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class=623300922-11022008>Hello All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=623300922-11022008>While I see the Parent, Grandparent,
Great-Grandparent, Global, Local, and Local-Reference functions defined in BDL
for retrieving the value of keywords from their respective objects, I don't see
a 'general object' function. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=623300922-11022008>Say I want to define the third floor's Z
coordinate as "the second floor's Z coordinate plus 12.5". <SPAN
class=623300922-11022008>Perhaps I am I missing something, but a</SPAN>s the
second floor is a sibling of the first floor, it seems to me none of the object
access functions listed above will work. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=623300922-11022008>Do I need to define a parameter? Any insights
appreciated... </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=623300922-11022008>PS: Do the DOE2.1E BDL extensions (a reference
mentioned on Visual DOE website) apply to eQuest 3.6x?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=623300922-11022008>Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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