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Thanks Nick, a touch more clarity. I missed a clue. Hopefully
Faisal can recover this without having to backtrack too much.<br>
I was wondering about the archive search, is it just back to 2015?
I know I had a better explanation of the starting cookbook back in
the past. 2015 was yesterday, lol. There were some great
discussions as we were all teaching ourselves how to use and
manipulate eQuest. I find most of the newer discussions are pretty
advanced and there is not much access for the new beginners for the
basics.<br>
Faisal, I'm not sure if you meant you didn't have access to or
experience with AutoCad. If you have CAD experience this site will
give you a program you can use to manipulate your CAD file.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/">https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/</a><br>
If I have broken any posting rules my apologies.<br>
Bruce<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Nick from
the past had a few things figured out and I wouldn’t
chastise him too much :-). Nick in the present would add a
couple bullets:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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When first tracing a footprint, snap only to CAD<o:p></o:p></li>
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When tracing zones, I set both CAD and Polygon snaps to have
priority (leaving Grid to “no snap”). I tend to prioritize
Polygon (1<sup>st</sup>) over CAD (2<sup>nd</sup>) to help
ensure I lock to and match with previously defined vertices
for the footprint and/or other zones. Will swap those
around or toggle off Polygon snapping where vertices are
tight and it makes snapping to CAD difficult however.<o:p></o:p></li>
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Snap ranges sometimes need tweaking when they aren’t tight
enough. I usually leave alone until I have trouble making a
snap happen, then I’ll play with those settings. Bigger =
more time efficient and less chance for human error in
missing an intended snap. Smaller = better accuracy
potential but more chance to miss a snap you meant to do.<o:p></o:p></li>
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The only other inputs of interest in the “Polygon View
Properties” dialog are around the grid options, which you
want to turn off entirely (as you’ve shown) if you are
pulling in CAD for referencing. Grids are helpful when you
need to develop a simple box model and want to save some
time from developing/tracing plans in CAD.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">I suspect
your original situation, where it seemed your CAD snaps were
not aligning with the visual endpoint of a line, might be
due to overlapping polygon/line endpoints. If you were to
re-open the CAD file and look closely I think you might find
more than one “endpoint” around that corner you were
focusing in on. I think that’s what Bruce is referencing
with “orphans.” Another possibility is that you have a
stray CAD layer imported and active – you can check and edit
the layers turned “on” in the eQuest tracing view with one
of the icons in the toolbar.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">I haven’t
had troubles however manually changing the numbers on the
coordinates list and having those “overridden…” that would
be new behavior to my experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Hope this
helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">~Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="color:windowtext"> Equest-users
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Easterbrook via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 31, 2018 1:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Faisal Sharif <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fisharif@gmail.com"><fisharif@gmail.com></a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Custom Building
Zoning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I always dealt
with polygons in the wire frame view so I could see visually
what I was selecting. Even that is deceiving. It is hard to
explain but a polygon has direction also. A polygon, say
defining a wall between 2 areas, will have a set of
coordinates in one area but have the same numerical values but
different order and possibly sign when referenced in the other
area.<br>
I played with this when deleting a zone and then changing an
common interior wall to an exterior wall. It was a brutal
conceptual challenge and I do just about anything to avoid
playing with polygons. Again you need to keep track of all
the vertices.<br>
I don't think you need to go there with what your problem is.
You haven't snapped accurately to some vertices when inputting
your CAD drawing. You have some floating orphans in there.
eQuest will make polygons out of these tiny spaces. If it
runs it won't run properly. My opinion is you need to deal
with it at the CAD input stage right where you have the
problem. You also need to have a simple CAD layer to create a
simple wire frame in eQuest. Any CAD drawing you get has way
too much information on it and way too many things to snap to
at a corner. You could take the drawing and mark the centre
lines of all the walls you want to use for zones and give them
points. +/- 1" is fine to the model. Your CAD input has to be
consistent and exact to .01.<br>
I think it would be faster if you start over than try to get
into the polygon thing. With all the models I have done I
have blown a 1,000 hours easy learning the hard way. So even
in 2018 I still follow my advice in the 2 emails. Even 1
orphan missed will come back to haunt you later.<br>
I put this back on the list, it is important and there is a
ton of expertise there if I have missed anything and the
current archive only seems to go back to 2015.<br>
Bruce<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 1/31/2018 11:37 AM, Faisal Sharif
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Morning Bruce <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Thank
you so much for the useful advices... I had reviewed
both emails ... appreciate y'r time <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">I
am looking for a reference regarding the Polygon View
Properties .. I still do not understand the concept of
the inputs <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">I
don't have a pre-experience with AutoCAD or
similar ... I do need to understand what are those
entries all about. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Unfortunately;
there is no help in R-click ... and can't find much in
the guidelines pdf files <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span
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MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Faisal
Ibrahim Sharif
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:13 AM,
Bruce Easterbrook <<a
href="mailto:bruce5@bellnet.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">bruce5@bellnet.ca</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Subject: Re: eQuest
walk through tutorial, advice to beginners<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From: Bruce Easterbrook
<a href="mailto:bruce5@bellnet.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
<bruce5@bellnet.ca></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Date: 10/22/2010 2:14
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<p class="MsoNormal">To: <a
href="mailto:Jose.L.Correa@jci.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Jose.L.Correa@jci.com</a>,
<a
href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">"equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"</a>
<a
href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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There are tutorials which come with the eQuest
program. Go to your Document folder on your
computer, you will see</span><span
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</span>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
href="mailto:Jose.L.Correa@jci.com"
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<span
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Bruce,</span> <br>
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",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</span>
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Thank you,<br>
<br>
José Luis </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 1/30/2018 4:37 PM, Faisal
Sharif via Equest-users wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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am facing errors when trying to simulate
the energy model <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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CAD file is imported<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">When
trying to review the vertices ... I find
many vertices are not aligned with each
other <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;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 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">I
only make snapping on the CAD file to
custom the zones ... <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Not
sure where the problem is exactly coming
from .. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">the
other issue is about the CAD Drawing
Properties AND the Polygon View
Properties <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">I
can't find much details about how to use
or adjust in the eQuest reference <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">This
became as persistence problem when
importing a CAD File ... which hider my
efforts to perform simulation <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span
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MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Faisal Sharif
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