[bldg-sim] eQUEST question - error with construction tab

[Brian Fountain]

Actually, one of the great (and sometimes dangerous!) features of eQUEST is
that all the data entered is stored in the .inp text file.  So you can make
changes directly to the .inp file that will then "show up" when you reopen
eQUEST.  This is helpful for bulk renaming things (like those shell names
the wizard creates -- what is EL1, EL2 etc.?) using search & replace in a
good text editor.

With regard to the specific problem, can you create a new construction?  Are
there any constructions created for the building? (It eQUEST in detailed
data edit mode, not wizard data edit? -- which precludes many changes?)

Brian Fountain - GreenSim
bfountain at greensim.com

-----Original Message-----
From: bldg-sim at gard.com [mailto:bldg-sim at gard.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Erickson
Sent: September 20, 2005 3:29 PM
To: bldg-sim at gard.com
Subject: [bldg-sim] eQUEST question - error with construction tab

Hello,

I'm a DOE-2 (mainly VisualDOE) user just getting acquainted with eQUEST.

Has anyone else ever experienced a problem with the construction tab?  I
somehow inadvertently created a "new" construction that titles itself
"Construction", though when looking at the construction detail
window/screen, the "name" is actually blank.  This creates a problem when I
try to run eQUEST simulations...I get an error.

- When opening the file, it says that there is one BDL error.  I see the
error tree screen and it refers to a construction titled "Construction".  I
double click on it, the construction tab comes up, I click "done" and then
it tells me there are no more errors.  However, when I run the simulation,
the output file is empty and I do not get the output reports accessible
through eQUEST.  

The inp and BDL files support the fact that there is a construction error
due to the lack of a name...only the command "CONSTRUCTION" is on the line
where it should be  "name" = CONSTRUCTION.

On the construction tab:

- I am not able to write a new name in for the construction.
- I cannot change the specification method.
- I can change the Construction Layers selection.
- I cannot delete the construction.  When I try I get a window that says
that there are no components that exist, but I get "error encountered
searching for keyword assignments."

Does anyone have a suggestion how to deal with this without going into the
inp file?  Or is there a way to manipulate the inp file and then read it
back into eQUEST?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. THanks!

Paul


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