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color=#0000ff size=2>My suggestion (not knowing the level of your modeling
experience) is to model the entire 26 floors in the Schematic design (all same
size). You will only see Floors 1, 2 and 26, as Floor 2 will be represented by a
multiplier.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=884540820-08082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Then switch to detailed Design Wizard (DD Wizard) and begin
adding each floor above the 2nd as a "clone" of the previous floor. Once you get
to floor 25 and look at the building 3-D, you will now see all 26
floors.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=884540820-08082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>NOW, staying in the DD Wizard, go back to floors 1 and 2,
and, using the Footprint definition on Wizard Screen 2, go to "Custom". This
will allow you to draw on a lattice where you can STRETCH the 1st floor, save
it, and go to Floor 2 to do the same thing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=884540820-08082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You need to "play" with this a bit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#0000ff>John R. Aulbach, PE, CEM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Project Manager</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>Nexant,
Inc</FONT>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>701 West Kimberly Ave., Suite
245</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Placentia, CA 92870-6342
USA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone: 714-524-4402</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax: 714-524-4407</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>email: <A
title=mailto:jaulbach@nexant.com
href="mailto:jaulbach@nexant.com">jaulbach@nexant.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mona
A<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 08, 2008 12:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bldg-sim] model mezzine and
differnet plans<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>I would like to model a 26storey existing building with EQuest,
however the plans are in pdf format, and I am not sure if I need to redraw
them in autocad. the first two floors has different shape and part
of the 2nd floor is connected to 1st floor as a 2 storey gallery
and there are 2 parking under ground(under first floor). I am wondering if
I should model the whole building in the schematic design without the first
2 floors and parkings and then add them to the building? </DIV>
<DIV>Building is rectangular in shape and the 24 story is expanded over the
first 2 floor.</DIV>
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<DIV>How can I model the 2 connected story? and how can I put these 2 stories
under the whole building.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks alot,</DIV>
<DIV>Mona A.</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>