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and always backup your .pd2 (wizard) or .inp (detailed) before you
hit the simulation button ... even if you just copy it in the same
directory so it is named "copy of x.pd2" ...<br>
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On 1/19/12 1:47 PM, Umesh Atre wrote:
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class="948323420-19012012">I have experienced this too. What
I have seen is that this issue is dominant when working on
Windows 7, and less frequent on XP, unless your models are
pretty large.</span></font></div>
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class="948323420-19012012"></span></font><font
color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"><span
class="948323420-19012012">Here is a previous discussion on
a related issue, in case you haven't read this already.</span></font><font
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</font><font color="#000000"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
Maria Karpman [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:maria.karpman@karpmanconsulting.net">mailto:maria.karpman@karpmanconsulting.net</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Umesh Atre; 'Pasha Korber-Gonzalez'; 'Walker,
Matthew'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] file format error! is
all my work lost?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I
had the same problem on Vista a few times. In my
experience it only happens with large projects that had
parametric runs, which matches Umesh’s observation. The
most unpleasant symptom was the loss of the main inp file,
with its size going to ~0. Overcoming initial shock, I
found that it is not too hard to recover from this by
using one of the inp files created during simulation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Let’s
say the lost project was named <MyProject>. To
recover the inputs, I’d go to the project folder and
locate <MyProject>-Baseline.inp file. If this file
was not affected by the problem (has a reasonable file
size), I create a copy of the file and name it
<MyProjectX>.inp. If <MyProject>-Baseline.inp
is also lost, I pick an inp file created by eQUEST for a
parametric run which has the most in common with the main
model and that was run recently, and create a copy of this
file naming it <MyProjectX>.inp. (The original file
would be named <MyProject>-<Parametric Run
Label>.inp). When using inp file for a parametric run
to recover a project, you need to remember to revert the
parameters that were changed in the parametric run back to
the original values once you are able to open the project
in the detailed interface. Note also that inp file for a
parametric run is only generated when you run calculations
for this run, so when using this option you may have to
recapture all the changes that were made since the
parametric run was last calculated. To get a fresh start,
I always create a new PD2 file for the project following
the steps described by Brian Fountain in the post on
9/7/2011, and imports <MyProjectX>.inp into this new
project. To recover parametric runs, create a copy of
<MyProject>.prd file naming if
<MyProjectX>.prd and place it in the folder with the
rest of the recovered files. I also always restart
computer after a crash like that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Good
luck, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10pt"><font color="#000000">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Umesh Atre<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez; Walker, Matthew<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] file format
error! is all my work lost?<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue">Thanks Pasha. Let
me try this on the Windows 7 machine. But I am getting
the same errors on XP too. My models keep disappearing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue">What I have noticed
though is that this problem might be somehow tied to
parametric runs. I have not lost any data from models</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue">that did not have
any parametric runs. Any ideas?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE:
10pt"><font color="#000000">From:</font></span></b><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE:
10pt"><font color="#000000">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Pasha Korber-Gonzalez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Walker, Matthew<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] file format error! is
all my work lost?</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><font
color="#000000"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span><o:p></o:p></font> </p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal">For those of
you that are using Windows 7, have you set the
"compatibility" settings within eQuest? If you set eQuest
to be compatible with XP Service Pack 3 (or 2) this will
help eQuest to work smoothly within Windows 7 operating
system and against all other programs that you might have
running at the same time as eQuest.<br>
<br>
If you need to be talked through the steps to get this set
feel free to give me a call at 308-763-1593--it will take 3
minutes to talk you through it and do some checks on your
files.<br>
<br>
I run 3.64 on both a Windows XP laptop and Windows 7 laptop,
and I haven't encountered these issues anymore.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Pasha</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><font
color="#000000">On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Walker,
Matthew <</font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="mailto:Matthew.Walker@tetratech.com"
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal">A
fellow co-worker and I have also experienced this
frustrating message a few times now. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal">Both of
our computers are less than 2 weeks old with windows
7, and we downloaded eQUEST 3.64 last week. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal">The
problem is happening on new projects that we started
last week, so it’s not an issue with old and new
versions… just this new version.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal">Please
let me know if anyone is finding a solution to this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Bold'; COLOR: #0069aa;
FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Matthew Walker, PE, LEED AP </span></b><b><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Bold'; COLOR: #939598;
FONT-SIZE: 9pt">| Energy Management Consultant</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Robert Stephenson
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:rstephenson@southface.org">mailto:rstephenson@southface.org</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Umesh Atre; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Help - Parametric Run Issue<br>
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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>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE:
10pt"> Umesh Atre [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:umesh@innovativedesign.net">mailto:umesh@innovativedesign.net</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robert Stephenson;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Help - Parametric Run
Issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE:
12pt">Robert,</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE:
12pt">After opening eQUEST, select the *.inp file and try
loading that. </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Stephenson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE:
10pt">Robert Stephenson, LEED AP <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE:
10pt">Research Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Web: </span></b><a
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style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">241 Pine Street NE,
Atlanta, GA 30308</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
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