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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>What you may need to do, to
account for varying exterior roof heights within the same floor level, is
define two “shells” of different heights.  Attached is a quick
mspainting masterpiece by yours truly attempting to illustrate how I’ve
done this for other projects.  If you define your shell perimeters in a
way that the yellow-circled vertices are shared between the two zones, the
resulting “shared” walls will merge and correctly identify one zone
adjacent to the other, if I recall correctly.  The orange-circled vertices
for “zone 1” however would need to be separated a nominal distance
apart (like 1-inch) to allow you to define it.  This requires some careful
pre-planning in your custom footprint file for importing.  I used this strategy
heavily for a project with a lot of monitors inside the building for
daylighting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>On the other hand, your situation
may be easier to deal with if you’re truly talking about simply varying
the ceiling height of one or more zones (not the roof height).  Individual
space/plenum heights are modifiable from the detailed mode spreadsheets. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>~Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";
color:#2D4D5E'>NICK CATON, E.I.T.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'>PROJECT ENGINEER</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>25501 west
valley parkway<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>olathe ks 66061<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>direct 913
344.0036<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>fax 913
345.0617<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>Check out
our new web-site @ </span></i><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
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<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"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heather
Bird<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 25, 2009 5:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Adding Cupola to one story building<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>I am a new user of eQuest. I have entered a one story
building in eQuest by building a custom Footprint Shape (imported CAD drawing).
The building has a raised ceiling in one area. I cannot see a way to account
for the difference in height other than doing some sort of wall height
averaging calculation. Is there a feature I am overlooking to help me indicate
the raised ceiling in one location? I am in CA and using version 3.60, build
5210. Please let me know if this is the most current version for Title 24 as
well. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Heather
Bird<br>
Meline Engineering Corporation<br>
P.O. Box 276665<br>
Sacramento, CA 95827</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office: 
9216 Kiefer Blvd, Suite 6<br>
             
Sacramento, CA  95826</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: 
(916) 366-3458<br>
Fax: (916) 366-3958</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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