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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><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>Rick DeMarinis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] dome roof<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">I am creating an eQuest model of the State Capitol building in Helena, MT. I would like the 3-D model of the building to have a dome-like
roof for the center section of the building to represent the actual building construction. Is the best way to do this using the polygon command and figure out a geodesic dome construction??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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