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`translater` is a Python package designed with the objective of helping building energy modelers and researchers
maintain collections of building archetypes. `translater` depends on `eppy`_ for EnergyPlus models and makes use of
great packages such as `pandas`_ for data structure processing and `tsam`_ for time series aggregation.
.. _eppy: https://eppy.readthedocs.io/
.. _pandas: http://pandas.pydata.org
.. _tsam: https://github.com/FZJ-IEK3-VSA/tsam
Description
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As building energy modelers ourselves, we found it was sometimes difficult to use scripting language to retrieve,
modify, simulate and analyze Building Energy Models (BEM). This is why `translater` was created. We built a package
able to an EnergyPlus file to `TRNBuild <http://sel.me.wisc.edu/trnsys/index.html>`_ models (shout out to TRNSYS users!)
`translater` also features a :ref:`Command Line Interface (CLI)<Command reference>` which means that users can execute
commands in the terminal instead of writing a python script. In addition, we believe reproducible research through
Jupyter Notebooks, for instance, is the way foreword. Therefore, all the modules are discoverable and can be imported
independently.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
:caption: Getting Started
Installation <install.rst>
For MacOS/Linux users <unix_users.rst>
Caching <caching.rst>
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
:caption: User Guide
Converting IDF models <converting.rst>
Reading and Running IDF files <reading_idf.rst>
Parallel Processing <tutorials/parallel_process.rst>
Managing Schedules <tutorials/schedules.rst>
Troubleshooting <troubleshooting.rst>
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
:caption: Reference Guide
commands
package_modules
Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`