EnergyPlus™ is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption and water use in buildings.
To allow for an IDF or epJSON file to be double-clicked to run a simulation, several command line options need to be made input objects. This would not eliminate the current command line options but simply create an alternative where all the current uniquely command line functionality of EnergyPlus could also be put in the IDF or epJSON file directly. This would include:
weather file name
output directory
output prefix
output suffix
number of jobs
flag for epmacro
flag for readvars
flag for expand objects
This would help users by running simulations easier on any platform as well as simplify some automated parametric analysis since all parameters would be located in the input file.
Related issues #5310 and #5311
In addition, to achieve the "double-click" feature, the file association for the IDF and epJSON would need to be changed to the energyplus.exe with a right-click (or equivalent) option to edit with IDF Editor or run via EP-Launch or update via IDFVersionUpdater
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Platform (Operating system, version)
Version of EnergyPlus (if using an intermediate build, include SHA)
Unmethours link or helpdesk ticket number
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Issue overview
To allow for an IDF or epJSON file to be double-clicked to run a simulation, several command line options need to be made input objects. This would not eliminate the current command line options but simply create an alternative where all the current uniquely command line functionality of EnergyPlus could also be put in the IDF or epJSON file directly. This would include:
This would help users by running simulations easier on any platform as well as simplify some automated parametric analysis since all parameters would be located in the input file.
Related issues #5310 and #5311
In addition, to achieve the "double-click" feature, the file association for the IDF and epJSON would need to be changed to the energyplus.exe with a right-click (or equivalent) option to edit with IDF Editor or run via EP-Launch or update via IDFVersionUpdater
Details
Some additional details for this issue (if relevant):
Checklist
Add to this list or remove from it as applicable. This is a simple templated set of guidelines.