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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Earlier answers answer to the most time-efficient approximations/methods.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">But… Semi-exposed basements are the
<u>perfect</u> opportunity to learn how to do some detailed geometry manipulations through the eQUEST interface!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This involves a few more steps for no appreciable gains in simulation accuracy, but from a learning/training perspective this will get you more comfy with detailed edits (which
will get you out of some tight spots in more complex scenarios, and also put you in a good spot to tackle more complex challenges). That it will “look” right is just icing on the cake ;):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">0.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Starting point (this is easier to demonstrate when you don’t have plenums specified for below-grade spaces). I’m going to make the highlighted surface our “fully
exposed” basement wall:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="557" height="449" style="width:5.802in;height:4.677in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D27722.866B0640"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Select the fully exposed wall, and delete it via right clicking in the component tree:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="503" height="460" style="width:5.2395in;height:4.7916in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D27722.866B0640"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Right-click the associated parent space in the component tree > Create Child Component . Create child Exterior Wall…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><img width="714" height="244" style="width:7.4375in;height:2.5416in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D27722.866B0640"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(continuing) – Choose to copy another exterior wall, and give it a recognizable name if you like<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><img width="472" height="321" style="width:4.9166in;height:3.3437in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image007.png@01D27723.25CF29A0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Based on whatever you copied, you might need to toggle the vertex (i.e. “V1 vs. V2 vs. etc… of space polygon”) and/or re-initialize / refresh the 3D view, but on
choosing the correct vertex you should see the surface appear in the 3D view:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><img width="585" height="421" style="width:6.0937in;height:4.3854in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.png@01D27723.997CCF60"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Now select one of the “sloping exposures,” and double click it in the component tree to review its inputs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><img width="624" height="454" style="width:6.5in;height:4.7291in" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image008.png@01D27723.997CCF60"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><img width="472" height="639" style="width:4.9166in;height:6.6562in" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image009.png@01D27723.997CCF60"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Note the height/width dimensions (12.00 and 91.30 in this case). We’re going to make a polygon with that info.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Scroll down to polygons in the component tree, right-click, create polygon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Give it a name & create from scratch:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><img width="475" height="149" style="width:4.9479in;height:1.552in" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image010.png@01D27724.41366EA0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Polygons require a minimum of three vertices to start… handy that our example is a triangle, eh?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><img width="472" height="469" style="width:4.9166in;height:4.8854in" id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image011.png@01D27724.CDAC8810"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A few tips here:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This is EXACTLY like what you’re used to seeing in the wizards for tracing out CAD zones.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Specifying vertices in a counter-clockwise fashion is still a good idea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Imagine an X-Y plane with the origin at one of the associated SPACE floor vertices – from there you can figure out which direction to go first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Return to the underground surface at-hand, and assign the polygon you just made:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><img width="972" height="652" style="width:10.125in;height:6.7916in" id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image013.png@01D27725.22681EF0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Now, just like the fully exposed wall, create a new exterior surface under this space. Copy the custom exterior wall you made for that case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><img width="694" height="185" style="width:7.2291in;height:1.927in" id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image014.png@01D27725.22681EF0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you highlight it in the 3D view, you can see it also needs to be turned into a triangle. It’s exactly the same process. We could save a minute and round an aesthetic
corner by assigning the same custom polygon you made for the underground exposure, but that’s not what tutorials are for! Note for this second polygon, I’m plotting points relative to the same space vertex as the origin (this keeps everything on the same
plane):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><img width="963" height="522" style="width:10.0312in;height:5.4375in" id="Picture_x0020_17" src="cid:image015.png@01D27727.5A5E11F0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">14.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Assign the new polygon to our new exterior surface and voila! Rinse and repeat for the opposite side and you’ll have exactly the scenario you posed represented in
your model.. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><img width="1038" height="573" style="width:10.8125in;height:5.9687in" id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image012.png@01D2772A.05D71840"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">15.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the interest of at least addressing absolute accuracy, so that we know where it lies, a few extra steps would accurately represent the perimeter floor losses:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The basement level space hosting the fully exposed wall after this exercise will have more in the way of actual floor perimeter losses than would be spit out from
the wizards. Remember, the wizards thought this would be a basement floor 12 ft under grade. If I wanted to lock that down, I’d create a geometrically identical
<u>on-grade</u> space in the wizards, using appropriate inputs for the associated constructions and perimeter insulation (as occurring), finish the wizards to generate the INP, then copy the inputs for the resulting underground construction tied to that space’s
on-grade floor over to the basement-level floor for my “working” model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Similarly, the perimeter floor losses for the two “semi-exposed” sides will be slightly higher than the wizards’ generated floor constructions will represent. The
amount of heat loss on the “fully underground” side is going to be minimal, and losses per lineal foot will approach fully exposed levels as you approach the “fully exposed” corner. Intuitively I don’t think this would be a linear function (someone more
practiced in underground 3D heat transfer studies would know – shoutout to Neal Kruis?), but that’s probably a close enough approximation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You could go on to specify doors / windows on the exterior surfaces if desired.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hope that helps a few of you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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~Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Keith Swartz via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 23, 2017 1:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Basement slightly below grade<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To add a little more detail to splitting the wall in two…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make a copy of the basement wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Raise the bottom of one of those walls and make sure it has an above-grade construction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lower the top of the other wall and make sure it has a below-grade construction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 21, 2017 11:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Philip Boutelle via Equest-users <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Basement slightly below grade<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If you are not as concerned with the 3-D rendering, I would have half the basement above ground, half below. A simple step. Thermodynamically, it should be fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">On Saturday, January 21, 2017, 8:29:20 AM PST, Philip Boutelle via Equest-users <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Equest users,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I need to model a building that is built partially into a hillside, so that te basement is partially below grade. One wall of the basement is almost completely adjacent to
earth, and the hill slopes pretty evenly down towards the opposite side, which is completely exposed. Any tips on how to reflect this in my model?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="yiv4220195385gmailmsg"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212121">Phil Boutelle,</span></b></span><span class="yiv4220195385gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span></span><span class="yiv4220195385gmailmsg"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212121">PE,
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