[Equest-users] Roof Error

pranita kothuru pranita.kothuru at gmail.com
Mon Dec 6 11:25:51 PST 2010


Thanks Nick!

I have been trying to use the customroof option and create a new streamlined
roof but for some reason the program crashes.

I  will use the second approach you suggested.

Pranita.

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Nick Caton <ncaton at smithboucher.com> wrote:

>  Hi Pranita,
>
>
>
> Sloped roof generation in the wizards fails me more often than not.
> Without corrective detailed edit work on the misaligned/missing surfaces
> (time consuming), I think your options are either:
>
> 1.       Create a custom roof with a simplified perimeter that the wizards
> won’t choke on (you can see that happening before you even look at the 3D
> view), or
>
> 2.       Reason whether a flat roof with an unconditioned plenum of
> equivalent volume to the attic space and/or an adjusted ceiling height where
> vaulted ceilings are present is an acceptable portrayal.  I’ve always been
> quick to caution that eQuest is not an appropriate program where “aesthetic
> necessity” has priority over the accuracy of the modeled behavior.  For
> sloped-roof buildings, I use this approach more often than not in eQuest.
>
>
>
> I believe it was pointed out some time ago on the lists that the wizard’s
> inability to correctly recognize 90-degree angles and such for the purpose
> of generating sloped roofs can sometimes be traced to tiny rounding errors
> at the vertices that occur when the building perimeter is not aligned and
> square with the x and y axis.  If you are defining your perimeter in a
> non-orthogonal fashion, you might find your problem is solved by using
> detailed mode instead to define your exact baseline azimuth orientation.
>
>
>
> ~Nick
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *pranita kothuru
> *Sent:* Monday, December 06, 2010 12:46 PM
> *To:* equest-users
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Roof Error
>
>
>
> Hello_
>
>
>
> Attched is a snap shot of the parts of roofs not generated  in the 3d
> geometrty of the building. I am workin in the DD Wizard . the roof is not
> custom. Please let me know how to fix this error (snap shot of the error is
> also attached int he doc file).
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> Thanks in advance!!
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> *- Pranita *
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