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Morning Faisal,<br>
I couldn't search back far enough in the equest archives but found
this in mine from 2010.<br>
It may be a little more appropriate to your problem. I think
between the 2 that you may clue into what is causing your problem.
I always snap to CAD as you mentioned but I always found a few
vertices not exactly the same and with my plot and vertices map
adjust then immediately. It seemed to prevent your last problem.<br>
Bruce Easterbrook P.Eng.<br>
Abode Engineering<br>
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<td><span>Subject: Re: eQuest walk through tutorial, advice to
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<td><span>From: Bruce Easterbrook <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bruce5@bellnet.ca"><bruce5@bellnet.ca></a></span></td>
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<td><span>Date: 10/22/2010 2:14 PM</span></td>
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<td><span>To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jose.L.Correa@jci.com">Jose.L.Correa@jci.com</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">"equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"><equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org></a></span></td>
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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"> There are tutorials which come with the
eQuest program. Go to your Document folder on your computer,
you will see</font><font size="+1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"> </font></font>eQuest 3-6x Data, and eQuest 3-6x
Projects. Go into the eQuest 3-6x Data folder and you will see a
Tutorials folder, there are 3 in the All folder, also in the
DetailedUI folder there is information on the Detailed Simulation
Reports, it explains the SIM output.<br>
After that you just have to start a project, work through it and
learn. I'm not sure which of my replies you read but do lots of
"save as" on your model so you don't lose a lot of input
information and always have a back up file. Believe me when I say
you will need it/them many times. Stay in the wizards as much as
possible. Ignore the warnings about losing data when you go back
into the wizard after you are done. Just don't input any
information in the detailed edit and then you have nothing to
lose. I sit at this point for a long time, at the finish point of
the wizards, and keep going back into them and completing/tuning
my model. Start simple, leave windows to last, just put in one
kind and do % of wall until your model is built and running. Use
the Autocad drawing file option and be <u>very</u> careful
inputting your vertices, they have to be <u>exact</u>. Also use
exact coordinates, start your building at 0,0. Enter your
vertices in a counter clockwise fashion. I add in all the
intersection points on the perimeter as well when doing the
shell. That way you can snap to them later when you are doing
your interior zones. I normally copy the original cad file and
then use a copy to simplify it to make it easier to use. I make a
new layer and put my simplification on it. I also print it out
and mark all the vertices on the plot so I can check them as I
enter them. Get the building structure in first, let everything
else default, get the program running with no major building
errors. And get a back-up ASAP! Then start working on your
systems. Each time you finish a section finish the wizard, run a
simulation, fix important errors, many you can ignore and with
experience you will know which ones. Save a copy, and go back
into the wizard and do another section. Round and round. Windows
last.<br>
It is a rough learning curve but worth it. eQuest is an
excellent program once you learn how to use it. The key is not to
jump in with both feet, ie input an entire building, systems,
windows, everything in one go. It won't go. There is also a 99%
chance eQuest will just freeze and you will lose your input. You
can blow many days to weeks of work and not have a clue what the
error was that crashed eQuest. It is impossible to get an error
free input so don't try.<br>
The next important resource is your Projects folder, the BDL
file, and the INP file. You can open both with a text editor. If
things aren't running you can get valuable clues from the BDL file
as to what eQuest was processing when it kicked out. If it runs
through it will create the INP file, also good for checking for
inconsistencies. The other important file is the PD2, that is
your wizard input. Last but not least, if your simulation runs,
which is processing the INP file you will get the SIM file which
can also be opened with a text editor.<br>
There may be a few errors/gaps in this response, I have not had
eQuest open in a month or 2 and this is off the top of my head.
Hopefully if anything is glaring one of my fellow modellers will
point it out.<br>
Good Luck and have lots of patience.<br>
Bruce Easterbrook P.Eng.<br>
Abode Engineering<br>
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On 22/10/2010 12:40 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:Jose.L.Correa@jci.com">Jose.L.Correa@jci.com</a>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Hi Bruce,</font> <br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">I am new to eQuest and wonder
if you can send me the walkthrough tutorial, or any other
material, you talked about in the eQuest blog</font> <br>
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Thank you,<br>
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José Luis <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/30/2018 4:37 PM, Faisal Sharif via
Equest-users wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">I
am facing errors when trying to simulate the energy model </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">A
CAD file is imported</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">When
trying to review the vertices ... I find many vertices are not
aligned with each other </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">trying
to tune a vertice, say for x coordinate 15.94 to 15.96 to
match the previous vertice ... the vertice shift to
totally different location </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">I
only make snapping on the CAD file to custom the zones ... </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Not
sure where the problem is exactly coming from .. </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">the
other issue is about the CAD Drawing Properties AND the
Polygon View Properties </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">I
can't find much details about how to use or adjust in the
eQuest reference </div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">This
became as persistence problem when importing a CAD File ...
which hider my efforts to perform simulation </div>
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