Hey all,
I am modeling a building that has multiple shells, some having pitched roofs. As illustrated in the screenshot below, eQUEST has placed the pink gable ends on the right and left sides (of the screenshot), when in actuality they are on the top and bottom (of the screenshot). Does anyone know how to change the orientation of pitched roofs? Also, I have placed shells side-by-side, but I need them to be connected without walls in between-is there an easy way to connect side-by-side shells? Thanks,
-Dan
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Dan,
My guess is that you can't do this from the wizard. If it is really
important to you, you could modify the position of roof elements in the
DD edit mode (it would take time and be frustrating).
As far as the side-by-side shells, from the DD edit mode I would make
new interior walls everywhere there is an exterior wall (make note of
the wall location, such as "V6 of Space Polygon") then delete the
exterior walls. If there are no walls - just air - where you have the
new interior walls, you can change the Surface Type to "Air". You may
have to change the Construction, such as to "Default Air Wall
Construction" which is available in the library.
William Bishop, EIT, LEED(r) AP
For the pitch/gable, you can change it by just clicking the edges on the
screen that you have shown - there are two or three options of pitched roof
and with each click you get one of the options.
-Rohini
Dan,
Did you get any other responses to the side-by-side shells question?
Specifically, I experimented with a model I have with shells
side-by-side. In one model, the exterior walls (that are there when you
first put the two shells next to each other) were replaced with interior
walls with Surface Type "Adiabatic". Then I modified the model by
removing the interior walls altogether and found that it made
(practically) no difference - I got a 1 kWh change in annual energy use.
It looks like removing the wall removed a tiny bit of cooling load from
avoided solar gains. In other words, it may be okay just to delete the
exterior walls without replacing them with an interior wall or walls.
This approach would not be appropriate, of course, if the adjacent
spaces are expected to be at considerably different temperatures.
William Bishop, EIT, LEED(r) AP