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:honeybee: :blue_book: Honeybee library and plugin for Dynamo
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HBSurface is not a valid Honeybee Object #91

Closed CedricTvn closed 6 years ago

CedricTvn commented 6 years ago

Hello,

I have been learning Honeybee for Dynamo for a dew days now, and as I am getting to know it I decided to try and run an analysis from a Revit model. As the Collect Rooms and Spaces node seems to not be 100% reliable, I decided to try and import my model categories by categories (without applying any specific radiance material for now).

full import analysis

However, I ran into this error: 

ERROR:

[[HBSurface::3a7add36-617b::Roof]] is not a valid Honeybee object.

If you think this is a bug submit an issue on github.
https://github.com/ladybug-tools/honeybee-dynamo/issues
and include below error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 24, in <module>
ValueError: 
[[HBSurface::3a7add36-617b::Roof]] is not a valid Honeybee object.

I believe this is a bug because converting the Roof to an Honeybee Surface didn't trigger an error. I am using Revit's base families so it might come from there.

Full import + Analysis.zip

Also, if you have any advice regarding the workflow I used there, let me know.

Thanks in advance,

CedricTvn commented 6 years ago

I actually managed to solve the issue. I should have paid more attention before submitting, apologies.

I actually had two errors: the first one is that I forgot to flatten my HBObjects before inputting it in Run Radiance Analysis. Secondly, the error that caused the trouble was that for some reason I had an empty item in my walls surface. I simply removed it and it ended up working.