Add support for common directed graph outputs from HVAC Diagram

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EnergyPlus™ is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption and water use in buildings.

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Add support for common directed graph outputs from HVAC Diagram #5900

Open JasonGlazer opened 7 years ago

JasonGlazer commented 7 years ago

The HVAC-Diagram program produces directed graphs but in a SVG format. Add the ability to output in a common directed graph output format such as:

Whichever seems to have the most support with common diagramming software.

First suggested here.

[ ] Ticket added to Pivotal for defect (development team task)
[ ] Pull request created (the pull request will have additional tasks related to reviewing changes that fix this defect)

jasondegraw commented 5 years ago

@JasonGlazer I'm generating DOT graphs from my AirflowNetwork model auditing script (see here). It is still pretty rough, but implementation of this sort of thing in Python is potentially easier than extending HVAC-Diagram or doing something in a compiled language.