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<p class="MsoNormal">It sounds as though the wizards are struggling to apply/define inputs necessary for daylighting control, specifically for one or more zones which do not feature windows.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To explore the matter, I might suggest toggling off the daylighting options for your 5<sup>th</sup> shell and see if that gets rid of the initial error and permits you to define your 6<sup>th</sup> shell without issue. If that works, then
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let us know if that helps<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Equest-users <equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Morteza Kasmai via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 5, 2020 7:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] BDL Errors on a Six Story Building<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#274E13">I’m using eQUEST 3-65 7175 DOE 2.3 to model a six story 260,000 GSF building. Up to level 05 the only issue that I have when leaving the Wizard is the following message. However
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#274E13">When I add the sixth floor as a separate shell and leave the Wizard encounter 8,685 BDL Errors, which relates to exceeding eQUEST expressions.</span><span style="color:#274E13"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#274E13">Inp and Pd2 files of both of the models are attached.</span><span style="color:#274E13"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#274E13">I would appreciate your guidance on resolving this issue.</span><span style="color:#274E13"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#274E13">Thanks,<br>
Morteza </span><span style="color:#274E13"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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