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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hey Alfred,<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'>I may be missing the direction on your query – but any zone boundary defined in the wizards that is NOT along the shell perimeter will use the interior partition construction you define later in the wizard screens. Put another way: Only walls along the shell footprint boundary will use the defined exterior construction. <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'>This default behavior seems like what you’re asking for in this regard.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img width=119 height=37 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC60C2.4A184C10" alt="cid:489575314@22072009-0ABB"></span><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'>NICK CATON, P.E.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'>SENIOR ENGINEER<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>Smith & Boucher Engineers</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#CC9900'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>25501 west valley parkway, suite 200<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 913.344.0036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>fax 913.345.0617<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="www.smithboucher.com" title="blocked::www.smithboucher.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.smithboucher.com</span></a></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> </span></u><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> Uzokwe, Alfred [mailto:Alfred.Uzokwe@hdrinc.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 19, 2011 8:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> Yuvaraj Saravanan; Nick Caton; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Custom Zoning Problems<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the responses guys,<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'>I’ve attached some pictures that I hope go through.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=564 height=480 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image002.png@01CC60C2.4A184C10" alt=customzoning1.bmp><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=567 height=480 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image003.png@01CC60C2.4A184C10" alt=customzoning2.bmp><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'>You guys were right in that the zones on the perimeter of the building need to extend all the way to the end of the building footprint. However, I wondering if it would be possible to (in the custom zoning window) map out the whole building footprint as a zone first, then go and map out each individual room zone using the interior wall instead of the exterior wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:17.95pt'><td width=458 style='width:343.85pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #7F7F7F 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:17.95pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;text-transform:uppercase'>Alfred UZokwe</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'> | EIT Mechanical</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:27.75pt'><td width=458 style='width:343.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:27.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'>301.771.7020 | </span><span style='color:gray'><a href="http://hdrarchitecture.com/"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray;text-decoration:none'>HDRArchitecture.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'> </span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'>| <a href="mailto:ryan.wittke@hdrinc.com"><span style='color:gray;text-decoration:none'>alfred.uzokwe@hdrinc.com</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> Yuvaraj Saravanan [mailto:Yuvaraj.Saravanan@arup.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Nick Caton; Uzokwe, Alfred; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Custom Zoning Problems<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Alfred,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My guess is if your nodes points for the shell and zone does not match exactly then this problem may arise.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Example: In shell if you have grid points from (0,0), (0,10), (0,20) but in the zone if you have (0,0), </span><span style='color:red'>(0,15)</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>, (0,20) i.e you skipped the (0,10) in the shell grid point this problem may arise.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yuvaraj<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nick Caton<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 18, 2011 1:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> Uzokwe, Alfred; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Custom Zoning Problems<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Alfred,<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'>It’s hard to know exactly what’s going on without some pictures, but from your description I’d suggest making certain the boundaries of your custom zones along the perimeter are matching the boundary of your shell footprint precisely. If they’re slightly inside the line, what should be exterior walls will be generated as interior partitions.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=119 height=37 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC60C2.4A184C10" alt="cid:489575314@22072009-0ABB"></span><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'>NICK CATON, P.E.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'>SENIOR ENGINEER<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>Smith & Boucher Engineers</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#CC9900'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>25501 west valley parkway, suite 200<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 913.344.0036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>fax 913.345.0617<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="www.smithboucher.com" title="blocked::www.smithboucher.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.smithboucher.com</span></a></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> </span></u><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Uzokwe, Alfred<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 18, 2011 2:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Custom Zoning Problems<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I am beginning to teach myself the ins and outs of using eQuest. I am still in the beginning stages and have run into problems with custom zoning. I have a 5-story building and am using a different shell for each on in DD. I completed that with any problems. Then I went to add custom zones for each floor. When I do this and click finish to generate the 3-D Geometry the exterior walls vanished and are replaced by the newly created zone walls. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have any idea why this is happening and a way to fix it? 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