Has anyone had any success with using the method below for copy/paste into
eQUEST spreadsheet mode? Once I've pasted the values into eQUEST it appears
as if it's worked, but as soon as you allow the spreadsheet to update (by
entering a value in any cell for example), all of the pasted values
disappear and the old values are still present.
http://lists.onebuilding.org/pipermail/equest-users-onebuilding.org/2010-November/006688.html
Thanks,
-Robby
HI Robby-
eQuest looks like a spreadsheet but doesn't act like one. Don't mistake it
for a spreadsheet. You can copy/paste but you can only do it one cell at a
time.
Cheers,
Pasha
You can't copy and paste every cell. Some are locked and prevent that function.
But don't despair.
Simply
Ctrl+C the desired material to copy over from excel while in excel.
Ctrl+Alt+V the material into the desired cells in the spreadsheet mode in eQuest.
Now here is the trick. Immediately
Ctrl+C again the material in the spreadsheet in eQuest
Without moving or doing anything else
Ctrl+V
And there you go. I know it sounds ridiculous but it does work.
Remember
Ctrl+Alt+V
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+V
Don't do too much in too large a model. It can take some time for eQuest to change all the values in the inp and can look like the program is stalled while it is in fact working but can (and has for me) taken a couple of hours to finish all the changes.
CURT ROHNER, LEED AP BD+C, EIT
I just tried this out of curiosity and it didn't work.... I found I had to have a value there prior to trying this operation (just a zero worked fine) and I had to click on the box and then hit the down arrow and then up to make the box have a black outline. And then the values would past in using Ctrl+Alt+V. Otherwise the values were not showing up as red text and would delete as soon as I entered my next value. Also steps three and four just made it go away. Are you using windows 7? Im on XP. This may be the difference.
You have to be careful but it can work.
Click on any cell in equest, hold the shift button and use the arrow keys to select the desire info to copy. It should look like the screen below.
Click ctrl+c
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Copy the data into excel like below.
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Edit as necessary and then select the edited info and copy it. See below.
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Select the data in equest you want to paste over.
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Click
Ctrl+Alt+V
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+V
If you look below. I have copied in all of the Equip W/SF to 2 and the changed the first one to 1.5 to prove the change has in fact taken hold.
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CURT ROHNER, LEED AP BD+C, EIT