[Equest-users] (no subject)

[Nick Caton]

Hi Laura (and Laura's group!),  welcome to the list!

I run into this often as I move projects around and work on them from different locations.  The .dwg file itself is never an "integral/imported" part of the project's files - only a path is defined, so eQuest will prompt you on starting up for the CAD file's location any time the project's files or the CAD file is moved around (to be expected if you're working with others on a thumb drive or similar).

To re-emphasis John's point:  This isn't something to lose sleep over =).  The "CAD file not found" message is something you can safely ignore entirely once you are past zone/perimeter geometry definitions in the wizards.  The CAD file is not actually used anywhere in eQuest beyond serving as a "reference" for the duration of those screens.

Once you are finished defining zone/perimeter geometries in wizards, you can feel safe choosing "remove all" from the following dialog:
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For the duration where your group may wish to go back and revise those geometries using the CAD file, I'd advise keeping a copy of the .dwg file alongside other "reference" files to "browse" to as needed.

As an organizational practice/suggestion, I commonly have  a small "reference" directory that I'll save and move around alongside the actual model files containing items like this and other notes, PDF's, messages, and other electronic information I used while assembling the model.   Keeping this stuff in one place can make many things easier down the road, even well after finishing the project-at-hand!
~Nick
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Patrick J. O'Leary, Jr.
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:02 PM
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the path to the .dwg file is hard-coded into the equest file so if you move the .dwg the next time you open the simulation file you'll get a prompt that equest can't find it & would you like to locate it.

alternatively you could just edit the .pd2 file and/or .inp file (using notepad) & change the hard-coded path to a moved .dwg file prior to opening the simulation file again.

On 4/9/12 9:55 AM, John Aulbach wrote:


Hi Laura:

You essentially have the .DWG file on your computer, fire up eQuest, and when you get to the drawing mode in the Wizard, call up the .DWG file and trace around it. I am unsure as to whether the image of the .DWG file follows the eQuest model around, or whether the program has to find it each time. Once you trace the building, you will actually not need the .DWG file again.

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From: Laura Falk <laurafalk at hotmail.com><mailto:laurafalk at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 9:48 AM
Subject: [Equest-users] (no subject)

I am studying Equest in school, we are working on a group project. Is there a way to "bind" an Autocad drawing to an Equest file? Or does the .dwg file need to be loaded on whatever computer we are working on?
Thank you
Laura Falk-Helgemoe

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