<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Billy:<br><br>I know sometimes it is impossible to line up the vertices to the CAD using a mouse. You can alternately edit the vertices in the X-Y table on the left in the screenshot that Vikram shows below. Reviewing the table is also a good check to see if things are perfectly square and plumb.<br><br>I try to draw using a mouse and if I am off a bit, then I edit the X-Y coordinate and that squares up the space.<br><div> </div>Paul Diglio, CEM, CBCP<br><br><div>87 Fairmont Avenue<br>New Haven, CT 06513<br>203-415-0082</div><br><br><div><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.pdigliollc.com">www.pdigliollc.com</a></span><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times,
serif;font-size:12pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "Sami, Vikram" <Vikram.Sami@perkinswill.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Billy Condor <bcondor@sumacinc.com>; "equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, December 11, 2012 3:53:33 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users] Starting with Equest<br></font><br>
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</style><img src="cid:1.1674530430@web181103.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" class="shape" style="display:none;width:0;height:0;" height="0" width="0"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Billy,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">To snap to the CAD file you have to set the snap priorities. See below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><img src="cid:2.1674530430@web181103.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" height="360" width="648"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",
"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Different floor plates – this can get tricky. Use the DD wizard instead of the SD wizard. You need good model management to pull this off. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:#DCAA2C;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:gray;">Vikram Sami</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:gray;">, LEED AP BD+C</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:gray;">Sustainable Design Analyst</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:gray;">1315 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:gray;">t: 404-443-7462 f: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:gray;" lang="ES">404.892.5823 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:gray;"> e: vikram.sami@perkinswill.com </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.perkinswill.com/"><span
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class="MsoNormal">First, I thought of drawing the whole architecture of my building and then include all the energy-related parameters, as I used to do in another software.</p><p class="MsoNormal">For one thing, I imported a cad file (with SI units) to Equest, I read that so far it’s not possible to work with SI units in Equest, but it really doesn’t matter (at least so far).</p><p class="MsoNormal">Then, I’ve noticed that there is no way to click exactly on the vertices of my drawing (I think one way to solve this problem is to decrease the grid resolution in the ‘Poligon View Properties’ dialog box) even selecting snap CAD as first. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Also, my building has different floors, and so far I just know how to draw one specific floor and replicate as many times as floors my building has. However, how can I draw different floors for the same building? I mean, from the first to the fifth floor are the same, and from the sixth
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