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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for the quick response, Rob. For
my own sanity, could I have something else clarified as well?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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if I model multiple shells in the wizard, the shading effects of the shells are
taken into account when performing the analysis. Is this actually the case?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Note: I understand this isn’t the same
thing as creating a building shade in the detailed edit mode since I’m actually
introducing more components into the analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Rob Hudson
[mailto:rdh4176@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 03, 2011
2:24 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Jonathan Bowser<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users]
Building Shades</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You cannot do this
through the wizards, it must be done in the detailed edit mode after the wizard
has been completed. shades are easy to inpliment as long as you have the
information (size and orientation) of the surrounding buildings readily
available.<br>
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hope this helps!<br>
<br>
Rob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Jonathan Bowser <<a
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wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>After
searching through the archive, I’ve learned I can create Building Shades in the
detailed mode in eQUEST. Is it possible to do something similar through
one of the wizards?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Essentially
I’d like a quick, easy way of modeling surrounding buildings so that their
shading effects are taken into account.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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