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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi Justin,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText> I am designing a building that is built on top of a
slope or incline grade, so part of the basement's exterior walls are exposed
the ambient conditions and part of it is underground. In Equest how do you
input the area that basement of the building is being covered by the earth to
simulate this incline surface? Attached is a simplified drawing that
illustrates what Im describing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Justin Chin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>James
Hansen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bishop, Bill; Chris Jones; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Sloped grade - partially underground walls<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Keep in mind that there is
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assuming you’re only talking about one space, there are no tall windows
that you have to fit at the fully exposed portion of the wall, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bishop,
Bill<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chris Jones; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Sloped grade - partially underground walls<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Chris,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>You need to create a new polygon with the same width (x) and
height (y) of the existing wall. The new polygon will only have three vertices
instead of four. Create a second wall, using the same location as the first
wall (such as “V1 of Space Polygon”) and using the new polygon.
Create another new polygon for the opposite triangle and apply that to the
existing wall.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Bill<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Chris Jones<br>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:27 AM<br>
To: equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
Subject: [Equest-users] Sloped grade - partially underground walls<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>How would one setup a partially underground wall.
For example, the <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>spaces in question have two wall types on one face - a
portion is <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>underground and a portion is above. These are two
different wall <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>types and the grade slopes along the wall so the two
walls are <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>trapezoidal in shape.<o:p></o:p></p>
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