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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='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Everyone <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am working on a 6 story building with custom footprint for each floor. I have created the 1<sup>st</sup> floor by importing the CAD file into equest and tracing it over. Once completed with 1<sup>st</sup> floor I proceeded with the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor , as a new shell and gave the custom coordinates for the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor as x= 0 , y=0 and z =16 (ceiling ht). So , once I traced the custom footprint, I clicked done, and my equest software stopped working. And I was not able to open the project anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sad thing, I forgot to make a backup of this file. So, I went to the inp file ( made couple of copies of the folder this time) and removed any reference to the 2<sup>nd</sup> flr and saved it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Then, went to equest software and opened the modified inp file. Thus saving my first floor custom footprint and custom windows etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Now, I am trying to go back to wizard mode , and the following message comes up <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“ Only Projects that were originally generated from the wizard inputs allow re-entry into the building create wizard”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I still need to create 5 more floors for this project. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Can anyone suggest what I can do, so that I can still use my first floor information. Any information on my 2<sup>nd</sup> floor shell placement on top of first floor, will be of great help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Any help and thoughts are greatly appreciated. I am attaching the modified inp file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Sudheera Sivakumar,</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><br>Mechanical Engineer<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>