make_options(idf) doesn't work the same for every .idf

[orcunkoraliseri]

I want to simulate multiple .idfs but the same make_options(IDF) variables are not applied for each .idf. I need the .csv outputs as I read the simulation results hourly. Although 'expandobjects':True under make_options(IDF) the simulations do not generate .csv for every .idf.

Did you encounter a similar problem before?

[orcunkoraliseri]

somehow waitlist for ptcp.idf_multirun do not apply equally to all IDF.

In parallel, I am trying runIDFs() from eppy and applying multiple processors. thankfully, make_optional(IDF) worked equally for every IDF.

[santoshphilip]

Can you post source code for both your attempts ?

[orcunkoraliseri]

For simulations with zeppy:

def ZeppySim(idfDir, epw, nworkers, verbose):
    '''
    :param inputDir: directory of idf files
    :param epw: Eplus weather file
    '''
    listIdf = erf.idffilesTolist(idfDir)["path"]
    idfs = [ep.openidf(fname=fname, epw=epw) for fname in listIdf]
    waitlist = [[{'args':idf, 'kwargs':make_options(idf)}] for idf in idfs]
    func = idf_multirun
    result = ptcp.ipc_parallelpipe(func, waitlist, nworkers=nworkers, verbose=verbose)
    print(result)

def idf_multirun(idf_kwargs):
    idf = idf_kwargs["args"]
    options = idf_kwargs["kwargs"]
    idf.run(**options)

For simulations with Multi-Eppy (runIDFs):

def simMultiEppy(inputDir, epwFile): #works with runIDFs
    '''
    :param inputDir: directory of idf files
    :param epw: Eplus weather file
    '''
    runs = multipleRuns(inputDir, epwFile)
    runIDFs(runs, processors=8)

def multipleRuns(inputDir, epwFile): # append runs directories into list
    runs = []
    listIdf = erf.idffilesTolist(inputDir)["path"] # append idf files paths into the list
    for i in range(len(listIdf)):
        idf = ep.openidf(fname=listIdf[i], epw=epwFile)
           runs.append([idf, make_options(idf)])
    return runs