[Equest-users] Common walls

pranita kothuru pranita.kothuru at gmail.com
Fri Sep 17 05:59:54 PDT 2010


Thank you all for the valuable input.

Pranita.

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:48 AM, STEVE SAMENSKI <
steve at thespinnakergroupinc.com> wrote:

> I agree with Bill: eQuest can figure out when two different shells share
> the same wall.  If one wall is higher than the other, eQuest will create an
> exterior wall surface on the higher wall while maintaining the interior or
> adiabatic surface (I haven’t looked at it too closely) on the shared portion
> of the wall.  I find it helpful to be VERY careful in the Wizard input to
> make sure you’re choosing the same points / nodes.  A small error here seems
> to confuse the program.
>
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> On 9/17/10 8:40 AM, "Bishop, Bill" <wbishop at pathfinder-ea.com> wrote:
>
>   Pranita,
>
> I think this feature was added with version 3.63. Wherever the exterior
> walls of two shells occupy the same vertical plane, the eQUEST wizard
> creates adiabatic interior walls in adjacent spaces, which is usually what
> you would want. It will do this even if the shell heights vary.
> Unfortunately, the wizard does not do the same thing when you stack shells
> vertically. You have to choose roof or no roof for the entire shell in the
> wizard and then remove/create roof surfaces in DD edit mode if your shells
> have different footprints.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
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> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Common walls
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>  No, eQuest can't handle such complicated things.
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:46 AM, pranita kothuru <
> pranita.kothuru at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does eQuest understand the common wall areas between 2 buildings (when
> drafted as different shells since the heights vary, drafted in DD Wizardat
> is the procedure to  fix this.
>
>
>
> Pranita
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Pranita Kothuru, LEED AP
Carnegie Mellon University
MS in Sustainable Design 2009
pkothuru at andrew.cmu.edu
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