[Bldg-sim] eQuest and atriums

Karen Walkerman kwalkerman at gmail.com
Thu Apr 17 08:01:16 PDT 2008


You can 3 different walls with 3 different Z values.

~karen~

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:18 AM, James Hansen <JHANSEN at ghtltd.com> wrote:

>  Hello,
>
> I was hoping for some advice on modeling atriums in eQuest.  Up to this
> point, I typically modeled an atrium by creating a space for each floor, and
> joinning these spaces vertically using an open wall type construction.  But
> after reviewing some of the results, I'm not sure this is the best way to do
> this.
>
> I'm currently modeling a 3-story atrium that has exterior walls as well as
> interior walls that transmit light/heat to a 12-story building.
>
> Can I model the atrium as a single sunspace (30 feet in height, defined at
> the 1st floor), and use the adjacent spaces in the 12-story building to
> define the shared interior walls with windows?
>
> Or do I need to model 3 separate sunspaces for each atrium floor level and
> connect them vertically as I've previously done?
>
> My concern is that some of the documentation for sunspaces says that you
> should model the interior walls (and windows) in the sunspace in lieu of the
> adjacent spaces that touch the sunspace.  But if I have a 3-story tall
> atrium, I can't create a single 30 foot high wall that is simultaneously
> adjacent to 3 stories of the 12-story building.  And I can't create multiple
> walls at various Z values, can I?  Or can I?
>
> Thanks for any assistance!  For some reason I still do all of the
> programming in notepad instead of using the Wizard....
>
> -James
>
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