[Equest-users] Redefining windows in DD Wizard

Nick Caton ncaton at smithboucher.com
Mon Mar 21 11:18:10 PDT 2011


Kristy,

 

Once you've started a custom window layout, I believe there's no going
back to defining fenestrations as a WWR in the wizard mode for a given
shell.

 

That said, I'd speculate that you might be able to look at a pair of
dummy .pd2 files side by side in notepad, see what lines are
added/changed within after the custom window layout dialog is engaged,
then undo those changes in the target .pd2 file...  that might permit
using the WWR inputs again.  I'd certainly save my work separately
before exploring this.  

 

I'd also point out that with a WWR < 40%, you have no compelling need to
redefine your fenestration layout for a LEED/90.1 baseline, if that
happens to be what you're up to ;).  Much extra discussion in the
archives, if interested.

 

I'd submit a small clarification as well: eQuest does indeed consider
window dimensions/locations with respect to various shading surfaces -
solar loads and daylighting control calculations are not done purely on
WWR.  This does become a non-issue however when doing 90.1 baselines,
which are not self-shading nor do they have daylighting controls.

 

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[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of deepika
khowal
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 12:30 PM
To: Walson, Kristy
Cc: eQuest
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Redefining windows in DD Wizard

 

I had gone through the same experience.

I couldnt find any location where you can directly change the WWR.

What i did was:

1. based on wall area and WWR calculate the area of window required to
achieve that WWR.

then edit the window areas in the DD wizard which can give you correct
results.

since equest calculates results based on % WWR and not on size of
windows this approach works well for me.

however, if anyone has a better option, I would love to know that.

Thanks

Regards

Deepika

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Walson, Kristy <
kristy.walson at tlc-eng.com> wrote:

Hi all,

 

Does anyone know how to redefine windows in a model as a %
window-to-wall ratio once I've already create custom window placements
in the DD Wizard?  I removed the custom windows and defined a percentage
in Wizard Screen #6 (shown below), but my 3D viewer isn't showing these
new windows.  Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks!

 

 

 

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