public static bool CreateSerial(string filepath)
{
//place an in memory object here that represents your class representation of the building
List <EPObj.MemorySafe_Spaces> myspace = new List <EPObj.MemorySafe_Spaces>();
myspace = EnergyPlusClass.EPlusSpacestoObjectList(@"C:\Users\Chiensi\Documents\C\Buro Happold\Oregon Sustainability Center\Run 1 + Daylighting Only\Run 1 new.idf");
gb.gbci = new CultureInfo(String.Empty);
bool ret = false;
//the basics
//constructor to define the basics
gbXML gbx = new gbXML();
gbx.lengthUnit = lengthUnitEnum.Feet;
gbx.temperatureUnit = temperatureUnitEnum.F;
string id = "cmps-1";
Campus cmp = CreateCampus(id);
cmp.Buildings = new Building[10000];
gbx.Campus = cmp;
//where does this location information from? it could be smartly inferred somehow, but otherwise specified by the user/programmer
Location zeloc = new Location();
zeloc.Name = "San Francisco, CA";
zeloc.Latitude = "37.795";
zeloc.Longitude = "-122.394";
//end the basics
//tie location and campus back to the gbXML file
cmp.Location = zeloc;
//Define the building(s) on the site
//CHarriman Septempber 19 2013
cmp.Buildings[0] = MakeBuilding(2000, "bldg-1", buildingTypeEnum.DiningBarLoungeOrLeisure);
//CHarriman September 19 2013
//define the stories for each building
//several ways to do this
List <List <double> > points = prod.MakeFakeList(5);
BuildingStorey bs = MakeStorey(1, points);
//CHarriman Jan 15 2014
//define the spaces for each building (these come from a space object elsewhere
List <Space> gbSpaces = new List <Space>();
gbSpaces = MakeSpacesFromEPObj(myspace);
for (int spacecount = 0; spacecount < gbSpaces.Count(); spacecount++)
{
cmp.Buildings[0].Spaces[spacecount] = gbSpaces[spacecount];
}
//after making all the spaces, I make the surfaces
cmp.Surface = new Surface[uniquesurfaces.Count()];
int surfcount = 0;
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, Surface> pair in uniquesurfaces)
{
Surface surf = new Surface();
surf.id = pair.Key;
//this is a hard one, how to deal with this? For now, everything is external, and idf can sort of tell me
surf.surfaceType = pair.Value.surfaceType;
surf.constructionIdRef = pair.Value.constructionIdRef;
surf.Name = pair.Value.Name;
AdjacentSpaceId[] adjspaces = new AdjacentSpaceId[pair.Value.AdjacentSpaceId.Count()];
int counter = 0;
foreach (AdjacentSpaceId adj in pair.Value.AdjacentSpaceId)
{
adjspaces[counter] = adj;
counter++;
}
surf.AdjacentSpaceId = adjspaces;
RectangularGeometry rg = new RectangularGeometry();
rg = pair.Value.RectangularGeometry;
surf.RectangularGeometry = rg;
surf.PlanarGeometry = pair.Value.PlanarGeometry;
cmp.Surface[surfcount] = surf;
surfcount++;
}
cmp.Buildings[0].bldgStories[0] = bs;
//write xml to the file
XmlSerializer szer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(gbXML));
TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(filepath);
szer.Serialize(tw, gbx);
tw.Close();
return(ret);
}
public static List <Space> MakeSpacesFromEPObj(List <EPObj.MemorySafe_Spaces> myspace)
{
List <Space> retspaces = new List <Space>();
int spacecount = 0;
foreach (EPObj.MemorySafe_Spaces space in myspace)
{
//foreach Space space in your ListofSpaces
Space zespace = new Space();
zespace.id = "Space-1";
zespace.lightScheduleIdRef = "lightSchedule-1";
zespace.equipmentScheduleIdRef = "equipmentSchedule-1";
zespace.peopleScheduleIdRef = "peopleSchedule-1";
zespace.conditionType = "HeatedAndCooled";
zespace.buildingStoreyIdRef = "bldg-story-1";
zespace.Name = "Test Space-" + spacecount;
zespace.peoplenum = 12;
zespace.totalpeoplegain = 450;
zespace.senspeoplegain = 250;
zespace.latpeoplegain = 200;
zespace.PeopleHeatGains = new PeopleHeatGain[3];
zespace.lpd = 1.2;
zespace.epd = 1.5;
zespace.Area = 2450;
zespace.Volume = 24500;
zespace.PlanarGeo = new PlanarGeometry();
zespace.ShellGeo = new ShellGeometry();
PeopleNumber pn = new PeopleNumber();
pn.unit = peopleNumberUnitEnum.NumberOfPeople;
string people = gb.FormatDoubleToString(zespace.peoplenum);
pn.valuefield = people;
zespace.PeopleNumber = pn;
PeopleHeatGain phg = new PeopleHeatGain();
phg.unit = peopleHeatGainUnitEnum.BtuPerHourPerson;
phg.heatGainType = peopleHeatGainTypeEnum.Total;
string totalpopload = gb.FormatDoubleToString(zespace.totalpeoplegain);
phg.value = totalpopload;
zespace.PeopleHeatGains[0] = phg;
PeopleHeatGain shg = new PeopleHeatGain();
shg.unit = peopleHeatGainUnitEnum.BtuPerHourPerson;
shg.heatGainType = peopleHeatGainTypeEnum.Sensible;
string senspopload = gb.FormatDoubleToString(zespace.senspeoplegain);
shg.value = senspopload;
zespace.PeopleHeatGains[1] = shg;
PeopleHeatGain lhg = new PeopleHeatGain();
lhg.unit = peopleHeatGainUnitEnum.BtuPerHourPerson;
lhg.heatGainType = peopleHeatGainTypeEnum.Latent;
string latpopload = gb.FormatDoubleToString(zespace.latpeoplegain);
lhg.value = latpopload;
zespace.PeopleHeatGains[2] = lhg;
LightPowerPerArea lpd = new LightPowerPerArea();
lpd.unit = powerPerAreaUnitEnum.WattPerSquareFoot;
lpd.lpd = gb.FormatDoubleToString(zespace.lpd);
zespace.LightPowerPerArea = lpd;
EquipPowerPerArea epd = new EquipPowerPerArea();
epd.unit = powerPerAreaUnitEnum.WattPerSquareFoot;
epd.epd = gb.FormatDoubleToString(zespace.epd);
zespace.EquipPowerPerArea = epd;
Area spacearea = new Area();
spacearea.val = gb.FormatDoubleToString(zespace.Area);
zespace.spacearea = spacearea;
Volume spacevol = new Volume();
spacevol.val = gb.FormatDoubleToString(zespace.Volume);
zespace.spacevol = spacevol;
//same as the planar geometry of the floor planes above
PlanarGeometry spaceplpoly = new PlanarGeometry();
//get a list of points that makes up the polyloop
List <List <double> > spacepoints = prod.MakeFakeList(3);
//make polyloop with points
spaceplpoly.PolyLoop = new PolyLoop();
spaceplpoly.PolyLoop = prod.makePolyLoopsFromDbleList(spaceplpoly.PolyLoop, spacepoints);
zespace.PlanarGeo = spaceplpoly;
//@@
//ShellGeometry
//similar to planar geometry, but with more planes
ShellGeometry sg = new ShellGeometry();
sg.unit = lengthUnitEnum.Feet;
sg.id = "sg" + space.name;
sg.ClosedShell = new ClosedShell();
//up to 100 surfaces per space? base on the space instance surfaces
sg.ClosedShell.PolyLoops = new PolyLoop[space.spaceSurfaces.Count()];
//I would have a list of surface elements that make up the space surfaces.
//each surface would consist of a series of points that defines the surface.
for (int i = 0; i < space.spaceSurfaces.Count(); i++)
{
//get points from the space surfaces
List <List <double> > epluspoints = new List <List <double> >();
epluspoints = EnergyPlusClass.GetCoordinDoubles(space.spaceSurfaces[i].SurfaceCoords);
sg.ClosedShell.PolyLoops[i] = new PolyLoop();
sg.ClosedShell.PolyLoops[i] = prod.makePolyLoopsFromDbleList(sg.ClosedShell.PolyLoops[i], epluspoints);
}
zespace.ShellGeo = sg;
zespace.cadid = new CADObjectId();
zespace.cadid.id = "990099-" + spacecount;
//make surface boundaries..special code needed so that space boundaries are not duplicated...
//option 1 : the surfaces already declared as internal somehow and how shared.
//option 2: the api tries to figure it out
zespace.spbound = new SpaceBoundary[space.spaceSurfaces.Count()];
int psurfacecount = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < space.spaceSurfaces.Count(); i++)
{
//get points from the space surfaces
List <List <double> > epluspoints = new List <List <double> >();
epluspoints = EnergyPlusClass.GetCoordinDoubles(space.spaceSurfaces[i].SurfaceCoords);
//if surface is exterior
SpaceBoundary sb = new SpaceBoundary();
zespace.spbound[i] = prod.MakeSpaceBoundary(sb, epluspoints, psurfacecount);
psurfacecount++;
//else if surface is interior and it has not been listed before
//then do the same
//else do nothing because it is interior and it has already been listed
//I also would like to keep track of all the surfaces that I create to better prepare me for the surface definition
uniquesurf.Add(zespace.spbound[i].PlanarGeometry);
//make a dictionary that stores the name of a surface and its planar geometry?
uniqueplanes.Add(zespace.spbound[i].surfaceIdRef, zespace.spbound[i].PlanarGeometry);
//make a dictionary that stores the name of a surface and create a surface as the value
Surface newsurface = new Surface();
//this took a lot of customization...a user would have to make their own code to attach to my object here
newsurface = prod.SetUpSurfaceFromIDF(space.spaceSurfaces[i], zespace.spbound[i].PlanarGeometry);
uniquesurfaces.Add(zespace.spbound[i].surfaceIdRef, newsurface);
}
retspaces.Add(zespace);
spacecount++;
}
return(retspaces);
}