[Equest-users] Interior/Exterior Walls in the DD Wizard

[Gordon D. Schweitzer]

Kristy,
 
Cool footprint. I've had this problem before. To remedy this issue, I
make a vertex wherever I am planning to have a zone boundary in the
building footprint option. For example, if you drew a straight line from
one edge of a wall to another, instead of stopping where the building
zone intersects the exterior, eQuest might not recognize that this zone
has an exterior wall.  
 
Therefore, as you trace the building footprint, make a vertex whenever
an exterior zone boundary intersects a building wall. Then, as you lay
out zones, trace the exterior zones and use the "Polygon" as your first
Snap priority. 
 
Hope this helps.
 

Gordon D. Schweitzer III, LEED AP BD+C

Mechanical Engineer

Heapy Engineering
A LEED-NC SILVER CERTIFIED FACILITY

1400 West Dorothy Lane

Dayton, OH 45409-1310
Phone: (937) 224-0861
FAX: (937) 224-5777

www.heapy.com <http://www.heapy.com/> 
 

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[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Walson,
Kristy
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 5:09 PM
To: eQuest user forum
Subject: [Equest-users] Interior/Exterior Walls in the DD Wizard



Hi all,

I am working in the DD Wizard and just built my footprint and zones.
When I go to enter in the glass information, eQuest is telling me that I
don't have all of my zones defined and do I really want to define the
glass.  When I say yes, it take me into the Custom Window Placement
View, but a couple of the walls are not shown as exterior:

    

When I check these walls in the Component Tree, it's telling me that
they are Interior walls, instead of Exterior.  I have rebuilt these
particular zones a few different times now and it keeps thinking they
are interior walls.  Am I doing something wrong for the software to
think they're Interior walls, or can I change them to Exterior walls in
the wizard?  Thanks in advance for the help.

Kristy M. Walson, PE, LEED AP

Mechanical Engineer / Sustainable Design

TLC Engineering for Architecture
Your 2030 Challenge Partner

255 South Orange Avenue, Suite 1600

Orlando, FL 32801-3463

phone: 

407-841-9050

fax: 

407-425-7367

direct: 

407-487-1118

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