[bldg-sim] eQUEST question - error with construction tab

[Vikram Sami]

Paul,
When you open the file and get the bdl error screen, click on the error.
It should open up the construction window that you mention. The name
will be blank - type in a name there. This should fix the error.

The problem is that you created a component without a name. I tried
replicating what you described, and eQUEST will not allow you to do this
while creating the component. You must have accidentally deleted it
while trying to edit it. When you do delete the name, it shows up as
"construction", but will give you the error.

Hope this helps

Vikram Sami,  LEED AP 
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-----Original Message-----
From: bldg-sim at gard.com [mailto:bldg-sim at gard.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Erickson
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:29 PM
To: bldg-sim at gard.com
Subject: [bldg-sim] eQUEST question - error with construction tab

Hello,

I'm a DOE-2 (mainly VisualDOE) user just getting acquainted with eQUEST.

Has anyone else ever experienced a problem with the construction tab?  I
somehow inadvertently created a "new" construction that titles itself
"Construction", though when looking at the construction detail
window/screen, the "name" is actually blank.  This creates a problem
when I try to run eQUEST simulations...I get an error.

- When opening the file, it says that there is one BDL error.  I see the
error tree screen and it refers to a construction titled "Construction".
I double click on it, the construction tab comes up, I click "done" and
then it tells me there are no more errors.  However, when I run the
simulation, the output file is empty and I do not get the output reports
accessible through eQUEST.  

The inp and BDL files support the fact that there is a construction
error due to the lack of a name...only the command "CONSTRUCTION" is on
the line where it should be  "name" = CONSTRUCTION.

On the construction tab:

- I am not able to write a new name in for the construction.
- I cannot change the specification method.
- I can change the Construction Layers selection.
- I cannot delete the construction.  When I try I get a window that says
that there are no components that exist, but I get "error encountered
searching for keyword assignments."

Does anyone have a suggestion how to deal with this without going into
the inp file?  Or is there a way to manipulate the inp file and then
read it back into eQUEST?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. THanks!

Paul


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