[Equest-users] Changing geometry in detailed interface

[Lam, Linda]

Josh,
 
What I usually do is go the plenum or space where I want the roof over and check which polygon the floor uses.  Then I make a copy of the floor polygon and adjust the coordinate points as necessary.  (You can copy and paste the points into excel for a quick plot) Beware that points need to be in counterclockwise order.  If you have some extra coordinate points, just right click and restore default to delete those points. A tip is to restore default the Y coordinate first...
 
When I create a new exterior wall to be my roof, I assign its location as "Top" and select the new polygon I just made.
 
In this way, you stay in the coordinate system of the SPACE.
 
Hope that helps!
 
 
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Josh Doherty
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 2:40 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Changing geometry in detailed interface



Hi everyone,

I have been struggling with trying to change the geometry in the detailed interface mode of eQuest.  I am modeling a multistory building and the top floor (the 6th floor) does not cover the entire footprint of the floor below (the 5th floor).  The struggle is that I need to put a roof over only part of a particular zone, not the entire zone.  This particular zones is a somewhat complex shape and for whatever reason, in the detailed interface, eQuest has rotated the polygon shape of the zone into a strange orientation such that it is near impossible to go in and create a new polygon to define the shape of the roof I need.  Has anybody encountered this before?  Is there a way to change the origin and coordinate axis orientation of the polygons eQuest creates?  Thanks all for your help. 

 

Josh Doherty

 

 

 

 

 

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