1 MAINEVACGRID needs at least one DOOR/EXIT

[gforney]

Please complete the following lines...

FDS Version:6
SVN Revision Number:0.1
Compile Date:05/03/2014
Smokeview Version/Revision:6.1.5
Operating System:Windows 7 (64bit)

Describe details of the issue below:

Receiving the error code "ERROR: EVAC: Emesh   1 MAINEVACGRID needs at least one DOOR/EXIT"

I am currently evaluating how evacuation models perform (to hand calcs), (I am trying
to include the fire mesh at a later point in time) but I can't seem to get past this
error code. I have run a number of test cases on FDS EVAC and have never had this error
before. 

I have tried renaming the MESH ID to be MAINEVACGRID however this doesn't seem to work
either.

This is the first FDS EVAC I have run on FDS6. (Attached is my fds file)

Hope someone can help

Many thanks

Michael

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bell.michaelandrew on 2014-03-05 16:45:56

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• _Attachment: DORKING_01A_EVAC.fds_

[gforney]

Timo, can you take a look?  Thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by randy.mcdermott on 2014-03-05 18:37:58

[gforney]

Well, the inputs of the evacuation module have changed quite
much between FDS6 and FDS5. Search for "EVAC_FDS6" on the
fds-smv discussion group and you find some useful discussion
threads.

Note: FDS6 does not have SAWTOOTH input for OBSts anymore. I removed
those definitions.

Try the attached file. It should be quite good:

 EVAC: Emesh     1 MAINEVACGRID has     4 door flow fields

 Fire Dynamics Simulator

 Compilation Date : Tue, 26 Nov 2013
 Current Date     : March 10, 2014  13:04:27

 Version: FDS 6.0.1; MPI Disabled; OpenMP Disabled
 SVN Revision No. : 17534

 Job TITLE        : Dorking,  Main Entrance Fire Evacuation
 Job ID string    : Dorking_01A_EVAC6

STOP: Set-up only

TimoK

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tkorhon1 on 2014-03-10 12:05:26

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• _Attachment: DORKING_01A_EVAC6.fds_

[gforney]

Thanks Timo, this is excellent. Do you have any timescales for the new users guide to
be released for fds+evac (v6)?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bell.michaelandrew on 2014-03-20 09:11:39

[gforney]

Well, I do not have any time tables for the new users guide.
I have been updating it every now and then, when I have some
spare time at the office. Has been quite busy at the office,
but should have time this spring, because there are some 
projects, where I need to run some FDS models that take
a lots of CPUs, so I load the machines (well, one machine,
our Linux cluster) and wait them to complete. At this time,
I should have some spare time for the users guide. Well, I'll
start with the "users guide" part, i.e., the inputs etc. Later
I try to update the verification and validation figures etc.
(Less motivation for the V&V, because the movement algorithm
has not changed. So the door and corridor flows should be the
same.)

TimoK

PS. I closed this issue ("AltInputs" status).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tkorhon1 on 2014-03-20 09:49:06