2.3.8. Building Applications

The Building Application creates Building Information Model (BIM) files for each building. It takes as input the range of asset IDs selected for simulation (expressed as “min” and “max” ID, specified in the configuration file), and the building-specific parameters for each simulation (specified in the building source file). These inputs are parsed into #-BIM.json files, which are stored in the results folder.

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CSV_to_BIM

Parses building source information from CSV and saves into BIM.json files for each building.

Inputs

CLI

Min <int>

Min id of building to run in workflow.

Max <int>

Max id of building to run in workflow.

Building source file <path>

Path to buildings database file.

usage: CSV_to_BIM.py [-h] [--buildingFile BUILDINGFILE]
                     [--buildingSourceFile BUILDINGSOURCEFILE] [--Min MIN]
                     [--Max MAX] [--getRV [GETRV]]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --buildingFile BUILDINGFILE
  --buildingSourceFile BUILDINGSOURCEFILE
  --Min MIN
  --Max MAX
  --getRV [GETRV]

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GenericBimDatabase

No description

Inputs

CLI

Min <int>

min id of building to obtain BIM for

Max <int>

max id of building to obtain BIM for

buildingSourceFile <path>

path to buildings file

config <path>

path to buildings config file

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GeoJSON_to_BIM

No description

Inputs

CLI

buildingFile <FileName(W)>

name of JSON file containing an array of id,filename pairs. For each building id the aplication creates a BIM file with name filename

Min <int>

min id of building to obtain BIM for

Max <int>

max id of building to obtain BIM for

buildingSourceFile <path>

path to buildings database file

configFile <path>

path to workflow config file

usage: GeoJSON_to_BIM.py [-h] [--buildingFile BUILDINGFILE]
                         [--buildingSourceFile BUILDINGSOURCEFILE] [--Min MIN]
                         [--Max MAX] [--getRV [GETRV]]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --buildingFile BUILDINGFILE
  --buildingSourceFile BUILDINGSOURCEFILE
  --Min MIN
  --Max MAX
  --getRV [GETRV]