Equesters,
I am having a lot of trouble with Equest crashing. When I exit the wizards after reentering them or when I try to run a parametric simulation I keep getting the "An invalid argument was encountered" warning and then it crashes. I tried creating a simple test model and it was having the same issues.
Apologies for reposting, but I am getting really frustrated with my models.
If anyone could give me any guidance I would really appreciate it.
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Luke Wilson, EIT, LEED AP BD+C
Luke,
You should have a file with a .bdl extension by now. You might have some
info in it.
Carol
If this is a new installation I would suggest downloading the software again
and reinstalling.
Thomas Serra
Thanks to everyone for replying! I have looked at the bdl file (no errors), I have also uninstalled and reinstalled (no difference). I am running equest on a 64bit machine, so maybe that is the problem. Is anyone running equest on a 64bit machine successfully?
Luke
Hi Luke,
I'm running it on Win 7 with compatibility mode set for XP SP3, runs
fine. It is a 32 bit program. Win 7 has it installed in the x86 area
of program files.
Bruce
I'm running eQUEST successfully on Win 7, 64bit machine. ( No major problems with crashing, anyway.)
I get the "An invalid argument was encountered" when opening all eQUEST files through eQUEST. Once I get the error, I select OK and then open the file again and all works well. I also have problems with the running the Wizard Rulelist in certain parametric runs upon entering the Detailed Edit Mode. This is solved by re-installing the program and then all works well. I think this happens after creating new parametrics, but I'm not sure. After creating all parametrics and re-installing eQUEST, it seems to work well. Finally, I have problems with the display driver but that may be another problem with my computer.
Heath Baxa, P.E., LEED AP
Thanks Heath. It seems that I still have to learn some of the tricks of equest.
If you want to send a zipped file including your .pd2 and .inp, I will take
a look at it.
Carol
Hi Luke,
If you are encountering this error in the wizard mode, I found that this
error typically happens when the building geometry is not correct.
Usually this is the windows either extending past the walls they are
hosted on (into the plenums or over the edges), or if the window area
equals the wall area. If you have walls that you were modelling as
curtain walls, that would be the first place I would head to check.
Regards,
Jordan Bouchard, EIT, LEED AP
All
Sorry, I have to bring this thread back up. I am experiencing this
issue, also on a 64-bit machine. This is a brand new install and with a
default SD wizard building I am getting the error on clicking finish
button.
Build is 3.63 6510
I am going to try to go to an older build and see what happens, but if
anyone has any information please let me know.
Alan Jackson, LEED AP