<div>Dane,</div><div><br></div><div>What I'm discussing is in the Detailed Edit mode. Part of our efforts to streamline energy modeling has been to stay out of the wizard as much as possible. We mainly just use the wizard to setup the building shell, define slab penetrations, and infiltration rates (i.e. things that are hard to do in detailed edit mode).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Under the Building Shell tab in, select any space within your project. C-ACTIVITY-DESC is located here:</div><div><img src="cid:ii_13302f859cd4c259" alt="image.png" title="image.png"><br></div><div><br>
</div><div>We use a three letter acronym to describe the space type. In the example above this space is a corridor. You can then create conditional statements for most of the Space and/or Zone parameters based on this acronym. </div>
<div><br></div><div>For example, a user default expression for equipment W/SF can be written as such:</div><div><div>if(#L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC")=="COR")</div><div>then (0.25) else</div></div><div>no_default</div>
<div>endif</div><div><br></div><div>These statements can have varied levels of complexity due to the nature of referencing the different variables in eQUEST using the #BDL functions. For instance, in the above example I'm referencing the local BDL keyword "C-ACTIVITY-DESC" by using the BDL function #L which references a local BDL keyword. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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Robby,<br>
Could you go over the basics of this C-ACTIVITY-DESC? I stumbled
upon this thread, and it intrigued me, but I can't find what you're
talking about. Where is 'space parameters'? Is this within the
schematic of DD Wizard, or in detailed mode? If you could just get
me pointed in the right direction, I'm usually able to struggle
through it and learn on my own. <br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<pre cols="72">Dane Heimerman, EIT
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On 10/13/2011 6:05 PM, Robby Oylear wrote:
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><blockquote type="cite">Bill,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>When I look at most of my project files, the Global
Parameters list is pretty standard, however each parameter is
usually project specific, i.e. Number of Residences, Glazing Ht
by Orientation, System Efficiencies.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>One thing that can really help speed up modeling is to get
fancy with the user-defined defaults, using basic IF/THEN
statements you can setup default schedules, lighting w/sf, equip
w/sf, infiltration etc. based on a trigger of the space. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Using the C-ACTIVITY-DESC command under the Space Parameters
you can label a space based on use, and have your defaults do
the rest of the work for you.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-Robby<br>
<br>
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Bishop, Bill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com" target="_blank">wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com</a>></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone use pre-defined global
parameters in an input file that they import, as a way
to streamline the modeling process?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I already have ASHRAE schedules and
building constructions in an input file that I import,
but I never use global parameters.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I make most of my universal changes
by using User-Defined Default Values. Am I missing a
big opportunity to speed up the modeling process?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bill</p>
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