Method translateBuilding

src/gbxml/ForwardTranslator.cpp:491–601

  }

  boost::optional<pugi::xml_node> ForwardTranslator::translateBuilding(const openstudio::model::Model& model, pugi::xml_node& parent) {
    // `model` is `const`, so we shouldn't call getUniqueModelObject<model::Building> which will **create** a new object in there.
    // model::Building building = model.getUniqueModelObject<model::Building>();
    boost::optional<model::Building> _building = model.getOptionalUniqueModelObject<model::Building>();

    auto result = parent.append_child("Building");
    std::string bName = "Building";
    std::string bType = "Unknown";
    if (_building) {
      m_translatedObjects[_building->handle()] = result;
      bName = _building->nameString();

      if (boost::optional<std::string> _standardsBuildingType = _building->standardsBuildingType()) {
        // TODO: map to gbXML types
        // bType = escapeName(_standardsBuildingType.get()).c_str();
      }

      // space type
      if (boost::optional<model::SpaceType> _spaceType = _building->spaceType()) {
        //std::string spaceTypeName = _spaceType->nameString();
        // TODO: map to gbXML types
        // bType = escapeName(spaceTypeName).c_str();
      }
    }

    // id
    result.append_attribute("id") = escapeName(bName).c_str();

    // building type
    result.append_attribute("buildingType") = bType.c_str();

    if (_building) {
    }

    // name
    auto nameElement = result.append_child("Name");
    nameElement.text() = bName.c_str();

    // area
    auto areaElement = result.append_child("Area");

    // DLM: we want to use gbXML's definition of floor area which includes area from all spaces with people in them
    //double floorArea = building.floorArea();

    std::vector<model::Space> spaces = model.getConcreteModelObjects<model::Space>();

    double floorArea = 0;
    for (const model::Space& space : spaces) {
      double numberOfPeople = space.numberOfPeople();
      if (numberOfPeople > 0.0) {
        floorArea += space.multiplier() * space.floorArea();
      }
    }

    areaElement.text() = openstudio::string_conversions::number(floorArea, FloatFormat::fixed).c_str();

    // translate spaces
    if (m_progressBar) {