[Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?

[Jeremy McClanathan]

Fyi, excel is great for more complicated things, but when I do use a text editor for quick changes, I have been using a free one called Note Tab Light http://www.notetab.com/   It is a lot better than notepad.

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From: Nick Caton [mailto:ncaton at smithboucher.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:02 PM
To: ssavich at systemswestengineers.com; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?

Thanks for the flood of responses everyone!

I had a hunch I might pick up something new - I didn't realize a copy-pasted default would also paste as a default (green) input... doesn't work in all cases (when the default is a non-entry/blank), but definitely handy to know!

I've also been hung up on notepad and didn't realize you can simply open an .inp in excel for editing... oh, the possibilities!! =)

Much appreciated!

~Nick

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From: Steven Savich [mailto:ssavich at systemswestengineers.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:18 PM
To: Nick Caton; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?

Nick,

If I have a bunch of the same parameter to restore, right-click & restore in one cell, ctrl+c the restored cell, then ctrl+v the rest of the cells in the column and use arrow keys to advance to the next cells.  Don't know of a keystroke combination to bring up the cell-specific context menu, though.

Thanks for the tip about right-click and 'r', didn't know about that one.

Steven



From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy McClanathan
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:45 AM
To: 'Kendra Tupper'; 'Pasha Korber-Gonzalez'
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?

Another option is to use the search and replace function of a text editor to find the line of code and replace with a blank line.  Sometimes I will do this in excel, then run a macro to delete all the blank rows and clean up the file.

Jeremy

From: Kendra Tupper [mailto:ktupper at rmi.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:40 AM
To: Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?

You can also copy and paste the "restored default" in spreadsheet view with CTRL C and CTRL V. But you can only paste one cell at a time - it doesn't work with multiple selections. Its a bit faster than right clicking though

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On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Pasha Korber-Gonzalez <pasha.pkconsulting at gmail.com<mailto:pasha.pkconsulting at gmail.com>> wrote:
I've tried and tested some hopefull-keystrokes to achieve the same thing, but I've only been able to get to where you are, 'right-click mouse & press "r".   But as I continue to get more practice (doing this a lot) I have gotten faster at the "click".  so, while it is still frustrating, it doesn't take as long as it used too.    lol

Ive also observed that by taking time to 'restore defaults' only once in my file and then use the aid of "user defaults", "global parameters", "user expressions", and "define link-ing" my inputs that I can stream-line my default inputs via these short-cut methods.  At least it has been working for me.   The clicking exercise of restoring-defaults only once in the model process is far more bearable.

pkg


From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Nick Caton
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:25 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?

I learned a while ago that I can fly through spreadsheets and wizard/detailed edit screens restoring defaults by using my mouse to right-click a field and then using my other hand to hit the letter 'r.'

It occurred to me that for spreadsheet edits where I'm alternately entering new values and restoring defaults, it would be handy if there was a keystroke-only manner to do this (i.e. not using the mouse)... something like ctrl+r or some other way to bring up the cell-specific context menu...  Feels kinda clunky everytime I'm in this situation...

Is anyone aware of any alternate methods to restoring defaults?

~Nick

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