<div>Thanks Nick! </div>
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<div>I have been trying to use the customroof option and create a new streamlined roof but for some reason the program crashes.</div>
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<div>I will use the second approach you suggested.</div>
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<div>Pranita.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Nick Caton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com">ncaton@smithboucher.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hi Pranita, </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sloped roof generation in the wizards fails me more often than not. Without corrective detailed edit work on the misaligned/missing surfaces (time consuming), I think your options are either:</span></p>
<p><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span>1.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Create a custom roof with a simplified perimeter that the wizards won’t choke on (you can see that happening before you even look at the 3D view), or</span></p>
<p><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span>2.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Reason whether a flat roof with an unconditioned plenum of equivalent volume to the attic space and/or an adjusted ceiling height where vaulted ceilings are present is an acceptable portrayal. I’ve always been quick to caution that eQuest is not an appropriate program where “aesthetic necessity” has priority over the accuracy of the modeled behavior. For sloped-roof buildings, I use this approach more often than not in eQuest.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I believe it was pointed out some time ago on the lists that the wizard’s inability to correctly recognize 90-degree angles and such for the purpose of generating sloped roofs can sometimes be traced to tiny rounding errors at the vertices that occur when the building perimeter is not aligned and square with the x and y axis. If you are defining your perimeter in a non-orthogonal fashion, you might find your problem is solved by using detailed mode instead to define your exact baseline azimuth orientation.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>pranita kothuru<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 06, 2010 12:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Roof Error</span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attched is a snap shot of the parts of roofs not generated in the 3d geometrty of the building. I am workin in the DD Wizard . the roof is not custom. Please let me know how to fix this error (snap shot of the error is also attached int he doc file).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!!</p></div>
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