<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Hi Katia:</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">John R. Aulbach, PE</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> katia <katialattouf92@hotmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> eQuest help <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:39 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Equest-users] Negative net area<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Dear eQuest users,<BR> <BR> <BR>I am obtaining the following error when I am simulating the envelope:<BR> <BR>"walls have a negative area"<BR> <BR>What's the origin of this problem? And how can I solve it?<BR> <BR>Thank you for your help,<BR>KL<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Equest-users mailing list<BR><A href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org" target=_blank>http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</A><BR>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <A href="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG" ymailto="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</A><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>