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Hello i have a VE model which was run successfully for Compliance at Design Stage Calc; but now when i change Buildings&Settings to 'AsBuilt' stage, a test run of the Compliance fails with the error "Calculation cannot run at "as built" stage with all zones in project defined as "shell with assumed services".
See included error text below. For the life of me i cannot locate _where_ the zone definitions it refers to are set. Frustatingly _all_ i have changed so far in the model is the setting of the stage, so it is really puzzling. I cannot find any particular guidance stepping you through the process of the AsBuilt so would also appreciate any pointers on that.

SBEM.exe v4.1.e.5
Developed by BRE for CLG.
SBEM v4.1.e.5 RUN on: Wed Nov 18 18:06:49 2015
File: \ModelProjectName\Regs\PartL2\SBEM\BRUKL\modelfilename.inp

Initializing Default values... OK
Initializing Default tables... OK
Initializing standard activity values... OK

* ACTUAL BUILDING
-Initializing BOC construction...
Initializing Matrix... OK
Reading Input file... OK
Processing Input file...
Adding Objects..... OK
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Assigning Default values to keywords..... OK
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Checking Code Keywords..... OK
Writing BDL..................... OK
OK!
+OK
Creating SBEM Objects..... OK

Input file validated? NO

Starting calculation...........

ERROR: Calculation cannot run at "as built" stage with all zones in project defined as "shell with assumed services".
Assertion failed: 1==0, file general.cpp, line 335

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

Hi,

Sounds like this building has been defined as a shell and core. There is a tickbox for this on the Building Details tab of Building and system Data and you can toggle whether rooms are shell or core on Building Regs tab of Room Data

Phil

Phil. Thanks for the response. Yes - the building is defined as shell & core as it is a shell construction only. Later fitout will be by another contractor. So... surely the tickbox on Building Details tab of Building and system Data should remain checked; (?)
and at the moment all assessed rooms are defined in RoomData>Building Regs tab as 'not in core'.
SO far as i am aware that is following the appropriate guidance? Please advise...

Update - i've just experimented by changing all analysed rooms to be Yes for 'part of core area?' and the Compliance analysis then doesnt have a problem, but setting as that doesnt seem right to me since all the areas are actually part of the shell not the core (ie they will all be part of future fit out ). The NCM 2013 guide says on pg29/clause 106 etc regarding this but does not clarify a requirement to assess AsBuilt 'Shell' areas all as 'Core' the only comment re this error that i can find is on a Hevacomp forum http://communities.bentley.com/products ... g-services which states this change needs to be made to avoid the SBEM caclc error, but does not clearly define _in relation to the NCM guide etc _why_ this is the case.