[Equest-users] Help - Parametric Run Issue

[Patrick J. O'Leary, Jr.]

and always backup your .pd2 (wizard) or .inp (detailed) before you hit 
the simulation button ... even if you just copy it in the same directory 
so it is named "copy of x.pd2" ...

On 1/19/12 1:47 PM, Umesh Atre wrote:
> Robert,
> I have experienced this too. What I have seen is that this issue is 
> dominant when working on Windows 7, and less frequent on XP, unless 
> your models are pretty large.
> Here is a previous discussion on a related issue, in case you haven't 
> read this already.
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> *From:* Maria Karpman [mailto:maria.karpman at karpmanconsulting.net]
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:47 AM
> *To:* Umesh Atre; 'Pasha Korber-Gonzalez'; 'Walker, Matthew'
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Equest-users] file format error! is all my work lost?
>
> I had the same problem on Vista a few times. In my experience it only 
> happens with large projects that had parametric runs, which matches 
> Umesh's observation. The most unpleasant symptom was the loss of the 
> main inp file, with its size going to ~0. Overcoming initial shock, I 
> found that it is not too hard to recover from this by using one of the 
> inp files created during simulation.
>
> Let's say the lost project was named <MyProject>. To recover the 
> inputs, I'd go to the project folder and locate 
> <MyProject>-Baseline.inp file. If this file was not affected by the 
> problem (has a reasonable file size), I create a copy of the file and 
> name it <MyProjectX>.inp. If <MyProject>-Baseline.inp is also lost, I 
> pick an inp file created by eQUEST for a parametric run which has the 
> most in common with the main model and that was run recently, and 
> create a copy of this file naming it <MyProjectX>.inp. (The original 
> file would be named <MyProject>-<Parametric Run Label>.inp). When 
> using  inp file for a parametric run to recover a project, you need to 
> remember to revert the parameters that were changed in the parametric 
> run back to the original values once you are able to open the project 
> in the detailed interface. Note also that inp file for a parametric 
> run is only generated when you run calculations for this run, so when 
> using this option you may have to recapture all the changes that were 
> made since the parametric run was last calculated. To get a fresh 
> start, I always create a new PD2 file for the project following the 
> steps described by Brian Fountain in the post on 9/7/2011, and imports 
> <MyProjectX>.inp into this new project. To recover parametric runs, 
> create a copy of <MyProject>.prd file naming if <MyProjectX>.prd and 
> place it in the folder with the rest of the recovered files. I also 
> always restart computer after a crash like that.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Maria
>
> *From:*equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org 
> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Umesh Atre
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:14 AM
> *To:* Pasha Korber-Gonzalez; Walker, Matthew
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] file format error! is all my work lost?
>
> Thanks Pasha. Let me try this on the Windows 7 machine. But I am 
> getting the same errors on XP too. My models keep disappearing.
>
> What I have noticed though is that this problem might be somehow tied 
> to parametric runs. I have not lost any data from models
>
> that did not have any parametric runs. Any ideas?
>
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>
> *From:*equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org 
> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:19 PM
> *To:* Walker, Matthew
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] file format error! is all my work lost?
>
> For those of you that are using Windows 7, have you set the 
> "compatibility" settings within eQuest?  If you set eQuest to be 
> compatible with XP Service Pack 3 (or 2) this will help eQuest to work 
> smoothly within Windows 7 operating system and against all other 
> programs that you might have running at the same time as eQuest.
>
> If you need to be talked through the steps to get this set feel free 
> to give me a call at 308-763-1593--it will take 3 minutes to talk you 
> through it and do some checks on your files.
>
> I run 3.64 on both a Windows XP laptop and Windows 7 laptop, and I 
> haven't encountered these issues anymore.
>
> Cheers,
> Pasha
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Walker, Matthew 
> <Matthew.Walker at tetratech.com 
> <blocked::mailto:Matthew.Walker at tetratech.com>> wrote:
>
> A fellow co-worker and I have also experienced this frustrating 
> message a few times now.
>
> Both of our computers are less than 2 weeks old with windows 7, and we 
> downloaded eQUEST 3.64 last week.
>
> The problem is happening on new projects that we started last week, so 
> it's not an issue with old and new versions... just this new version.
>
> Please let me know if anyone is finding a solution to this.
>
> *Matthew Walker, PE, LEED AP **| Energy Management Consultant*
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> *From:* Robert Stephenson [mailto:rstephenson at southface.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:28 PM
> *To:* Umesh Atre; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Equest-users] Help - Parametric Run Issue
>
> Thank you for the assistance. I deleted the .prd  reloaded my .inp and 
> redid the parametric runs one run at a time. I lost an hour of work 
> but luckily not the whole model.
>
> Initially I tried running all six runs at once. My coworker mentioned 
> that version 3.64 has issues crashing when running multiple parametric 
> runs. Has anyone else experienced this?
>
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> *From:*Umesh Atre [mailto:umesh at innovativedesign.net]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:39 PM
> *To:* Robert Stephenson; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Equest-users] Help - Parametric Run Issue
>
> Robert,
>
> After opening eQUEST, select the *.inp file and try loading that.
>
> This model might not have your parametric runs, but hopefully you 
> could at least salvage your base model.
>
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> *From:*equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org 
> <mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org> 
> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] 
> <mailto:[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org]> *On 
> Behalf Of *Robert Stephenson
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:10 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org 
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Help - Parametric Run Issue
>
> I am having an issue loading my model after attempting to complete a 
> series of parametric runs. I have attached my .inp, .bdl, and .prd 
> (the txt file) files.
>
> The model ran through the first parametric run successfully and then 
> stopped. Therefore I have a resulting .sim file for the baseline and 
> first parametric run.
>
> After receiving an error about expecting a character vs. numeric value 
> in the .prd file, I shutdown eQUEST and attempted to restart my model. 
> Now it will not load and my .bdl file contains the following error:
>
> "ERROR: Cannot open a required file:
>
> USER LIBRARY FILE NAME WAS NOT SPECIFIED
>
> It does not exist or is in use. Correct this and retry."
>
> I could really use some assistance.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Robert Stephenson, LEED AP *
>
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