[Equest-users] Large model crashes on changing system

[rubu98 at gmail.com]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post to this forum - have been using eQuest for a few
months now, having used VisualDOE for a few years. I am modeling a large
building (about 50 stories, with 21 different shells), and currently I have
one system per floor (34 systems total). However, when I try to change the
system type for even one system, eQuest crashes. Also, every time I go into
DD Wizard to simplify my model and exit the wizard, I would get an
"Unhandled Exception" error and eQuest would crash again. Besides, I have
about 74,000 windows in the model too.

It'd be great if someone could point out what is wrong with the limited
information I can explain above, but to resolve my issue, I am considering
alternative solutions and would appreciate if you guys can comment on them:

   1. Is there a way to avoid creating Top, Middle and Bottom floors for
   multiplied floors and have only one floor? Cutting down on two extra floors
   for every shell with mutipliers might help.
   2. Is there a way to split up the model into two, enter all inputs
   seperately and then import one model into another to complete the model and
   run the simulations? I know this sounds complicated, but would appreciate
   some pointers from people who have successfully tried this before.

Thanks,

RK.
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