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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN
class=948323420-19012012>Robert,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN
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 color=#0000ff
face=Calibri><SPAN class=948323420-19012012></DIV>
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</FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Maria Karpman
[mailto:maria.karpman@karpmanconsulting.net] <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>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Equest-users] file
format error! is all my work lost?<BR></FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
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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>
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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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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">Good
luck, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Maria
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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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>
equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <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>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Equest-users] file
format error! is all my work lost?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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></DIV>
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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></DIV>
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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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
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>
equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <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>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<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
title=mailto:Matthew.Walker@tetratech.com
href="blocked::mailto:Matthew.Walker@tetratech.com"><FONT
color=#000000>Matthew.Walker@tetratech.com</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000>>
wrote:</FONT></P>
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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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class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
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
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Robert Stephenson
[mailto:rstephenson@southface.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 19, 2012
3:28 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Umesh Atre;
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Equest-users] Help -
Parametric Run Issue<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<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>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 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>
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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></DIV>
<DIV>
<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></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This model might
not have your parametric runs, but hopefully you could at least salvage your
base model.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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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
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[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>
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