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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>I agree with Bill: eQuest can figure out when two different shells share the same wall. If one wall is higher than the other, eQuest will create an exterior wall surface on the higher wall while maintaining the interior or adiabatic surface (I haven’t looked at it too closely) on the shared portion of the wall. I find it helpful to be VERY careful in the Wizard input to make sure you’re choosing the same points / nodes. A small error here seems to confuse the program.<BR>
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On 9/17/10 8:40 AM, "Bishop, Bill" <<a href="wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com">wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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I think this feature was added with version 3.63. Wherever the exterior walls of two shells occupy the same vertical plane, the eQUEST wizard creates adiabatic interior walls in adjacent spaces, which is usually what you would want. It will do this even if the shell heights vary. Unfortunately, the wizard does not do the same thing when you stack shells vertically. You have to choose roof or no roof for the entire shell in the wizard and then remove/create roof surfaces in DD edit mode if your shells have different footprints.<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B>From:</B> <a href="equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Grammy<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 17, 2010 6:01 AM<BR>
<B>To:</B> pranita kothuru<BR>
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<B>Subject:</B> Re: [Equest-users] Common walls<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:46 AM, pranita kothuru <<a href="pranita.kothuru@gmail.com">pranita.kothuru@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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