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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Sorry about the tardiness of
my reply, I have been occupied.<br>
To correct Pasha you can go back into the wizard mode. The qualifier
is you loose everything you entered in the detailed edit mode. So
don't enter anything and bounce back and forth as much as you want. I
will stay for hours or days at the finish button of the Project
Navigator in the DD wizard doing incremental edits, saving each time.
Each time you press finish your project is run, confirming equest is
happy with your changes. In building shell, using the action tab
select, building creation wizard, and it will bring up the project
navigator. Pick the shell your roof is on, select edit, go to screen
8, select custom, and the screen drops down. You can set the skylight
size, figure out your percentage roof you want covered, add glazing and
frame properties, and the wizard will generate a skylight array for you.<br>
Bruce Easterbrook P.Eng.<br>
Abode Engineering<br>
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On 30/07/2010 03:19 PM, Pasha Korber-Gonzalez wrote:
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<div>I'm with Jeremy in that I try to stay away from modifying .inp's
unless I absolutely have too. Too many extra variabilities/variables
that I don't like to be responsible for managing...too much risk if you
don't need to take it. I like to use the file comparison program
called "Examdiff" , it is also freeware. </div>
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<div>And with extra emphasis for newer users of eQuest: Like so
many of us that have learned the hard way---make multiple file copies,
back-ups, "save as" new files at every 'milestone' of inputs or
analysis you have completed, save by dates, etc. It is not uncommon
for me to have upwards of 30-different files of my project model that
signify dated milestones, or input milestones, etc. You will be more
efficient on your project budgets and tight deadlines if you have your
'back-up' copies to fall back too. Always save a wizard-mode copy of
your file--you never know when you might need it...</div>
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<div>one general correction to Joe's last comment--once you change a
file into ddedit mode you cannot switch back to wizard mode. eQuest is
a one-directional program--'you can go any direction you want as long
as it is forward.'</div>
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<div>pkg :)</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Jeremy
Poling <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">That’s a
frequently used “trick” to working with the software – it should work
well for you but it always carries the risk that some “gremlin” might
get into the INP file somehow. I’ve seen people use file comparison
tools in a similar way – WinMerge is a good one that compares the files
side-by-side, highlights differences, and provides point-n-click
copy/paste capabilities. Just don’t forget to save backup files! I
forgot a backup once and was lucky it was a small (5,000SF) building
model with not a lot of complicated details since I had to start from
scratch. Haven’t forgotten since :)</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 30, 2010 12:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
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<b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Adding components in eQuest's
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<p class="MsoNormal">Per conversation with Pasha, it appears that a
good way to go about a task like this might be to open the old file
that was last saved in wizard mode, or do a "save as" of the current DE
file and then move back into wizard mode. From there input the
skylight (or window) information, save the file, open the new .inp file
and copy the skylight components, open the old DE .inp file and paste
the components, clean up to avoid bdl errors.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>"When I am done with all of my wizard
inputs that I know I need to put in during wizard mode I do a "Save As"
file so that I will always have a wizard-mode copy of the file. I
then re-name the new file with "ddedit" somewhere in the name and then
switch it to ddedit mode. At least if I have to go back to the wizard
for some major zone adjustments I don't have to create a new file from
scratch, or spend the detailed time in ddedit mode."</i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez [mailto:<a
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 30, 2010 12:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Fleming, Joe<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Adding components in eQuest's
detailed edit mode</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The fastest way to add your windows and
skylights is in the Wizard mode. It is always a good idea to make
sure that you have input your major building characteristics (i.e.
footprint, zoning patterns, windows & skylights) in the wizard
before you switch to ddedit mode. This is the approach I use for my
projects....I don't switch to ddedit mode until I know that my windows
& elevations look like they should from the arch dwgs.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">eQuest has a forward-stepping process to it,
and it is not very friendly if you want to backtrack on your steps...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Fleming, Joe
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:joe.fleming@tlc-eng.com"
target="_blank">joe.fleming@tlc-eng.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p>eQuest Users, </p>
<p>When you are in detailed edit mode, has anyone found a fast way
to add an array of skylights (or windows)? Let's say that you want 96
2'x4' skylights in a 8x10 array. Instead of creating 96 skylights and
offsetting them one at a time is there a faster way to do this? This
could also apply to windows or other components. The thermal effects
are not of interest here as much as the day lighting effects.</p>
<p>(When you use the skylight multiplier Equest warns you that it
is multiplying the amount of light entering that one window and not
spreading it around the roof).</p>
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<p>Thank You</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Joe Fleming</b></p>
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