archetypal.idfclass.Variables

class archetypal.idfclass.Variables(idf)[source]

Lists available variables in the IDF model.

Once simulated at least once, he IDF.variables attribute is populated with variable categories and each category is populated with all the available variables.

Example

For example, to retrieve the “Zone Operative Temperature” variable, simply call

>>> from archetypal import IDF
>>> idf = IDF()  # load an actual idf file here
>>> idf.variables.OutputVariable.Zone_Operative_Temperature.values()

Hint

Available meters are read from the .mdd file

Initialize MeterGroup.

OutputVariable: alias of archetypal.idfclass.variables.VariableGroup