openstudio-backporter 0.1.8

A small library to backport an OpenStudio OSM model to an older version.

openstudio-backporter

A small library to backport an OpenStudio OSM model to an older version.

Note: I am only adding backports as old as I need to. Contribution welcomed.

• Documentation: https://jmarrec.github.io/openstudio-backporter
• GitHub: https://github.com/jmarrec/openstudio-backporter
• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/openstudio-backporter/
• TestPyPI: https://test.pypi.org/project/openstudio-backporter/

Install

pip install openstudio-backporter

Usage

CLI

A CLI feature is provided, that you can invoke via python -m openstudiobackporter

See python -m openstudiobackporter --help for the list of command line parameters and how to use it.

Example:

python -m openstudiobackporter \
       --to-version 3.8.0 \
       --save-intermediate \
       --verbose \
       /path/to/model3_10_0.osm

Library

You can also use it as a library:

from pathlib import Path
from openstudiobackporter import Backporter

backporter = Backporter(to_version="3.9.0", save_intermediate=False)
idf_file = backporter.backport_file(osm_path=Path("/path/to/model_3_10_0.osm"))

# or
model = openstudio.model.exampleModel()
idf_file = backporter.backport(idf_file=model) # or model.toIdfFile()

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