xEsoView is a file viewer for EnergyPlus .eso output files which gives the user a very fast overview of the simulation results. xEsoView uses the Qwt extension of the Qt toolkit from Trolltech Inc.
xEsoView shows all reported variable names in a list, which can be sorted and filtered, on the left hand side. On the right hand side it shows the graphical representation of the selected variable. The time axis can be changed using predefined ranges (hour, day, week, month, total) but xEsoView supports also zooming. With a selection box you can switch between the available environments, e.g. summer design day and run-period. A simple CTRL+C copies the variable data to the clipboard. So you can easily CTRL+paste the data into your favorite spreadsheet program for further analysis.
Switch between environments (summer design design day, winter design day, runperiod)
Sort variables (id, name, area, unit, timestep)
Filter variables (name, area, unit, timestep)
Show variable information (max, min, avg)
Show local variable information (max, min, avg)
Show file information
Select time scale (total, month, week, day, hour)
Zoom
Grid
Markers
Bookmarks
Copy graphic to clipboard (Ctrl-Shift-C)
Copy variable data to clipboard (Ctrl-C) optionally with time/date
Reload eso file
Export graphic as PDF
Autostart
xEsoView after running an EnergyPlus simulation from EP-Launch
Currently EP-Launch does not allow do specify a viewer for
eso files. But you can launch xEsoView automatically after running
an EnergyPlus simulation. Simply add the following lines (shown in the
green area below) a few lines before the end of the Epl-run.bat
file (located in the EnergyPlus installation directory). Maybe you have
to change the path to the xEsoView installation direction.
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9. Start xEsoView. |
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:if
%pausing%==Y pause |
Version
0.3.2 – 2006-11-28 – Bug fix release
Fix problem with bookmarks
(introduced in relase 0.3.1) - zoom not restored correct.
Version
0.3.1 – 2006-11-25 – Bug fix release
Fix loading of Eso
files generated with EnergyPlus 1.4.0 on Linux.
Set
environment drop down when jumping to bookmark.
Fix
missing bookmark symbol when switching environment.
Version
0.3 – 2006-11-19 – Bookmarks and other improvements
Bookmarks
save the current view (variable id and zoom window) of a variable
Multiple bookmarks for one variable are possible
Goto
next/previous bookmark or jump via selection box
Save/load
settings (bookmarks, current view, layout, link to eso file) to/from
file (.xeso)
Save/load settings (bookmarks, current view, layout,
link to eso file) for recent files automatically
Variable
information includes now also local variable information
(max/min/avg of current visible graph)
Add menu to copy file
information
Add menu to copy variable information
Add option
to set background color of graphic
Option to change the date/time
string for copying data will now also change the appearance of the
time axis
Optimized layout
New unified icons
Fix build on
Linux (casing of files, project file)
Version
0.2 – 2006-06-05 – Bugfix release – Several minor bugs have
been fixed and a few improvements have been added.
Fixed
problem with partial empty data (report value scheduled)
Select
same variable again after switching environment
Refilter after
switching environment
Show weekday in graphic fly over
Don't
loose selection in variable list after sorting
Sort Id's
numerically
Ensure visibility of selected variable after sorting
Version
0.1 – 2006-03-29 – Initial release
Switch between
environments (summer design design day, winter design day,
runperiod)
Sort variables (id, name, area, unit, timestep)
Filter
variables (name, area, unit, timestep)
Show variable information
(max, min, avg)
Show file information
Select time scale
(total, month, week, day, hour)
Zoom
Grid
Markers
Copy
graphic to clipboard (Ctrl-Shift-C)
Copy variable data to
clipboard (Ctrl-C) optionally with time/date
Reload eso
file
Export graphic as PDF
Christian Schiefer, Vienna, Austria
Feedback is welcome and can be sent to me.
Last update 2006-11-19