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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'>It seems I can no longer edit the inp file without losing all references? Or is it just an edit that creates an error? I am afraid to go back and sketch the cad again just to lose it all again. It’s like I never did energy modeling before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Kevin</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;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"'> Kathryn Kerns [mailto:kathryn.kerns@bceengineers.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 07, 2014 12:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> Kevin Kyte; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] eQUEST v3.65 build 7163 released Mar 18 2014 - fixes hourly report viewer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Kevin, I understand your frustration. The most time wasting thing about eQuest is its inability to reorganize spaces easily within its Wizard footprint without going back into the Wizard and blowing out all the DE edits. Architects can’t leave floor plans alone, and inevitably, the final interior zones in a model are different from the zones you started with. My bosses have commented on this unfortunate issue more then once because it causes deadline delays. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Does anyone have some suggestions other than going back into the Wizard, reorganizing the zones, and then trying to insert the changes into the original DE model? Inserting the geometric changes seems to be the biggest problem. Has anyone found an easy way to do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><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><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:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Kyte<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 07, 2014 6:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] eQUEST v3.65 build 7163 released Mar 18 2014 - fixes hourly report viewer</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I am entirely disappointed with the so called improvements to equest. Why suddenly when I have a space with an unreferenced zone and I recreate the reference to about 30 zones, then close and reopen, all work to unreferenced spaces is gone. Also, trying to implement floor plan revisions have always been the worst. This is uncalled for. In the 8 years or so that I have been using this program, it has improved very little overall and perhaps taken a step backwards in some regards. I have been telling myself to make this project the last one in equest for years now, even doing openstudio side-by-side with equest for the building form for many. It might be safe to say that equest is no longer the most productive. It does not bring me pleasure to write this, as I will have to do the painstaking process of becoming more familiar with openstudio and wasting a few hundred more hours. However, it seems that may be more worthwhile than dealing with the glitches and everyday slowisms of equest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Kevin<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"'> Brian Fountain [<a href="mailto:bfountain@greensim.com">mailto:bfountain@greensim.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:42 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] eQUEST v3.65 build 7163 released Mar 18 2014 - fixes hourly report viewer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>I was visiting doe2.com this morning (as you do from time to time -- you know) and found that there was a relatively recent release of a new v 3.65 build. From the “what’s new” document:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>eQUEST v3.65<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>build 7163 – public release ~ 18 March 2014 – w/ DOE-2.2 v48r <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Fixes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>• Fixed issues with the simulation detailed results viewer application (D2SimViewer.exe) that <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>prevented the viewing of hourly results in some instances (all appeared as zero values) when <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>the correct results were located on the simulation output file (the .sim file).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>• Fixed issues with the installation procedure sometimes failing in cases where the installation is <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>directed to a drive mounted from a network location.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Since I just sent this to the whole mailing list, you may wish to <i>wait for a few days</i> before downloading the new build. I don’t want to cause an unexpected flood of download requests on the doe2.com site.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>If others notice a new eQUEST release, please post a note here. I tend to miss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>