[Equest-users] Modeling Inclined walls in eQuest

[Paul Riemer]

Anoop,
If you are modeling against an energy standard, be sure to check when your inclined "wall" becomes a "roof".  In 90.1-2007 a roof  is "horizontal  or tilted at an angle less than 60 degrees from horizontal".
Regards,

Paul Riemer, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Associate / Mechanical
Direct: 612-465-7696

DUNHAM

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Bishop, Bill
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:14 AM
To: Anoop Vijaykumar; Nick Caton
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Modeling Inclined walls in eQuest

Anoop,

You can adjust the angle of exterior wall and roof surfaces by changing the Tilt in DD Edit mode. Don't worry about the fact that it looks like there are truck-sized holes in the building.

Regards,
Bill

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Anoop Vijaykumar
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:49 AM
To: Nick Caton
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Modeling Inclined walls in eQuest

Hi Nick,

Thanks for your inputs...yes, this seems a major challenge. I was thinking of creating a dummy floor in between (with 'open to below') and give inclined facades..but I doubt if there are any options in eQuest for inclined or angled facades..in between I read from one of the forums that it can be done in DD Edit...!!! still trying to find ot out, any idea if that option is available in eQuest..?

And yes, I need to try it GBS and IES too....I would also like to see anybody here in our community has done similar models with slanted facades/spherical structures etc....

Many Thanks,
Anoop.
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Nick Caton <ncaton at smithboucher.com<mailto:ncaton at smithboucher.com>> wrote:
Not easily.

Critical details aside, I expect constructing a full 3D globe in eQuest would be a pretty major challenge for most of us.  I've done some complicated curvilinear 3D shapes in the past (isolated helical building shades and similar), but those efforts required much time absorbing all the math involved in describing that shape in order to produce formulae in a spreadsheet to generate the correct polygon vertices and format them in a fashion such that they may be copy/pasted or imported into an .inp file.

Achieving a full globe would likely require a different approach - perhaps a geometrical import via green building studio or referencing a 3D model while defining each facet polygon in detailed mode... I'd personally ask around to see if others have tread a similar path to see if it seems feasible first.

...But that's only my opinion ;).

~Nick
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org>] On Behalf Of Anoop Vijaykumar
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 7:04 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Subject: [Equest-users] Modeling Inclined walls in eQuest

Hi,

I am modeling a fully glazed building with inclined walls. In fact, the building envelope is in the form of a globe or like a sphere. Can anybody suggest how this can be modelled in equest.?


--
Anoop Vijay CEM, LEED AP

Dubai, UAE


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