[Equest-users] windows on plenum walls

Nick Caton ncaton at smithboucher.com
Thu Dec 2 09:03:38 PST 2010


I'm not one to whine much, but I have run smack into this 'feature' enough times to issue a complaint "feature request" =).  

 

Aside from losing custom window placements, many zones being lumped into one has caused me major headaches for other reasons... if you are in a proposed/baseline modeling situation, and don't pick up on the problem until you are well into detailed edits (it may not be as obvious if you don't see spandrel glass disappearing), it's simply a daunting task to create/assign all the associated surfaces and spaces to make the models sync - something I wouldn't wish on anyone.

 

Let it be on record that a very welcome feature in any future eQuest development would be an explicit option (radio button) to let the user decide whether individual plenums or cohesive 1-per-floor plenums are desired to be generated for the shell.  This might logically show up in the wizard footprint/zone definition screen, immediately following the automatic/custom zone definition pull-down.  

 

Does this seem feasible, or is there something fundamental to the way DOE2 operates that would get in the way?  

 

~Nick

 

 

 

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 10:20 AM
To: Mehta, Gaurav
Cc: eQUEST Users List
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] windows on plenum walls

 

Ah-HA!   Thank you Karen and Gaurav...I guess I didn't really pay attention to the system assignments in the wizard as I usually abandon the wizard after the custom windows anyway.   I just like DDedit mode, better than wizard mode.

 

Thanks again, as always this list is the BEST to turn to for support.

 

pkg

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Mehta, Gaurav <Gaurav.Mehta at stantec.com> wrote:

When in the wizard you select or by default:

 

-       System by floor : it results in a single plenum for entire floor

 

-       System per zone: it results in multiple plenums per zone.

 

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:04 AM
To: eQUEST Users List
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] windows on plenum walls

 

So, I figured out where my plenum windows were going...Because eQuest set up a single plenum for my entire floor plan, as opposed to multilple plenum spaces for each Zoned space that I have.

 

My new question that I haven't been able to figure out is this:

 

When (or how to determine when) eQuest will create a single plenum for the entire floor plan, and when does it create a single plenum space for each space zoned in my floor plan?

 

Sometimes I'll set up a model and it will do one approach and then sometimes I'll set up a model and it will create a single space plenum??

 

Any hints anyone can give me are appreciated.

 

thanks,

Pasha

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Pasha Korber-Gonzalez <pasha.pkconsulting at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

 

I've always been able to do this before, but its not letting me do it today on a model I am working on...

 

I'm am trying to place some windows on the plenum walls.  In real life these are actually a spandrel panel.  I'm in the custom window placement and when I place the window on the plenum wall it shows up in the custom window screen, but when I go to check my 3D view, the window on the plenum wall is not displayed.

 

Has anyone had this problem before?   I've always been able to place windows there before (I specifically remember being able to do it in the window wizard for 3.63b version.   I know I can verify thier existance when I move to DDedit, but I'm just trying to be more efficient using my wizard tools first.

 

thanks,

pkg

 


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