Jamil,<br><br>I am not sure why you want to use the Schematic Design Wizard. It is quite limited in what it can do. I think you would be better off using the Design Development Wizard.<br><br>Charles is correct to advise you to use two separate shells and to locate them relative to each other using the x y and z coordinates on the Wizard Screen 1 of each shell. Be sure to check the box that says Specify Exact Site Coordinates and set your x, y, and z to 0, 0, 0 for your first shell. Follow the same procedure for your second shell and set the x, y, and z to their proper values, which will usually, but not always, be 0, 0, height of the first shell.<br>
<br>With regards to zoning, you can easily put in different zoning for each shell in the Design Development Wizard. This is done on Screen 2 by setting the Zone Pattern to Custom and creating as many zones as you want of any shape that you want. You can also use the Detailed Design Wizard to specify your window, wall, and door layout and to take a first crack at specifying your constructions, internal loads, and HVAC systems. Notice I say "first crack" for many of these items. You will want to carefully evaluate your internal loads and schedules, constructions and HVAC system inputs that the wizard creates to see if they match what you want in your final model.<br>
<br>Hope this helps!<br><br>Carol<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Charles Land <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cland@geo-marine.com">cland@geo-marine.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You have to make the two floors two separate shells and stack them on top of each other. You can do this by defining the x y z coordinates on the first page of the new shell. You want to make the z coordinate on the second shell the same as the height of the first shell. You will also want to define the roof of the first floor as below conditioned space and the foundation for the second as above conditioned space.</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>Jamil .<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 06, 2011 7:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> equest<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Different zoning per floor</span></p></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hi folks<br> <br>I am working on a two story office building, where the layout of the ground is not same like the layout of the first floor and accordingly the HVAC zoning varies from ground to first floor.<br>
<br>In the schematic wizard, I am facing a problem of defining different zoning for each floor, as the program copies the zones of the ground to the first and does not allow for editing the first floor zoning.<br> <br>I managed to define different zones in the detailed design, by editing the copied zones in the first floor thru changing the vortices of each zone. This method took a considerable amount of time and was pretty confusing.<br>
<br>I was wondering first, if there is a way to define different zoning in the first and ground floor in the schematic wizard and second, if there is an easier way to change the zoning in the first floor during the detailed design.<br>
<br>Thank you in advance<br> <br>Jamil</span></p></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Carol Gardner PE<br>
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