[Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

Michael Campbell mike at sustainablesolutionscorporation.com
Tue May 6 12:16:07 PDT 2014
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Sure, here are the files.  This is without making any changes to the .inp
file.  Let me know what you come up with!

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From: John Aulbach [mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:07 PM
To: Samantha MacHardy; Jeremy McClanathan; David C. Fishel;
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Subject: Re: RE: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

michael
can we take a crack at your file?

john

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------Original Message------
From: Michael Campbell <mike at sustainablesolutionscorporation.com>
To: "Samantha MacHardy" <SMacHardy at pemi.com>,"John Aulbach"
<jra_sac at yahoo.com>,"Jeremy McClanathan"
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Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 2:58:20 PM GMT-0400
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard

I tried this method, but it looks like the only way I can get it to work
properly is by manually creating separate floors in the .INP file.



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*Subject:* RE: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard



I typically find that using ‘via coordinates’ rather than directly above
works a lot better for me when lining up my shells. Maybe this will work for
you!



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*On Behalf Of *Michael Campbell
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*Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard



Thanks for the advice, I will try that.



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*Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard



I have fiddled with such difficulties. Try restating the Z component within
the Building coordinat system (absolute Z).



For some reason, the "immediately above" doesnt always work for me. But
redefining the Z component does.



John R. Aulbach, PE



*From:* Michael Campbell <mike at sustainablesolutionscorporation.com>
*To:* Jeremy McClanathan <jmcclanathan at cdiengineers.com>; David C. Fishel <
David_Fishel at rlfae.com>; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:52 AM
*Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard



Thank you for the advice.  I was able to fix that issue.  However, now
another issue has come up.  I’ve created two shells in the wizard – one for
the first floor and one for the second floor.  I have defined the 2nd florr
to be “immediately above” the 1st floor.  However, when I move to the
detailed mode, the 2nd floor appears to be on the same plane as the
1stfloor.  It appears like it does not recognize that there is a second
floor and the zoning is distorted.  No matter what I try, I cannot seem to
get the 2nd floor shell to move.  Any advice?



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*From:* Jeremy McClanathan [mailto:jmcclanathan at CDiengineers.com]
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2014 12:30 PM
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*Subject:* RE: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard



I have come across similar issues when a zone accidentally had two vertices
with the same point.  Sometimes it helps to run the simulation, then open
the BDL file and search for “Error”, or “Warning”.



Jeremy



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*Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2014 6:01 AM
*To:* Michael Campbell; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
*Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard



If you are still using Equest 3.64 it has a limit on size and this may be
your problem.  The limits were expanded in the latest version 3.65.



You can combine similar zones without a loss of accuracy and simplify your
model.



Hope this helps



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*On Behalf Of *Michael Campbell
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:54 AM
*To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
*Subject:* [Equest-users] Issue with drawings zones in wizard



So I have a new project in which I have completed drawing the first floor
outline and zones.  See below image showing the completed floor plan.





However, when I go to the detailed mode, many of these zones are not
defined.  It looks like they just do not exist.  See below image.





Has anyone encountered this issue before?  I’ve tried re-drawing the zones
and nothing seems to be working.



*Mike Campbell, E.I.T., LEED AP O+M*
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