r0.5.51

release r0.5.51

2019-07-14

• updated version number in setup.py

r0.5.50

release r0.5.50

2019-07-06

• Fixed an installation bug
  • issue # 247

2019-06-11

• Allows mixed cases for specifying objects:

  • issue # 242

• the code now works in the following way::

   # you can use:
   objs = idf.idfobjects['ElectricEquipment']
   # instead of 
   objs = idf.idfobjects['ElectricEquipment'.upper()]
   

2019-06-02

• Fixes the TypeError
  • 'TypeError: can only concatenate list (not "dict_keys") to list' is fixed
  • issue # 113, # 239

2019-05-27

• fixed issue # 238
  • Problem: if the IDF object has more fileds than that in the IDD file, eppy will truncate the object and will give no warning.
  • Solution: eppy should throw an exception to warn the user that the IDF file is not readable without changing the IDD file.
  • The exception message will the text that has to be added to the IDD file, so that it works correctly.

r0.5.49

2019-05-23

• idf = eppy.openidf(fname) will set idd and open the file
  • issue # 231
• idf = eppy.newidf(version="8.5") will open a blank idf file
  • issue # 231

2018-11-22

• fanpower.bhp2pascal(bhp, cfm, fan_tot_eff)
  • issue # 228
• fanpower.watts2pascal(watts, cfm, fan_tot_eff)
  • issue # 228
• updated useful_scripts/idfdiff.py to make the IDD file optional
  • issue # 225
• idf.copyidfobject() returns the copied object
  • issue # 223
• easyopen.easyopen gives more explicit error message when idd file is not found
  • issue # 224

v0.5.48

release r0.5.48

2018-10-03

• using cookiecuter https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage in eppy
• fixed bug in idf.run()
  • the bug resulted in the working directory changing if the run was done with an invalid idf

Release version r0.5.47

2018-09-25

• fixed bug in useful_scripts/idfdiff.py

2018-04-23

• idf.newidfobject() has a parameter defaultvlaues=True or False. This can be toggled to set or not set the default values in the IDF file

2018-03-24

• fixed a bug, where some idfobject fields stayed as strings even though they were supposed to be numbers

2018-03-21

• new function easyopen(idffile) will automatically set the IDD file and open the IDF file. This has been documented in ./docs/source/newfunctions.rst

2017-12-11

• Added documentation in the installation section on how to run eppy in grasshopper
• added functions to get fan power in watts, bhp and fan flow in cfm for any fan object. This has been documented in ./docs/source/newfunctions.rst

Release version r0.5.46

release r0.5.46

2017-12-10

• documentation is now at http://eppy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

r0.5.45

2017-10-01

• fixed a bug in the setup.py (It was not installing some required folders)
• updated documentation to include how to run Energyplus from eppy
• format of the table file was changed in E+ 8.7.
  • readhtml is updated to be able to read the new format (it still reads the older versions)

release r0.5.44

Release version r0.5.44

release r0.5.44

2017-05-23

• IDF.run() works with E+ version >= 8.3
  • This will run the idf file
  • documentation updated to reflect this
• Some changes made to support eppy working on grasshopper
  • more work needs to be done on this

Release version r0.5.43

bugfix for idfobjects with no fieldnames. Such fields are named A!, A2, A3/ N1, N2, N3 taken from the IDD file

fixed the bug in the setup file

Release version r0.5.41¶

release r0.5.41¶

2016-09-14

bugfix in loopdiagram.py. Some cleanup by removing extra copies of loopdiagram.py