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Clarification and a little background regarding libraries of building
components in eQUEST:<br>
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I wanted to emphasize a point that Mike made about editing the
eQ_Lib.dat file - and that is to make sure to create a copy of that
library with a different filename before editing the file. If you edit
eQ_Lib.dat directly, then your changes will get lost if/when you later
install an eQUEST update or new version which often include updated
versions of the eQ_Lib.dat library.<br>
Also worth noting - changes made in updated versions of eQ_Lib.dat
distributed with eQUEST updates and new releases should get made to any
custom versions you create in order to ensure that errors are not
introduced when substituting your custom library in place of the
default eQ_Lib.dat in projects created from the wizard in the updated
program version(s).<br>
<br>
Background information -<br>
The reason that "Save to Library.." is included in the eQUEST project
tree right mouse menus is because this feature is implemented for a
Spanish derivative of eQUEST, called Calener. The reason this feature
is available in Calener and not in eQUEST is because there is currently
a limit of 2 active component libraries for DOE-2.2, one of which is
reserved for the default DOE-2 library (for all products) and the other
(for eQUEST and derivatives other than Calener) is eQ_Lib.dat. There
is no eQ_Lib.dat for Calener because Calener does not provide access to
the wizards.<br>
Another limitation worth noting is that no single library can contain
more than 3,000 individual components.<br>
In the future, DOE-2.2 (and eQUEST) will be enhanced to handle a larger
number of libraries and the limit of components per library may also be
increased.<br>
<br>
I hope this helps to clarify things.<br>
<br>
- Scott<br>
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Mike Tillou wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">Fernando,</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">You can create unique
library items by editing the eQ_Lib.dat file in the DOE2 sub directory
of eQuest. The best thing to do is copy it and rename it first. In
the eQuest project properties you can than enter the name of the
library you wish to use. The default is eQ_Lib.dat.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">You can define custom
zones by floor using the Design Development wizard. Simply create a
new shell for each floor with a unique zoning pattern.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Good luck,</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Mike</font></div>
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<hr tabindex="-1"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:postman@gard.com">postman@gard.com</a> on behalf of fernando<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sat 7/20/2002 5:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BLDG-SIM] e-quest<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Dear users:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">My name is fernando Varela and I
would like to ask some questions about e-quest:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">first: Is it possible to create your
own library of materials, windows and walls? Because when I click with
the right button over a material, it appears "add to library" but
written in grey, this is, that I cannot select that action. Is there
any way to add these components?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">second: is it possible to define a
different custom zonification in each floor directly from the
wizard/edit shell? or do I have to define a global zonification all
over the building and the edit and change in each floor?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thank you very much in advance.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Fernando Varela Díez<br>
Cátedra de Termotecnia<br>
Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales<br>
Universidad de Valladolid</font></div>
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