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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'>Thank you for the assistance. I deleted the .prd reloaded my .inp and redid the parametric runs one run at a time. I lost an hour of work but luckily not the whole model.<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'>Initially I tried running all six runs at once. My coworker mentioned that version 3.64 has issues crashing when running multiple parametric runs. Has anyone else experienced this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Robert Stephenson, LEED AP <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Research Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Tel: 404-604-3589</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Fax: 404-872-5009</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><br><b>Email: </b></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:username@southface.org"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>rstephenson@southface.org</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Web: </span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.southface.org/"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.southface.org</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>241 Pine Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><a href="http://www.southface.org/"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=104 height=21 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCD6BE.F42EF470" alt="Description: Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CADAF5.384BB9D0"></span></b></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Building know-how for a sustainable future<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Get involved with </span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.southface.org/get-involved/become-a-member/"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>Southface</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'> today!</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.twitter.com/southfaceenergy"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=20 height=20 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCD6BE.F42EF470" alt="Description: Description: Description: twitter copy"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'> </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/companies/southface"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=20 height=20 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCD6BE.F42EF470" alt="Description: Description: Description: linkedin copy"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southface/92291631957"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=20 height=20 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CCD6BE.F42EF470" alt="Description: Description: Description: facebook copy"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";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"'> Umesh Atre [mailto:umesh@innovativedesign.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Stephenson; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Help - Parametric Run Issue<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Robert,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>After opening eQUEST, select the *.inp file and try loading that. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>This model might not have your parametric runs, but hopefully you could at least salvage your base model.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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"'> <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]">[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Stephenson<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Help - Parametric Run Issue</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am having an issue loading my model after attempting to complete a series of parametric runs. I have attached my .inp, .bdl, and .prd (the txt file) files. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The model ran through the first parametric run successfully and then stopped. Therefore I have a resulting .sim file for the baseline and first parametric run.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After receiving an error about expecting a character vs. numeric value in the .prd file, I shutdown eQUEST and attempted to restart my model. Now it will not load and my .bdl file contains the following error:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“ERROR: Cannot open a required file: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>USER LIBRARY FILE NAME WAS NOT SPECIFIED<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It does not exist or is in use. Correct this and retry.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I could really use some assistance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Robert Stephenson, LEED AP <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Research Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Tel: 404-604-3589</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Fax: 404-872-5009</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><br><b>Email: </b></span><a href="mailto:username@southface.org"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>rstephenson@southface.org</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Web: </span></b><a href="http://www.southface.org/"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.southface.org</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>241 Pine Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>