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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If you are encountering this error in the
wizard mode, I found that this error typically happens when the building
geometry is not correct. Usually this is the windows either extending past the
walls they are hosted on (into the plenums or over the edges), or if the window
area equals the wall area. If you have walls that you were modelling as curtain
walls, that would be the first place I would head to check.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Carol Gardner<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 05, 2010 10:07
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Wilson, Luke<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Thomas Serra;
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users] Equest
Error - Please Help</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you want to send a
zipped file including your .pd2 and .inp, I will take a look at it.<br>
<br>
Carol<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:02 AM, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wilson</st1:place></st1:City>,
Luke <<a href="mailto:LWilson@integral-group.net">LWilson@integral-group.net</a>>
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size=3 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#1F497D'>Thanks to everyone for replying! I have looked at the bdl file
(no errors), I have also uninstalled and reinstalled (no difference). I am
running equest on a 64bit machine, so maybe that is the problem. Is anyone
running equest on a 64bit machine successfully?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="mailto:tserra@emoenergy.com" target="_blank">tserra@emoenergy.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 02, 2010 11:22
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Wilson, Luke; <a
href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Equest-users] Equest
Error - Please Help</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>If this is a new installation I would suggest downloading the
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Equest-users] Equest
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I am having a lot
of trouble with Equest crashing. When I exit the wizards after reentering them
or when I try to run a parametric simulation I keep getting the "An
invalid argument was encountered" warning and then it crashes. I tried
creating a simple test model and it was having the same issues. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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reposting, but I am getting really frustrated with my models.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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