This is sort of a bizarre suggestion but if you want to get rid of custom window inputs all you have to do is make a change on one of your previous screens and they are gone. I know, cause I've lost them when I didn't want to. So, go back to Screen 1 and change your building type and see if that get's you what you want. <br>
<br>Carol<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Nick Caton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com">ncaton@smithboucher.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;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Kristy,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Once you’ve started a custom window layout, I believe
there’s no going back to defining fenestrations as a WWR in the wizard
mode for a given shell.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">That said, I’d speculate that you might be able to look at
a pair of dummy .pd2 files side by side in notepad, see what lines are added/changed
within after the custom window layout dialog is engaged, then undo those
changes in the target .pd2 file… that might permit using the WWR
inputs again. I’d certainly save my work separately before exploring
this. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’d also point out that with a WWR < 40%, you have no compelling
need to redefine your fenestration layout for a LEED/90.1 baseline, if that happens
to be what you’re up to ;). Much extra discussion in the archives,
if interested.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’d submit a small clarification as well: eQuest does
indeed consider window dimensions/locations with respect to various shading surfaces
– solar loads and daylighting control calculations are not done purely on
WWR. This does become a non-issue however when doing 90.1 baselines,
which are not self-shading nor do they have daylighting controls.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had gone through the same experience.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I couldnt find any location where you can directly change
the WWR.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What i did was:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. based on wall area and WWR calculate the area of window
required to achieve that WWR.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">then edit the window areas in the DD wizard which
can give you correct results.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">since equest calculates results based on % WWR and not on
size of windows this approach works well for me.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">however, if anyone has a better option, I would love to know
that.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does
anyone know how to redefine windows in a model as a % window-to-wall ratio once
I've already create custom window placements in the DD Wizard? I removed
the custom windows and defined a percentage in Wizard Screen #6 (shown below),
but my 3D viewer isn't showing these new windows. Any help would be much
appreciated. Thanks!</p>
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