[Equest-users] Making best use of custom footprint and zones in eQuest

[Surabhi Joshi]

Tom,

I am guessing you built a custom footprint & zones by importing a CAD file &
tracing over it. If not, do that. You can refer to eQuest's help menu for
guidance on this.

Make sure that you save your drawing as AutoCAD 2000/2004.
By default, eQuest identifies all the lines drafted (traced) while
customizing "footprint" as external walls.
All polygons drafted (traced) while customizing the zones will be taken as
rooms. Thus, any wall with zones on either side will become an internal
wall. Note that only the part of a line with zones on either side will be an
internal wall, rest will be external by default.

I suggest you to check your customized footprint & zones for missing lines.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Surabhi Joshi
Student - MS Building Technology
Georgia Tech, Atlanta
email: surabhi.cca at gmail.com


On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Tom Sherman <TJSherman at pcxenergy.com>wrote:

>  I’m new to eQuest and want to model a complex factory.  Decided to build
> a custom footprint with custom zones using Schematic Wizard.  In the 3D
> view, I have only a few walls showing.  I’m not sure how these walls got
> entered, and I do not know how to add the missing walls (internal and
> external).  The Schematic Wizard doesn’t have any screens for adding walls
> and the Detailed Interface appears to only be for editing existing details.
> Can someone help?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tom Sherman
>
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