[Equest-users] Redefining windows in DD Wizard

[Carol Gardner]

This is sort of a bizarre suggestion but if you want to get rid of custom
window inputs all you have to do is make a change on one of your previous
screens and they are gone. I know, cause I've lost them when I didn't want
to. So, go back to Screen 1 and change your building type and see if that
get's you what you want.

Carol

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Nick Caton <ncaton at smithboucher.com>wrote:

>  Kristy,
>
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> Once you’ve started a custom window layout, I believe there’s no going back
> to defining fenestrations as a WWR in the wizard mode for a given shell.
>
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> That said, I’d speculate that you might be able to look at a pair of dummy
> .pd2 files side by side in notepad, see what lines are added/changed within
> after the custom window layout dialog is engaged, then undo those changes in
> the target .pd2 file…  that might permit using the WWR inputs again.  I’d
> certainly save my work separately before exploring this.
>
>
>
> I’d also point out that with a WWR < 40%, you have no compelling need to
> redefine your fenestration layout for a LEED/90.1 baseline, if that happens
> to be what you’re up to ;).  Much extra discussion in the archives, if
> interested.
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>
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> I’d submit a small clarification as well: eQuest does indeed consider
> window dimensions/locations with respect to various shading surfaces – solar
> loads and daylighting control calculations are not done purely on WWR.  This
> does become a non-issue however when doing 90.1 baselines, which are not
> self-shading nor do they have daylighting controls.
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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 *deepika khowal
> *Sent:* Monday, March 21, 2011 12:30 PM
> *To:* Walson, Kristy
> *Cc:* eQuest
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Redefining windows in DD Wizard
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> I had gone through the same experience.
>
> I couldnt find any location where you can directly change the WWR.
>
> What i did was:
>
> 1. based on wall area and WWR calculate the area of window required to
> achieve that WWR.
>
> then edit the window areas in the DD wizard which can give you
> correct results.
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> since equest calculates results based on % WWR and not on size of windows
> this approach works well for me.
>
> however, if anyone has a better option, I would love to know that.
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
> Deepika
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> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Walson, Kristy <
> kristy.walson at tlc-eng.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Does anyone know how to redefine windows in a model as a % window-to-wall
> ratio once I've already create custom window placements in the DD Wizard?  I
> removed the custom windows and defined a percentage in Wizard Screen #6
> (shown below), but my 3D viewer isn't showing these new windows.  Any help
> would be much appreciated.  Thanks!
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