[BLDG-SIM] eQUEST Custom Cellar Zoning Pattern

[Zarske, Jim]

Andy,
 
It sounds like you're being limited by the extents of the wizard in
terms of your geometry.  If I'm understanding your building correctly,
you should be able to build your cellar and first floor geometry in the
detailed mode.  Then I'm assuming your 2nd -15th floors all have the
same geometry, which allows you to use a floor multiplier.
 
I would use the DD wizard to set up the geometry for your 3 different
shells and then alter them accordingly in the detailed mode.  Your 3
shells will show up at 3 different floors in the detailed mode and you
can stack them accordingly based off the coordinate inputs for each
floor.
 
If you've tried this and you're still challenged, then you may have to
build your geometry from scratch in the detailed, beginning with
developing the polygons.  I don't think you need to aggregate the zoning
in your two floors.  You should be able to create them as two separate
floors and zoning in the detailed mode.  I've managed to build some
fairly complex geometries, but it requires being able to work in the
detailed mode.
 
Jim  

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From: BLDG-SIM at gard.com [mailto:BLDG-SIM at gard.com] On Behalf Of Andy
McNamara
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 8:37 AM
To: BLDG-SIM at gard.com
Subject: [BLDG-SIM] eQUEST Custom Cellar Zoning Pattern


Hello all,

I am modelling a 15 story multifamily building in eQUEST.  It has a
partially finished cellar which includes community spaces, offices,
mechanical spaces and a boiler room.  The cellar also has walls exposed
to the outdoors via "areaways" that allow light and air down to some
cellar windows and PTACs.  The cellar has an 8' ceiling.  The first
floor has a 14' ceiling with community spaces and offices.  I would like
to set up different zoning patterns and ceiling heights in the cellar
and 1st floor by creating separate shells and tracing CAD drawings, but
eQUEST will not allow "0" floors above grade, which seems to preclude
the creating of the separate cellar shell.  

I am considering aggregating the two floors to create an "average"
zoning pattern and an "average" floor height and then adjusting the
ceiling height and changing some of the underground walls to exterior
walls in detailed data edit mode.  I am also considering creating a
"cellar shell" with one floor above grade and then just deleting the
dummy 1st floor in detailed data mode.  Has anyone else dealt with this
problem in a more elegant way, or can speak to problems associated with
either of these methods? 

Thanks so much in advance!

Best,
Andy

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