file (for controlling the EnergyPlus runs); one or more parametric value text input files; several input/output utilities and; one or more results files. The files can originally be located in multiple places. EzPlus will create new versions within the designated "project" directory.
A user can generate and maintain multiple "projects" under EzPlus. Each project has its own set of directories. Once a project file is created, then users can then easily access, modify, run and debug each one of them. The parametric input and output files are opened in MS Excel, while the DOE-2 input file can be edited via a specially designed editor that contains with syntax assistance via colored text in which all keywords, comments, numbers and strings are shown in different colors for easy reading.
Two key steps are involved. First, the E+ input file is parsed and all vertices data is extracted into a temporary file, organized by type of building object. Second, the temporary file is processed by a set of (rather powerful) OpenGL utilities that produce renderings of the 3-D data.
EcoAdvisor
Radiance Generation
Online Multimedia
EnergyPlus Tools
DOE-2 Param
