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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I need to follow up on my previous e-mail
re: importing a portion of one eQuest model into another. Cutting and pasting
between *.inp files can work, but you need to be careful to get all the
pertinent information. There are so many possibilities of what is intended that
it is beyond my resources and knowledge to begin addressing even a small
portion of them. As Mark points out, an entire model can be incorporated into another
model with the import function. If the intent is to create a campus situation,
this works just fine. If the intent is to end up with a single building (i.e.
the two parts are meant to have thermal connections via internal surfaces), I
don’t think importing alone will provide that functionality. Depending on
the intentions of the modeling effort, you may be able to omit any common
surfaces from the thermal model if conditions are essentially the same on both
sides and reflectivity is not an issue for potential daylighting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If the concept is to “plug” a
space from one building into a second building, to the best of my knowledge you
will be in for a grueling battle (unless the two models are of the same
building and the space to be imported has the same geometry and location as
that of the space being replaced – in which case I would recommend just
changing the features of the existing space to mimic the desired space). I have
wrestled with locating spaces in an existing model in Detailed Design mode and
trust me, it is neither fun nor sufficiently rewarding.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>McCready, Jessica<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 10, 2008
12:56 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Bldg-sim] Importing a
portion of one eQuest model into anotherequest model</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello
and a happy new year to all.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I
am trying to import a portion of a building from one eQuest model into another
eQuest model. Is there a simple way of doing this that someone can recommend?
Or a manual you can refer me to that has this detail of information?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jessica
E. McCready</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Energy
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