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<DIV><SPAN class=296401920-11012008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Vicki
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<DIV><SPAN class=296401920-11012008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Importing from CAD drawing is one of my favourite eQUEST features -- it
does save hours in take-offs and building zoning.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296401920-11012008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Where
are you in eQUEST when you import?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296401920-11012008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In the
DD wizard, go to the footprint screen for the shell. Select custom
footprint, hit the ... button (to edit the custom footprint). It should
prompt you whether you want to import a CAD file here -- yes! Now the
trick is often setting the scale. Remember that it the custom footprint
editor, you can hit the "D" button on the toolbar and then zoom in and out --
this toggles the zoom for the drawing only, not your footprint or zones.
So, what I do is start with a rectangle footprint of roughly the same size as
your building -- leave that as the background when you switch to the custom
background to give you a scale to work from. Then, zoom and pan your
drawing only out until it matches the scale and lines up with your project
axis.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296401920-11012008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
this is not the answer, possible issues - TurboCAD file format is different from
AutoCAD.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296401920-11012008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
this helps.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296401920-11012008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Brian</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello – I’m working on a project
where I have access to a .dwg file to import into equest to start building the
model from. Since the building (existing, single story) is very complex
in shape it would save me hours and hours to be able to import it.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I used Turbo-CAD to go into the
.dwg file and remove all layers except one – the one showing the building
outline. I assumed that I could just open equest and go to import and
bring the file in but it’s not working (an error message shows up and then it
stops – the message is that the U-name is too long. However since the process
stops, there may be other error messages). </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have not been able to find,
anywhere, instructions on how to import a .dwg file – I’ve also searched the
archives and found discussions on importing but not on how. So how do I
import a .dwg file? Any help is hugely appreciated!</SPAN></FONT></P>
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