[Bldg-sim] Mode Change - The missing data

[Karen Walkerman]

The reason that changes in detailed edit mode are lost when you switch to
wizard edit mode and back is that when you click "Finish" in the wizard
mode, the program overwrites the BDL file, and thus overwrites your changes.

On strategy I use to check my inputs in wizard mode after I have made
changes in detail mode is to:

1. save the file
2. switch to wizard edit mode
3. open the wizard mode
4. check my inputs
5. VERY IMPORTANT--instead of clicking "finish" to return to detailed edit
mode, simply click the close box in the upper right hand corner.  This way
you can return to detailed edit mode without overwriting the BDL file.  This
also means that any changes made in the wizard mode will not propagate to
the detailed mode, but it does allow you to recheck your inputs.

hope this helps.

~karen~

On Feb 7, 2008 8:49 AM, W. Peter Anderson <panderson at jpengineer.com> wrote:

> Umit-
> My understanding is that is a function of the program:
> Changes made in DD are not transfered back to Wizard Mode.  I think it is
> in
> the Tutorial.
>
> I experienced the same thing on an HVAC system, I added a humidifier in DD
> mode and it was lost in Wizard.
>
> Check the tutorial.  It states this fact, but not sure why
>
> Regards,
> W. Peter Anderson, P.E
> JP Engineering
> 41 Mechanic Street
> Windsor, CT 06095
> Ph: 860/688-5223
> Fax: 860/688-5269
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ümit Esiyok" <umit.esiyok at uni-dortmund.de>
> To: <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:40 AM
> Subject: [Bldg-sim] Mode Change - The missing data
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I created windows and walls in "Detailed Data Edit" component Tree and
> changed the mode to "Wizard Data Edit" in order to check some inputs in
> building creation wizard. But the windows and walls that I defined were
> missing even in "Detailed Data Edit" Why? Why the change between Modes
> causes information lost?
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> --
> Ümit Esiyok
>
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