Create doe prototype building "SWIG director method error. IOError: not opened for reading" in OpenStudioApplication 1.8.0

[ainar]

Hello,

When trying to apply the measure "Create doe prototype building" in OpenStudio Application 1.8.0, I get the error "SWIG director method error. IOError: not opened for reading." (Trace below)
I experienced this error in Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04 for any building type.

Standard Output:
val=1 
[openstudio.measure.OSRunner] SWIG director method error. IOError: not opened for reading 

Traceback (most recent call last): 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `each' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `get_standards_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:238:in `climate_zone_representative_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/modify.rb:376:in `model_set_building_location' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/prototypes/common/objects/Prototype.Model.rb:37:in `model_create_prototype_model' 
C:/Users/Aina/BCL/be90fd0b-a651-467a-bc8d-29d310b0f937/d6078b4e-403e-4722-a7f2-1fe9c569cc1d/measure.rb:173:in `run' 
[openstudio.workflow.OSWorkflow] Found error in state 'OpenStudioMeasures' with message: 'Runner error: Measure 'C:/Users/Aina/BCL/be90fd0b-a651-467a-bc8d-29d310b0f937/d6078b4e-403e-4722-a7f2-1fe9c569cc1d/measure.rb' reported an error with [SWIG director method error. IOError: not opened for reading 

Traceback (most recent call last): 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `each' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `get_standards_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:238:in `climate_zone_representative_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/modify.rb:376:in `model_set_building_location' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/prototypes/common/objects/Prototype.Model.rb:37:in `model_create_prototype_model' 
C:/Users/Aina/BCL/be90fd0b-a651-467a-bc8d-29d310b0f937/d6078b4e-403e-4722-a7f2-1fe9c569cc1d/measure.rb:173:in `run']' 

Standard Error:
Failed to run workflow. Last Error: 
Found error in state 'OpenStudioMeasures' with message: 'Runner error: Measure 'C:/Users/Aina/BCL/be90fd0b-a651-467a-bc8d-29d310b0f937/d6078b4e-403e-4722-a7f2-1fe9c569cc1d/measure.rb' reported an error with [SWIG director method error. IOError: not opened for reading 

Traceback (most recent call last): 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `each' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `get_standards_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:238:in `climate_zone_representative_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/modify.rb:376:in `model_set_building_location' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/prototypes/common/objects/Prototype.Model.rb:37:in `model_create_prototype_model' 
C:/Users/Aina/BCL/be90fd0b-a651-467a-bc8d-29d310b0f937/d6078b4e-403e-4722-a7f2-1fe9c569cc1d/measure.rb:173:in `run']' 

run.log:
[14:46:38.164692 WARN] [openstudio.workflow.OSWorkflow] No valid weather file defined in either the osm or osw. 
[14:46:48.076815 ERROR] [openstudio.measure.OSRunner] SWIG director method error. IOError: not opened for reading 

Traceback (most recent call last): 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `each' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `get_standards_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:238:in `climate_zone_representative_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/modify.rb:376:in `model_set_building_location' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/prototypes/common/objects/Prototype.Model.rb:37:in `model_create_prototype_model' 
C:/Users/Aina/BCL/be90fd0b-a651-467a-bc8d-29d310b0f937/d6078b4e-403e-4722-a7f2-1fe9c569cc1d/measure.rb:173:in `run' 
[14:46:48.077817 ERROR] [openstudio.workflow.OSWorkflow] Found error in state 'OpenStudioMeasures' with message: 'Runner error: Measure 'C:/Users/Aina/BCL/be90fd0b-a651-467a-bc8d-29d310b0f937/d6078b4e-403e-4722-a7f2-1fe9c569cc1d/measure.rb' reported an error with [SWIG director method error. IOError: not opened for reading 

Traceback (most recent call last): 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `each' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:198:in `get_standards_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:238:in `climate_zone_representative_weather_file_path' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/modify.rb:376:in `model_set_building_location' 
:/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.6.1/lib/openstudio-standards/prototypes/common/objects/Prototype.Model.rb:37:in `model_create_prototype_model' 
C:/Users/Aina/BCL/be90fd0b-a651-467a-bc8d-29d310b0f937/d6078b4e-403e-4722-a7f2-1fe9c569cc1d/measure.rb:173:in `run']' 

[mdahlhausen]

Testing a fix with NREL/openstudio-standards#1816

[DavidGoldwasser]

With 3.9.0.rc2 two two measure tests for this pass on CI (Linux) and pass on my mac locally if I run ruby my_test.rb but then fail if I run openstudio my_rest.rb. Not sure now but I'll keep this open until I can figure it out.

  1) Error:
CreateDOEPrototypeBuildingTest#test_primary_school:
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ dir_s_mkdir - :/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.7.0.rc1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/extracted_files
    :/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:406:in `mkdir'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:406:in `fu_mkdir'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:384:in `block (2 levels) in mkdir_p'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:382:in `reverse_each'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:382:in `block in mkdir_p'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:374:in `each'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:374:in `mkdir_p'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.7.0.rc1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:207:in `get_standards_weather_file_path'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.7.0.rc1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/information.rb:253:in `climate_zone_representative_weather_file_path'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.7.0.rc1/lib/openstudio-standards/weather/modify.rb:382:in `model_set_building_location'
    :/ruby/3.2.0/gems/openstudio-standards-0.7.0.rc1/lib/openstudio-standards/prototypes/common/objects/Prototype.Model.rb:37:in `model_create_prototype_model'
    /Users/dgoldwas/Documents/github/nrel/openstudio-model-articulation-gem/lib/measures/create_DOE_prototype_building/measure.rb:173:in `run'

[mdahlhausen]

Almost certainly a path issue with the weather files. Perhaps hitting the windows path length limit. Can you retest with 0.7.0 and check if the weather file is there manually?