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# OpenStudio Version 3.8.0

_Release Notes_ - _TBD_
_Release Notes_ - 2024-05-08

These release notes describe version 3.8.0 of the OpenStudio SDK developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Buildings and Thermal Sciences Center, Commercial Buildings Research Group, Tools Development Section, and associated collaborators. The notes are organized into the following sections:

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# Where to Find OpenStudio SDK Documentation

- OpenStudio SDK release documentation, including these release notes, tutorials, and other user documentation, is available at [https://www.openstudio.net/](https://www.openstudio.net/.)
- C++ API documentation is available at [https://openstudio-sdk-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html](https://openstudio-sdk-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html)
- Measure development documentation is available at [http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/reference/measure_writing_guide/](http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/reference/measure_writing_guide/ )
- A roadmap for planned features is available at http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/getting_started/roadmap/.
- C++ API documentation is available at [OpenStudio SDK Documentation](https://openstudio-sdk-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html)
- Measure development documentation is available at [OpenStudio Measure Writer's Reference Guide](http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/reference/measure_writing_guide/ )
- A roadmap for planned features is available at [Roadmap](http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/getting_started/roadmap/)

# Installation Notes

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- Download and install [OpenStudio SDK](https://github.com/NREL/openstudio) and/or any third party tool that embeds the OpenStudio SDK into their software such as [openstudiocoalition/OpenStudioApplication](https://github.com/openstudiocoalition/OpenStudioApplication) depending on your needs. Select components for installation. Note that OpenStudio Application is a standalone app and does not require you to install OpenStudio SDK.
- A BCL AUth Key is no longer needed to access content on [Building Component Library (BCL)](https://bcl.nrel.gov) BCL is typically accessed through third party OpenStudio applications to provide modelers access to building components and OpenStudio measures; however you an also browse it and download content using the BCL link above.

For help with common installation problems please visit, http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/getting_started/getting_started/.
For help with common installation problems please visit [Getting Started](http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/getting_started/getting_started/).

# OpenStudio SDK:

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* [#5037](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/issues/5037)
* [#4918](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/issues/4918)

* [#TBD]() Refactoring and relocating model methods that has been in the openStudio-extension Gem to be in the openstudio-standards Gem or in OpenStudio C++ SDK. A few methods will be moved directly into measures. The result of this is that with OpenStudio 3.8.0 no measures should have to require 'openstudio-extension' within a measure's Ruby code.

* [#TBD]() Update to version 0.6.0 of the openstudio_standards Gem. In addition to some refactoring, this release also included conversion of 90.1 data to formal database.
* Refactoring and relocating model methods that has been in the openstudio-extensio-gem Gem to be in the openstudio-standards Gem or in OpenStudio C++ SDK. A few methods will be moved directly into measures. The result of this is that with OpenStudio 3.8.0 no measures should have to require 'openstudio-extension' within a measure's Ruby code.
* [#5142](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/pull/5142) - Add native support for measure argument methods in OsLib_HelperMethods

* [#TBD]() Enhancements to the Building Component Library (BCL)
* Enhancements to the Building Component Library (BCL)
* [#5126](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/pull/5126) - Add versionModified, repo, org, releaseTag to BCLSearchResult
* Support for OpenStudio Python Measures
* Updating Measure Details page to include measure language
* Link to GitHub Repo from Measure Details page
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## Minor changes and bug fixes

*
*
*

## Known Issues / Limitations

*
*
*
Refer to the changelog on the release page at [v3.8.0](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/releases/v3.8.0)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/compare/v3.7.0...v3.8.0

**New Contributors**:

### OpenStudio Standards v0.6.1

Update the openstudio-standards gem to version [0.6.1](https://github.com/NREL/openstudio-standards/releases/tag/v0.6.1)
In addition to some refactoring, this release also included conversion of 90.1 data to formal database.

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- Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Radiance
- Ruby API
- Python API
- C++ SDK

**Note** that [PAT](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio-PAT) is not included in either the SDK or the OpenStudio Coalition's Application installers. You will need to install PAT separately which is distributed on the [OpenStudio-PAT](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio-PAT) GitHub page.

# Where to Find OpenStudio SDK Documentation

- OpenStudio SDK release documentation, including these release notes, tutorials, and other user documentation, is available at [https://www.openstudio.net/](https://www.openstudio.net/.)
- C++ API documentation is available at [https://openstudio-sdk-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html](https://openstudio-sdk-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html)
- Measure development documentation is available at [http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/reference/measure_writing_guide/](http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/reference/measure_writing_guide/ )
- A roadmap for planned features is available at http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/getting_started/roadmap/.
- C++ API documentation is available at [OpenStudio SDK Documentation](https://openstudio-sdk-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html)
- Measure development documentation is available at [OpenStudio Measure Writer's Reference Guide](http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/reference/measure_writing_guide/ )
- A roadmap for planned features is available at [Roadmap](http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/getting_started/roadmap/)

# Installation Notes

OpenStudio SDK @VERSION@ is supported on:

* 64-bit Windows 7 – 11
* macOS: 10.15+ x86_64, 12.1+ arm64
* macOS: 11.6+ x86_64, 12.1+ arm64
* Ubuntu: 20.04 x86_64, 22.04 x86_64, 22.04 arm64
* Centos7

OpenStudio SDK @VERSION@ supports [EnergyPlus Release 23.1.0](https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/releases/tag/v23.1.0), which is bundled with the OpenStudio installer. It is no longer necessary to download and install EnergyPlus separately. Other builds of EnergyPlus are not supported by OpenStudio SDK @VERSION@.
OpenStudio SDK @VERSION@ supports [EnergyPlus Release @EP_VERSION@](https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/releases/tag/v@EP_VERSION@), which is bundled with the OpenStudio installer. It is no longer necessary to download and install EnergyPlus separately. Other builds of EnergyPlus are not supported by OpenStudio SDK @VERSION@.

OpenStudio SDK @VERSION@ supports Radiance 5.0.a.12, which is bundled with the OpenStudio installer; users no longer must install Radiance separately, and OpenStudio will use the included Radiance version regardless of any other versions that may be installed on the system. Other builds of Radiance are not supported by OpenStudio SDK @VERSION@.

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## Installation Steps

- Download and install [OpenStudio SDK](https://github.com/NREL/openstudio) and/or [openstudiocoalition/OpenStudioApplication](https://github.com/openstudiocoalition/OpenStudioApplication) depending on your needs. Select components for installation. Note that OpenStudio Application is a standalone app and does not require you to install OpenStudio SDK.
- Setup a Building Component Library (BCL) account to access online building components and measures. View instructions on how to setup your account and configure the key in OpenStudio.
- The OpenStudio Application SketchUp Plug-in requires SketchUp 2021-2022 (not available for Linux). The OpenStudio Application SketchUp Plug-in does not support older versions of SketchUp. SketchUp must be installed before OpenStudio Application to automatically activate the plugin. If you install SketchUp after OpenStudio Application, simply re-run the OpenStudio Application installer.
- Download and install [OpenStudio SDK](https://github.com/NREL/openstudio) and/or any third party tool that embeds the OpenStudio SDK into their software such as [openstudiocoalition/OpenStudioApplication](https://github.com/openstudiocoalition/OpenStudioApplication) depending on your needs. Select components for installation. Note that OpenStudio Application is a standalone app and does not require you to install OpenStudio SDK.
- A BCL AUth Key is no longer needed to access content on [Building Component Library (BCL)](https://bcl.nrel.gov) BCL is typically accessed through third party OpenStudio applications to provide modelers access to building components and OpenStudio measures; however you an also browse it and download content using the BCL link above.

For help with common installation problems please visit, http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/getting_started/getting_started/.
For help with common installation problems please visit [Getting Started](http://nrel.github.io/OpenStudio-user-documentation/getting_started/getting_started/).

# OpenStudio SDK: Changelog

The @VERSION@ is a <minor/major> release. This update includes several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes.
You can find the list of Pull Requests that got into this release [here](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed+created%3A2023-05-12..2023-10-26+).
The @VERSION@ is a **<minor/major>** release. This update includes several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes.

## C++ Workflow code

As of OpenStudio SDK 3.7.0 a re-written workflow written in C++ is used by default in place of the Ruby based Workflow Gem that had been used in the past. This enhancement is in support of Python measures being used in an OpenStudio workflow, including mixed language workflows that include both Ruby Measures and Python Measures. If you need to use the older Workflow Gem implementation, you can do that by using the `classic` subcommand after `openstudio`. `classic` will be deprecated in a future version of OpenStudio.

## Python Bindings

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## Minor changes and bug fixes

Refer to the changelog on the release page at [v@VERSION@](https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/releases/v@VERSION@)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/compare/v@[email protected]@VERSION@

**New Contributors**:

### OpenStudio Standards vXXX
### OpenStudio Standards v@STANDARDS_VERSION@

Update the openstudio-standards gem to version [@STANDARDS_VERSION@](https://github.com/NREL/openstudio-standards/releases/tag/v@STANDARDS_VERSION@)
In addition to some refactoring, this release also included conversion of 90.1 data to formal database.


### OpenStudio Server vXXX


## Issue Statistics Since Previous Release


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