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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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ahhhh… I never knew that. Ecotect does the same thing. When you have 2 walls touching one another it knows that the touching walls are interior and the one not touching another surface is exterior. Good to know. You can actually see it when you create your xml file. It also checks to see whether your walls are facing the correct direction so that you don’t have the inside of the wall on the outside and the outside of the wall on the inside. You can check this under the eQuest properties when you see wall direction. It was one of my first mistakes in modeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PS:- I do not use the wizard so if you use the wizard this would not be an issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>PETER HILLERMANN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><a href="mailto:peterh@westallarchitects.com">peterh@westallarchitects.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:75%'><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Md","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>westall</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:75%;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0pt;line-height:75%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Md","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>architects</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>3404 pierce drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>chamblee, georgia 30341<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>o 770.458.4113<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>f 770.458.5352<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>c 678.898.2936<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Std Bk","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>westallarchitects.com</span><span style='color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=160 height=87 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CB5654.6A298A60" alt=e-signature><img border=0 width=92 height=90 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.gif@01CB5653.E18141D0" alt=USGBC-Logo><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","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"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>STEVE SAMENSKI<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 17, 2010 8:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bishop, Bill; pranita kothuru<br><b>Cc:</b> equest-users<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Common walls<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1D477B'>Steve Samenski, PE, LEED AP, BEMP<br>Vice President - Sustainable Technologies<br>The Spinnaker Group, Inc.<br></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://equest-diary.livejournal.com/">http://equest-diary.livejournal.com/</a><br></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1D477B'><a href="http://www.thespinnakergroupinc.com">www.thespinnakergroupinc.com</a> <</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.thespinnakergroupinc.com">http://www.thespinnakergroupinc.com</a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1D477B'>><br></span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#74903A'>Become the solution... Join the USGBC!<br></span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>On 9/17/10 8:40 AM, "Bishop, Bill" <<a href="wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com">wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Pranita,<br> <br>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> <br>Regards,<br>Bill<br> <br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>William Bishop, PE, BEMP, LEED® AP <span style='color:#006600'>|</span> Pathfinder Engineers & Architects LLP<br></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mechanical Engineer<br></span><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>134 South Fitzhugh Street<br>Rochester, NY 14608<br>T: (585) 325-6004 </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ext. 114<br><span style='color:navy'>F: (585) 325-6005<br></span><a href="wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com">wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com</a><br><a href="http://www.pathfinder-ea.com">www.pathfinder-ea.com</a><br></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P</span><span style='color:green'> </span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:green'>Sustainability – less is more.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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"'> <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><b>Cc:</b> equest-users<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Common walls<br></span><br><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>No, eQuest can't handle such complicated things.<br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span>On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:46 AM, pranita kothuru <<a href="pranita.kothuru@gmail.com">pranita.kothuru@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span>Does eQuest understand the common wall areas between 2 buildings (when drafted as different shells since the heights vary, drafted in DD Wizardat is the procedure to fix this.<br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='color:#888888'>Pranita<br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><br>_______________________________________________<br>Equest-users mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><br> <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=3 width="95%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>_______________________________________________<br>Equest-users mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>