<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div></div><div>I agree. Windows can only be rectangular. Unless you re preforming daylighting calculations, the area of glass, and the area of frame are all that matter. So you can make a rectangular window that has the equivalent glass and frame area as your triangular window. <br> </div>__________________________________________________________<br>Eddie Corwin, Energy & Sustainability Engineer<br>ALTANOVA - www.altanova-energy.com<br>41-41 24th Street - 4th Floor - Long Island City, NY 11101<br><br><div>T: (347) 410-9049<br>E: ecorwin@altanova-energy.com<br><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">From what I understand, windows cannot be assigned to a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>deepika
khowal<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] creating different shaped window in equest</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I want to create a triangle shape window in equest..</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">if i try to create a new window to link to my existing
component, it can only be with 4 vertices( rectangle or square)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">if i create a diff polygon.. i cannot assign a glass
materail to it.. it only excepts exterior material finishes which are available
in equest..</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">can anyone tell how to assign a window material to a new
polygon in detailed design mode or any other way to go about it</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">thanks</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deepika</p>
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