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<DIV>Thank you Nick and Mike!</DIV>
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<DIV>I also heard from Jeff Hirsch - “The next release coming very soon will
address this issue.”</DIV>
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<DIV>Best to all,</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ncaton@smithboucher.com
href="mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com">Nick Caton</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 05, 2012 3:58 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=Dave.Weigel@thewattdoctors.com
href="mailto:Dave.Weigel@thewattdoctors.com">The Watt Doctors - Dave Weigel</A>
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<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=MBusman@chevron.com
href="mailto:MBusman@chevron.com">Mike Busman</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Equest-users] 65000 character limit</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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- sounds like you’ve got a plan of action!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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thought: It’s been my experience for “necessary simplification” that you
can come off a lot more professional if you make a point to emphasis your
“command-decision making” abilities rather than highlight the inherent limits of
your tools-of-choice. Making the call to simplify is primarily part of
your modeling expertise – the eQuest limits capped at tens-of-thousands of
elements are merely a supporting factoid ;).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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didn’t intentionally not copy the list by the way … feel free to forward this
along if you like =).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> The Watt Doctors -
Dave Weigel [mailto:Dave.Weigel@thewattdoctors.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday,
October 05, 2012 1:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Nick Caton<BR><B>Cc:</B> Mike
Busman<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Equest-users] 65000 character
limit<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">As always, thanks tons
Nick.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">You too,
Mike.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">I can do some severe
simplifying as you and Michael have suggested. I’ll back off of adding
zones and avoid the spreadsheet tab until my 3-D rendering matches the
elevations and I can spin it around. The owner will have his pretty
rendering to show off. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">I now have a valid
reason to simplify, which I can show him on-screen by reproducing the
error.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">By the way, I also
received an e-mail from Jeff Hirsch that said, “The next release coming very
soon will address this issue.” I’ll share that with the users’ group in
just a bit.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title=ncaton@smithboucher.com href="mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com">Nick
Caton</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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Friday, October 05, 2012 12:52 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title=MBusman@chevron.com href="mailto:MBusman@chevron.com">Busman, Michael
R</A> ; <A title=dave.weigel@thewattdoctors.com
href="mailto:dave.weigel@thewattdoctors.com">Dave Weigel</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> RE:
[Equest-users] 65000 character limit<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I
recall running into this myself. You are looking at a problem of sheer
quantities (too many elements). <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>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">If
I’m not mistaken, I’ve run into this issue in detailed mode in the past and the
model would actually simulate just fine – I just couldn’t use the spreadsheet
views for edits thereafter as I’d get a similar error (program didn’t
freeze/crash out – might be OS related).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><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">All
told, if you’re still in wizards, you’re in a good place to re-evaluate options
to simplify your model, as Michael is suggesting. Perhaps you can use
multipliers to repeat a floor/space, or a series of windows or other elements
could be merged into a acceptable single ‘equivalent’ for modeling
purposes. Because you’re getting this error on opening the spreadsheet
view under the building shell tab, you will almost certainly find your solution
by reducing the quantity of surfaces, windows, doors, spaces, floors, shells, or
any combination thereof. If this specifically is occurs upon/after
selecting one of your windows in the component tree or 3D view, it may follow
your solution should target reducing door/window quantities
first.<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">Attached
discussion addressed a different problem for another project with size concerns,
and touched on some extra thoughts regarding model simplification – may be of
interest for further reading. There’s more discussions in the archives on
the topic if you’re looking for more.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<B>On Behalf Of </B>Busman, Michael R<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 05, 2012
10:03 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Dave Weigel; <A
href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [Equest-users] 65000 character limit<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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have never encountered this error before so I can only speculate that there is a
limit on the input data. Looking at the screen shot, it appears that each
individual window is being defined. By extension that would probably mean
each individual space is also being defined. Unless there is a compelling
reason for such complexity, I generally try to limit complexity to what is
necessary to reasonably represent the building construction, systems, and
operations. For example, if it is not really necessary to define every
window, I would define the glazing as a % of the gross wall area by compass
orientation if that level of simplification will still work for your modeling
requirements.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<B>On Behalf Of </B>Dave Weigel<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 05, 2012 7:47
AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Equest-users] 65000 character limit<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Here's the error
message (screen shot attached too): "</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: red">Selection list exceeds
maximum length of 65,500 characters (72,692 required). Notify program support
representative</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">."
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Once it appears, there
is no way to continue or quit eQuest. Windows task manager - end process - is
necessary.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">It happens when
spreadsheet mode is selected under building shell in the Wizard. We're not quite
ready to switch to detailed edit mode. We are really close to finishing this
model, have we gone over the limit in shell / space
complexity?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">It's kind of scary,
please share any experience or hints.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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