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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kirk---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Although I’ve never done it, you can export from Trace to gbXML which could then be imported into eQUEST via Autodesk Green Building Studio. Might be more work in clean up though then just creating the eQUEST model from scratch. There are good tutorials available for eQUEST via <a href="http://www.doe2.com">http://www.doe2.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'>Andrew Craig </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'>PE, LEED AP<br></span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'>Project Mechanical Engineer<br></span><span style='font-size:2.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'>INTERFACE ENGINEERING<br></span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'>708 SW Third Avenue, Suite 400, Portland, OR 97204<br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'>email </span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'><a href="mailto:andrewc@interfaceeng.com"><span style='color:#4D4D4D;text-decoration:none'>andrewc@interfaceeng.com</span></a><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'>direct </span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'>503.382.2696<br></span><span style='font-size:2.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'><a href="http://www.interfaceeng.com/"><span style='color:#DB824A'>www.interfaceeng.com</span></a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:2.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'>10 </span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'>Net-Zero / Living Buildings in Design (and growing...)</span><span style='font-size:2.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'>80 </span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'>LEED Certified Projects</span><span style='font-size:2.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DB824A'>200+ </span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D'>LEED Registered Projects<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kirk Stache<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 09, 2011 6:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Trace 700 & Help with EQuest<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am an experienced Trace 700 user. I was recently presented with a request to create an EQuest project from an existing Trace 700 file. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I have never used EQuest before. Does anyone know an easy way to take the information from the Trace file and import it into an EQuest file? If not, is anyone aware of free EQuest training?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kirk</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>