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it is also good to remember that gbxml translations are not 100%
accurate yet. a study a few years ago indicated that major vendor
(autodesk, bently, archicad, etc) translations to/from gbxml were
only about 90% so if you take something that's 90% accurate &
convert it once you've introduced a 10% error rate. make changes to
a translated gbxml file & translate it again & you're 81%.
i'm thinking with time the accuracy may increase but there's not
really an incentive, financial or otherwise, for autodesk (or
others) to make their files 100% compatible with their competitors
despite their public announcements of cooperation on the matter.
equest/energy+ are still competitors to their own non-free energy
simulation software. <br>
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a few years ago i wrote some translation software to go from gbxml
to .pd2/.inp for just the building components
(spaces/walls/roof/windows/floors) & found a) it worked better
going to wizard mode than detailed mode (too many odd shaped walls,
nonaccurate window orientations, and missing elements), and b)
autodesk is not consistent w/the gbxml file format across their
platforms. a revit architecture gbxml export was different in where
space components were defined than a file from the autocad mep or
revit mep packages and when architects i was working with upgraded
from one year of revit to the next the gbxml file format would
change. this would require my rewriting sections of code to find
the new space definitions w/their respective floors/walls/etc &
i finally decided spending that much time rewriting something every
i received a new gbxml file from a different client using a slightly
different version of autodesk/archicad/bently wasn't worth it. <br>
<br>
my point? i'm still creating shells & assigning zones via the
wizard it is easier & faster than trying to convert something
else. odd shaped buildings = more shells. buildings w/areas
w/different heights = multiple shells. get it as close as possible
in the wizard mode & as long as it is thermodynamically similar
it is not only close enough it is closer than anything you'll
produce with trane or hap as neither will give you a 3d
representation of your building so you can make sure it is as close
to thermodynamically similar as you can get.<br>
<br>
and finally, i've also learned to use a master .pd2 file. i add
custom constructions (since 3.63 & up allow this) and custom
windows and doors & then i don't have to define them every time
i start a project. floor slabs don't allow this yet but at least i
have a master file with the baseline building constructions as
predefined as possible & also has the common constructions i
typically see from recurring clients. note: i still check the
constructions when i switch to detailed mode just to make sure
equest doesn't do something funny and change a calculated u-value to
something else for some odd reason. <br>
<br>
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the model in eQuest. I am interested in how this DrawBDL
3.0 will work. I’m sure if there was a way of importing the
design model into the energy model, all teams would greatly
benefit from the decreased amount of time wasted on
rebuilding a model. This would be a good round table
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>steve clark<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:44 AM<br>
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Happy New Year to All. Does anybody know the any
software from which we can import 3D model into eQuest.<b> </b><br>
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