[Equest-users] eQUEST Tips

[Grammy]

Nice idea, Otto Schwieterman!

I like your post but until now I have only merge inp file by the function of
"import" in eQuest, which will be very useful when a huge building or a
group of buildings are modeled.

*Tips:*
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*At the model beginning, all of the shell and air-side system need to be
specified to make sure there will no duplicate name for any component in the
model. This is not hard: just edit it in wizard model, both the shell and
system. And also make sure the coordination is also correct with the real
design. *
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*There will be a most probability of duplicate name in water-side, so if the
models do not share the same chilled / domestic / hot water loop, rename all
of water side staff before merging the inp files.*
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*Before the merging, my suggestion is that editing or testing
or debugging the model first, otherwise you will find that after merging the
model becomes huge, very long time to run, and hard to edit, test, debug.*

That's my tips ( not small ;) ), any corrections are welcome.

Regards,

Grammy

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Nick Caton <ncaton at smithboucher.com> wrote:

>  Great tip (and nice model)!
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> The ability to turn on/off 3D view surfaces is something I often catch
> myself forgetting when it could save me time – it’s also something I wish I
> knew about for my first few tricky models =).
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> A related timesaver/accuracy note comes to mind from a question brought up
> recently on the lists:
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> -          A great/quick way to check and correct if exterior roof/floor
> surfaces are defined (incorrectly) in-between separate & stacked shells from
> the wizards is to go to the same location and turn off all items except
> Roofs and Floors.  You can then quickly identify, highlight and remove any
> unwanted surfaces.
>
> -          I might intentionally do this in my own models when I have
> unique roofs on multiple levels and will plan to remove the unwanted
> “sandwiched” surfaces once in detailed in this fashion.
>
> -          Notice how if you hold ctrl to rotate/zoom the model, a
> reference wireframe pops up which can make it easy to verify where such
> surfaces should/shouldn’t be located.  You don’t need to move the mouse for
> a quick reference.
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> I like the idea of “share a quick timesaver/accuracy tip” – hope this picks
> up!
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> ~Nick
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Otto
> Schwieterman
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 3:34 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] eQUEST Tips
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>
> I would like to start a discussion about tips on how to create a better
> energy model with less time. This is an easy example but it does save time
> if you currently do not turn off the components.
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> To make it easier to delete the extra exterior walls that are created
> between shells in eQUEST, go to the Project Properties and remove the roofs,
> ceilings and interior walls.
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> Otto
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