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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks a lot! I appreciate it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> Nick Caton [mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 15, 2010 3:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jeremy McClanathan; Ming Li; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] How to Change the building orientation in detailed mode<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jeremy is describing how to simply alter the model’s rotation in detailed mode (and he’s absolutely right). There’s a better way however when you need to calculate multiple orientations as you’re describing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>To save time, click Tools </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>à</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> Parametric Runs… and create (3) new runs for each rotation (90, 180, 270). Create a component in each new run that alters the building Azimuth variable. Reference the screengrab below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><br>After this, each time you hit calculate, you’ll have the option to do all 4 orientations in one go, and you’ll have 4 sets of results to peruse in addition. Major timesaver!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Also, the onebuilding.org mailing list archives are a godsend – check em’ out too if you need a fast answer in the future ;).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img width=980 height=561 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01CB2434.B9C55DD0" alt="cid:image002.png@01CAD62F.EE40C6B0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img width=119 height=37 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CB2434.B9C55DD0" alt="cid:489575314@22072009-0ABB"></span><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><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 style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#CC9900'><o:p></o:p></span></p><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 href="www.smithboucher.com" title="blocked::www.smithboucher.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.smithboucher.com</span></a></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> </span></u><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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>Jeremy McClanathan<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 15, 2010 3:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Ming Li'; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] How to Change the building orientation in detailed mode<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In the Building Shell module, double click on “Building Data” in the component tree, then change the azimuth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jeremy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> Ming Li [mailto:mli@cadworks.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 15, 2010 1:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] How to Change the building orientation in detailed mode<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to model a baseline design. I need to simulate the building with its actual orientation and again after rotating the entire building 90, 180, 270 degrees, then averaging the results. I was wondering if I can change the building orientation in detailed mode so that I do not need to go back to Wizard mode. Does anyone know how to do this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ming Li, LEED AP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=55cbb096-e5f4-4f9f-9981-42a22c9cd623><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray'>This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged information, as well as content subject to copyright and other intellectual laws. 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