[Equest-users] Detailed Data Edit: fixing walls, ceilings etc.

[Eric Studer]

Hello Taylor,

No, eQuest does not make the 3D picture look good.  The program primarily
cares about the attributes of each thermal zone (e.g. area, conductance,
electric light load and variation, etc).  You could, in theory, place all
your walls in one heap, all your windows in another, and all your roofs in
yet another and still get the same answer (provided the azimuth of each
element is correct).  The exception to this is the calculations of solar
heat gain and daylighting if there are elements in the model that shade
portions of the building.  The 3D image is helpful for visual error checking
and helping your clients feel like they did, indeed, hire a modeling wiz.

Eric

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-----Original Message-----
From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Taylor
Sharpe
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:10 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Detailed Data Edit: fixing walls, ceilings etc.

Sorry--I forgot to include the screenshot...here it is.

Thanks!
-Taylor Sharpe

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Taylor Sharpe <newspectrum at gmail.com>
wrote:
> As part of getting to know the program, I have been creating simple
> models with the DD wizard and then switching into DDE mode to make
> adjustments, create components, etc.  At the moment, I am working on
> creating and preparing walls, ceilings, etc.
>
> I have included a screenshot of a current project, in which I adjust
> the top floor of a building to give it a slanted roof: I delete a wall
> on one side and raise the wall on the other side, then assign polygons
> to the other two walls to make them triangular; I then resize and tilt
> the roof to fit onto these other polygons.
>
> The screenshot will make it clear that all of the pieces are not
> personally aligned, but that's only because I haven't done the math to
> place them perfectly.  My question is: once the polygons and the roof
> have been placed, will eQuest automatically "snap" the elements
> together to create a seal?  Is there some process for ceiling two
> polygons together?
>
> Regards,
> -Taylor Sharpe
>



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