[Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

[Samantha MacHardy]

I typically find that using ‘via coordinates’ rather than directly above works a lot better for me when lining up my shells. Maybe this will work for you!

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Michael Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 2:12 PM
To: John Aulbach; Jeremy McClanathan; David C. Fishel; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

Thanks for the advice, I will try that.

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From: John Aulbach [mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com<mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 2:11 PM
To: Michael Campbell; Jeremy McClanathan; David C. Fishel; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

I have fiddled with such difficulties. Try restating the Z component within the Building coordinat system (absolute Z).

For some reason, the "immediately above" doesnt always work for me. But redefining the Z component does.

John R. Aulbach, PE

From: Michael Campbell <mike at sustainablesolutionscorporation.com<mailto:mike at sustainablesolutionscorporation.com>>
To: Jeremy McClanathan <jmcclanathan at cdiengineers.com<mailto:jmcclanathan at cdiengineers.com>>; David C. Fishel <David_Fishel at rlfae.com<mailto:David_Fishel at rlfae.com>>; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

Thank you for the advice.  I was able to fix that issue.  However, now another issue has come up.  I’ve created two shells in the wizard – one for the first floor and one for the second floor.  I have defined the 2nd florr to be “immediately above” the 1st floor.  However, when I move to the detailed mode, the 2nd floor appears to be on the same plane as the 1st floor.  It appears like it does not recognize that there is a second floor and the zoning is distorted.  No matter what I try, I cannot seem to get the 2nd floor shell to move.  Any advice?

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From: Jeremy McClanathan [mailto:jmcclanathan at CDiengineers.com<mailto:jmcclanathan at CDiengineers.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 12:30 PM
To: 'David C. Fishel'; 'Michael Campbell'; 'equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>'
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

I have come across similar issues when a zone accidentally had two vertices with the same point.  Sometimes it helps to run the simulation, then open the BDL file and search for “Error”, or “Warning”.

Jeremy

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From: David C. Fishel [mailto:David_Fishel at rlfae.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 6:01 AM
To: Michael Campbell; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

If you are still using Equest 3.64 it has a limit on size and this may be your problem.  The limits were expanded in the latest version 3.65.

You can combine similar zones without a loss of accuracy and simplify your model.

Hope this helps

-David

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Michael Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:54 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Subject: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

So I have a new project in which I have completed drawing the first floor outline and zones.  See below image showing the completed floor plan.

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However, when I go to the detailed mode, many of these zones are not defined.  It looks like they just do not exist.  See below image.

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Has anyone encountered this issue before?  I’ve tried re-drawing the zones and nothing seems to be working.

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