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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">I for one have never seen that behavior before. Saving as different CAD formats would have been my first guess as well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Have you tried opening the CAD reference file using a different CAD package? Draftsight is one free option I’ve found works well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Alternatively perhaps something has gone awry with your installation, and an uninstall/reinstall of eQUEST might set things straight.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">A few more shots in the dark: </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">is it possible you need to adjust which CAD layers are displaying in the eQuest interface?</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Is it possible your CAD reference file is not 2D and needs to be flattened and/or the view from AutoCAD is not situated “top down?”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">~Nick</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">NICK CATON, P.E.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782">Owner</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782">Caton Energy Consulting</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> 306 N Ferrel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> Olathe, KS 66061</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> office: 785.410.3317</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782"><a href="www.catonenergy.com"><span style="color:#561782">www.catonenergy.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Equest-users [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew J. Baron<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 28, 2015 1:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Chris Hadlock; <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] eQuest not properly translating AutoCAD import</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Hi Chris,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Easy work around is to create polylines for each of the zones you have in cad the use ”list” command to get the x,y,z coord for each polyline/space then manually input these in for each zone/footprint in equest. You can use one of the points as a baseline to subtract the difference from each of the subsequent points (ie. Your upper left most point of the building is say 85,30 in equest and 80,25 in cad. You would need to add 5,5 to all points in equest). Can’t answer your question as to why exactly it isn’t working for you… </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Matthew J. 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Its contents may also be protected by privilege, and all rights to privilege are expressly claimed and not waived. Any unlicensed distribution, copying or disclosure of this email is strictly prohibited.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Equest-users [<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Hadlock<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:27 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 not properly translating AutoCAD import</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Hello eQuest-ers,</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Has anyone ever ran into an issue (using either eQuest 3.64 or 3.65) with importing a CAD file and eQuest having trouble translating the lines properly?</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">I've attached an image which shows eQuest's version of my CAD file on the left and my actual CAD file on the right. If you look closely, you'll see several deviations between eQuest line and CAD lines...eQuest seems to be mis-shaping my zones (for example, the top line should be a straight line all the way along, but eQuest has added a different angle to the line on the top left zone).</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Anyone seen this and found a fix for this?</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">If it matters, my CAD file is DXF 2000 format (but I've also tried other formats with the same results).</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Thanks,</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Chris</span></p></div></div></div></body></html>