[Equest-users] Adding components in eQuest's detailed edit mode

[Pasha Korber-Gonzalez]

Hi Bruce,   thanks for all the new info.  That's why I love being involved
with this forum so much--all the info that I learn that 'I didn't know, I
didn't know...'   ;)

I've also been excited more recently to start learning how to use the wizard
better and more efficiently for my initial inputs on projects.  Being
someone who did start using eQuest back in 2003 there were things in the
early versions of the wizards thta didn't exist like they do today, so it
was always my practice to get in and then out of the wizard ASAP so that I
could get to the 'real' model building...now with the newer versions the
wizards have much more capability that I have been excited to go back and
learn how to use the wizards much better than I used too.

Pasha



On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Bruce Easterbrook <bruce5 at bellnet.ca>wrote:

> Sorry about the tardiness of my reply, I have been occupied.
> To correct Pasha you can go back into the wizard mode.  The qualifier is
> you loose everything you entered in the detailed edit mode.  So don't enter
> anything and bounce back and forth as much as you want.  I will stay for
> hours or days at the finish button of the Project Navigator in the DD wizard
> doing incremental edits, saving each time.  Each time you press finish your
> project is run, confirming equest is happy with your changes.  In building
> shell, using the action tab select, building creation wizard, and it will
> bring up the project navigator.  Pick the shell your roof is on, select
> edit, go to screen 8, select custom, and the screen drops down.  You can set
> the skylight size, figure out your percentage roof you want covered, add
> glazing and frame properties, and the wizard will generate a skylight array
> for you.
>
> Bruce Easterbrook P.Eng.
> Abode Engineering
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> On 30/07/2010 03:19 PM, Pasha Korber-Gonzalez wrote:
>
> I'm with Jeremy in that I try to stay away from modifying .inp's unless I
> absolutely have too.  Too many extra variabilities/variables that I don't
> like to be responsible for managing...too much risk if you don't need to
> take it.    I like to use the file comparison program called "Examdiff" , it
> is also freeware.
>
> And with extra emphasis for newer users of eQuest:   Like so many of us
> that have learned the hard way---make multiple file copies, back-ups, "save
> as" new files at every 'milestone' of inputs or analysis you have completed,
> save by dates, etc.  It is not uncommon for me to have upwards of
> 30-different files of my project model that signify dated milestones, or
> input milestones, etc.   You will be more efficient on your project budgets
> and tight deadlines if you have your 'back-up' copies to fall back too.
> Always save a wizard-mode copy of your file--you never know when you might
> need it...
>
> one general correction to Joe's last comment--once you change a file into
> ddedit mode you cannot switch back to wizard mode.  eQuest is a
> one-directional program--'you can go any direction you want as long as it is
> forward.'
>
> pkg :)
>
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> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Jeremy Poling <jpoling at epsteinglobal.com
> > wrote:
>
>>  That’s a frequently used “trick” to working with the software – it
>> should work well for you but it always carries the risk that some “gremlin”
>> might get into the INP file somehow.  I’ve seen people use file comparison
>> tools in a similar way – WinMerge is a good one that compares the files
>> side-by-side, highlights differences, and provides point-n-click copy/paste
>> capabilities.  Just don’t forget to save backup files!  I forgot a backup
>> once and was lucky it was a small (5,000SF) building model with not a lot of
>> complicated details since I had to start from scratch.  Haven’t forgotten
>> since :)
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>> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
>> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Fleming, Joe
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 30, 2010 12:53 PM
>> *To:* Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
>>
>> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Adding components in eQuest's detailed edit
>> mode
>>
>>
>>
>> Per conversation with Pasha, it appears that a good way to go about a task
>> like this might be to open the old file that was last saved in wizard mode,
>> or do a "save as" of the current DE file and then move back into wizard
>> mode.  From there input the skylight (or window) information, save the file,
>> open the new .inp file and copy the skylight components, open the old DE
>> .inp file and paste the components, clean up to avoid bdl errors.
>>
>>
>>
>> *"When I am done with all of my wizard inputs that I know I need to put
>> in during wizard mode I do a "Save As" file so that I will always have a
>> wizard-mode copy of the file.    I then re-name the new file with "ddedit"
>> somewhere in the name and then switch it to ddedit mode.   At least if I
>> have to go back to the wizard for some major zone adjustments I don't have
>> to create a new file from scratch, or spend the detailed time in ddedit
>> mode."*
>>
>> *-pkg*
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>> *From:* Pasha Korber-Gonzalez [mailto:pasha.pkconsulting at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 30, 2010 12:43 PM
>> *To:* Fleming, Joe
>> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Adding components in eQuest's detailed edit
>> mode
>>
>>
>>
>> The fastest way to add your windows and skylights is in the Wizard mode.
>> It is always a good idea to make sure that you have input your major
>> building characteristics (i.e. footprint, zoning patterns, windows &
>> skylights) in the wizard before you switch to ddedit mode.  This is the
>> approach I use for my projects....I don't switch to ddedit mode until I know
>> that my windows & elevations look like they should from the arch dwgs.
>>
>>
>>
>> eQuest has a forward-stepping process to it, and it is not very friendly
>> if you want to backtrack on your steps...
>>
>>
>>
>> pkg
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Fleming, Joe <joe.fleming at tlc-eng.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> eQuest Users,
>>
>> When you are in detailed edit mode, has anyone found a fast way to add an
>> array of skylights (or windows)?  Let's say that you want 96 2'x4' skylights
>> in a 8x10 array.  Instead of creating 96 skylights and offsetting them one
>> at a time is there a faster way to do this?  This could also apply to
>> windows or other components. The thermal effects are not of interest here as
>> much as the day lighting effects.
>>
>> (When you use the skylight multiplier Equest warns you that it is
>> multiplying the amount of light entering that one window and not spreading
>> it around the roof).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank You
>>
>>
>>
>> *Joe Fleming*
>>
>> *E.I., LEED AP BD+C, BEMP*
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