[Equest-users] eQuest not properly translating AutoCAD import

[Nicholas Caton]

I for one have never seen that behavior before.  Saving as different CAD
formats would have been my first guess as well.



Have you tried opening the CAD reference file using a different CAD
package?  Draftsight is one free option I’ve found works well.



Alternatively perhaps something has gone awry with your installation, and
an uninstall/reinstall of eQUEST might set things straight.



A few more shots in the dark:

-          is it possible you need to adjust which CAD layers are
displaying in the eQuest interface?

-          Is it possible your CAD reference file is not 2D and needs to be
flattened and/or the view from AutoCAD is not situated “top down?”



~Nick



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*From:* Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On
Behalf Of *Matthew J. Baron
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 1:10 PM
*To:* Chris Hadlock; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
*Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest not properly translating AutoCAD import



Hi Chris,

Easy work around is to create polylines for each of the zones you have in
cad the use ”list” command to get the x,y,z coord for each polyline/space
then manually input these in for each zone/footprint in equest. You can use
one of the points as a baseline to subtract the difference from each of the
subsequent points (ie. Your upper left most point of the building is say
85,30 in equest and 80,25 in cad. You would need to add 5,5 to all points
in equest). Can’t answer your question as to why exactly it isn’t working
for you…





Thank you,

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*From:* Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
<equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org>] *On Behalf Of *Chris Hadlock
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:27 AM
*To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
*Subject:* [Equest-users] eQuest not properly translating AutoCAD import



Hello eQuest-ers,



Has anyone ever ran into an issue (using either eQuest 3.64 or 3.65) with
importing a CAD file and eQuest having trouble translating the lines
properly?



I've attached an image which shows eQuest's version of my CAD file on the
left and my actual CAD file on the right. If you look closely, you'll see
several deviations between eQuest line and CAD lines...eQuest seems to be
mis-shaping my zones (for example, the top line should be a straight line
all the way along, but eQuest has added a different angle to the line on
the top left zone).



Anyone seen this and found a fix for this?



If it matters, my CAD file is DXF 2000 format (but I've also tried other
formats with the same results).



Thanks,

Chris
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