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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You also need to account for the frame width which
gets equally distributed around the window and beyond the window
dimensions.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=VSami@lasarchitect.com href="mailto:VSami@lasarchitect.com">Vikram
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:57
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [BLDG-SIM] eQUEST error causing
negative area in external walls</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=941485613-29062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ramana,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=941485613-29062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Check your window sizes - yyou probably have a
larger (or equal) window area than your wall area. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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[mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ramana Koti<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Thursday, June 29, 2006 9:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
BLDG-SIM@gard.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [BLDG-SIM] eQUEST error causing negative
area in external walls<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hello all,<BR><BR>I am pasting below, error lines from the eQUEST
BDL file. eQUEST crashes and when the project is reopened, most external walls
would have disappeared. Any help on how to rectify this problem is
appreciated.<BR><BR>*ERROR****************************************************************************************<BR>*ERROR*****EXTERIOR-WALL
EL1 North Wall (G.W3.E5) defined on line 3103 has
a<BR>
negative net
area<BR>*ERROR****************************************************************************************<BR>*ERROR*****EXTERIOR-WALL
EL1 North Wall (M.W5.E21) defined on line 3394 has
a<BR>
negative net
area<BR>*ERROR****************************************************************************************<BR>*ERROR*****EXTERIOR-WALL
EL3 East Wall (G.1.E1) defined on line 7565 has
a<BR>
negative net
area<BR>*ERROR****************************************************************************************<BR>*ERROR*****EXTERIOR-WALL
EL3 North Wall (G.1.E2) defined on line 7579 has
a<BR>
negative net
area<BR>*ERROR****************************************************************************************<BR>*ERROR*****EXTERIOR-WALL
EL3 West Wall (G.1.E3) defined on line 7593 has
a<BR>
negative net area<BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Venkata Ramana Koti, Sustainable
Building Analyst<BR>LEED AP<BR><BR>ELEMENTS | a division of berkebile nelson
immenschuh mcdowell architects<BR>106 W. 14th Street Suite 200<BR>Kansas City,
Missouri 64105 <BR><BR>p 816.783.1635 f 816.783.1501<BR>www.bnim.com| <A
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