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color:#1F497D'>Hi Bob,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Pasha’s experience echoes my own - eQuest can import one
type of file - *.inp. Only one program I’m aware of can generate an
*.inp from another file’s information: Autodesk’s Green Building
Studio Desktop (GBS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>At my last check, you can acquire a 30-day trial of this
web-based software for free if you’d like to invest some time trying to
get the process to work. I’ve revisited the concept for two
separate projects, and both times ended up empty-handed as I tried unsuccessfully
to resolve issues caused in the conversion process rooted in how the Revit file
was constructed. I’d advise, if you do not have access to the Revit
Architectural Suite, to consider that you will have some serious coordination
involved with the architect or other client in possession of that software
package. Definitely look up the white paper Autodesk has published
regarding key things that must be managed correctly in the Revit file before
attempting to export the (gb)*.xml file that GBS converts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ultimately, I’ve come to the same conclusion two separate
times – it’s a faster and more efficient use of your time to buckle
down and build the 3D geometries up yourself alongside all of the other
information defineable in the wizard screens. By all accounts, an
imported Revit/gbxml-based *.inp file will not include a myriad of items that
are immensely easier to define through the wizards, and you would have to start
your project in detailed mode. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Pasha
Korber-Gonzalez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 11, 2009 12:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bob Vogt<br>
<b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] GBXML<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Bob,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I
believe what you need to do is have Revit export an .inp file that it creates
from the input building geometry. Then you use this .inp file in your
eQuest project. If I understand correctly the 3D viewer in eQuest can
interpret this input and should show you your model graphic. Becareful
when you do this though, because you will be in DDedit mode only. If you
have not "zoned" your building in the Revit file, then you will have
either un-desired zoning in eQuest, or you will have to have a lot of
inputs (tedious) in your eQuest model--likely one zone for each room &
space designed in your building.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I don't have successful personal experience with this
approach. I usually default to doing my own inputs, now that I can do it
'fast enough' from my experience--maybe a little extra time this way, but way
less headaches with eQuest...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>pasha<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Bob Vogt <<a
href="mailto:BVogt@luckett-farley.com">BVogt@luckett-farley.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Can
eQuest import a GBXML and/or how is 3d geometry imported.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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