Is there anyone that can introduce eQuest to me? I've heard about it being cumbersome, so I was turned off by that alone. I've heard rumors that there is no front-end, so you still need to get into the idf's to work the magic. Please share your daily routine with this program. BTW not looking for advantages, opinions, or who does what better, just a brief overview. Flowcharts screen captures welcome.
Be Sustainable -- Never let today use up tomorrow!.
Be Sustainable -- Never let today use up tomorrow!.
Be Sustainable -- Never let today use up tomorrow!.
Be Sustainable -- Never let today use up tomorrow!.
Before you EVER get involved in the detailed interface, you need to be familiar with the wizards.
Also, you are referring to a .idf file, but isn't that energy-plus? That is the software that has no front end (well no really good front end)
The coolest part about equest is that you can EASILY draw up a building, or even better - import the .dwg file.