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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Let me tell you a suggestion which can be just as dangerous, but may make more sense.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">What I do is develop the initial building in the Schematic Wizard, go to the Design Development Wizard to do the different floors and zoning of each, then to the Detailed Edit to complete the schedules and anything else. NOW, hopefully you have SAVED at least the DD Wizard as a separate file. Make another copy (so the the original DD Wizard file is saved), then create what ever floor or zoning changes you need.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">THEN, cut and paste this information into your newly recopied (remember, you are saving EVERYTHING) Detail Edit file (in the .INP file) <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>and remove the old information.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">For at least the Spaces and the geometry, you will be OK. You now need to rename the Zones to link up with your Spaces. If you changed the Shell (Floor) sizing so that you may have a roof or a floor overhang you did not have before, you can usually "patch" that.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">This takes a bit of notation to keep straight, but at least your new spaces/zones will have some reasonableness, rather than trying to keep up with the ergonomics.</SPAN></div>
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<div class=yiv415114210MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I have been working on an energy model for a while, and now the layout of the building has changed. The second floor was initially just a shell space, and now the owner has decided to build out the second floor with offices. So the second floor, which was initially just a big empty space, now needs to be modeled as a bunch of office spaces. Is there an easy way to change the shell in eQuest detailed mode? I don’t want to go back into wizard mode, because I think it will delete everything else I have already done. Everytime I try and add a space in detailed mode, all the other space polygons get very messed up and throw everything off. Is this why some people use Revit to model the building and then import it into eQuest? Thanks for any suggestions. </SPAN></FONT></div>
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