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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Charles: Great suggestion,
but nope - azimuth hasn’t been touched yet in this project… On
a related note, I’ve seen azimuth play mean games before too… I try
to do all zoning layouts and wizard-level work “orthogonally” as a
result, even if the actual orientation is skewed in that sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bruce: That array layout function
is still floating around and is my preference to this (newer?) custom layout
approach, but I can’t engage those inputs when using a pitched roof, it
would seem. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the input!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>~Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";
color:#2D4D5E'>NICK CATON, E.I.T.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'>PROJECT ENGINEER<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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valley parkway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>olathe ks 66061<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>direct 913
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Charles Land
[mailto:cland@geo-marine.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bruce Easterbrook; Nick Caton<br>
<b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Another skylight conundrum! Yuck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Did you change your building
orientation in the wizard? I know this sometimes messes with things, such
as skylights. I always wait until the detailed mode and change the
azimuth there rather than trying to deal with it in the wizard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce
Easterbrook<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 1:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nick Caton<br>
<b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Another skylight conundrum! Yuck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I remember an array function
in the skylight section. I used it a year ago so don't have much
recollection of where it was but it was in the wizards. You could do a 1x
whatever to get your 90'<br>
Bruce Easterbrook P.Eng.<br>
Abode Engineering<br>
</span><br>
On 11/05/2011 11:42 AM, Nick Caton wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Well, it took a little extra
wrangling, but I’ve got at least one approach that sorta embraces this
wonky behavior… Something I can’t control wants to rotate any shape
90 degrees, and swapping the width/length results in a 90 ft long strip
won’t fit on the sloped surface (causing the wizards to choke up and gasp
for air – oh the horror!)… So what the heck - (3) 30ft strips
spaced 30ft on center seems to do the trick for each row:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=877
height=854 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.png@01CC0FD8.9E5CDBA0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Close enough =D! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I can’t get these to end
up near the roof ridge where they are in reality, but I have bigger fish to fry
in this model to get really further hung up on aesthetics... Hope this
band-aid fix helps someone else down the road… If anyone knows of a
more elegant solution, or how one might avoid this “auto-rotating”
feature, please do share!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Peace out,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>~Nick</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>NICK CATON, E.I.T.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'>PROJECT ENGINEER</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>Smith &
Boucher Engineers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>25501 west
valley parkway</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>olathe ks 66061</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>direct 913
344.0036</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>fax 913
345.0617</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nick Caton <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Another skylight conundrum! Yuck!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hey everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I know at least one right answer to this is to just skip the
wizards, but this one is bugging me as it’s realllly close!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><br>
Can anyone suggest a wizard-level fix for when a skylight layout screen like
this…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=877 height=854 id="_x0000_i1028"
src="cid:image008.png@01CC0FD8.9E5CDBA0"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>…ends up looking like this on closing the wizards?:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=886 height=666 id="Picture_x0020_2"
src="cid:image009.png@01CC0FD8.9E5CDBA0"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve had almost zero luck with wizard-generated
pitched roofs in the past, but this one is *nearly* there, haha! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Any thoughts would be appreciated =),<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>~Nick<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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src="cid:image003.jpg@01CC0FD8.9E5CDBA0" alt="cid:489575314@22072009-0ABB"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>NICK CATON, E.I.T.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'>PROJECT ENGINEER</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>Smith &
Boucher Engineers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>25501 west
valley parkway</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>olathe ks 66061</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>direct 913
344.0036</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>fax 913
345.0617</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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