DOE2.2 defaults

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eQuest and DOE2.2 have dozens of defaults that are not displayed in the .inp file. You may not be getting the results you expect. I just found a way to display all the defaults used for a project.

You can?t do this in the eQuest interface. You have to run the file from the command line using DOE2.2. Edit the .inp file. At the top of the file is a section ?Abort, Diagnostics?. Add the command DIAGNOSTIC DEFAULTS ..
Then run the file. The .BDL file now shows all the keywords that are defaulted and their values.

Christopher Jones, P.Eng.
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Hi John,
Yes, you can make changes in the .inp file then run with eQuest ? for the most part. But the DIAGNOSTIC DEFAULTS .. command gets stripped out of the .inp file when you load it back into eQuest.

I use the command line for a number of reasons ? speed, debugging, adding commands that eQuest doesn?t allow in the interface, etc.

To run the command line version you first have to download the licensing agreement from doe2.com, then download the version of DOE2.2 that is close to the version eQuest is using. The .sim file notes the DOE2.2 version. eQuest 3.65-7158 uses DOE2.2-48m. I downloaded DOE2.2-48r which gives the same results as eQuest.

Once you download the .zip file and extract it with the password you will be given when you get the license approved, you go to the doe22 folder and find DOE22.bat. Edit this batch file to change:
set doedir=:\\
to your setup.

I then add the path to the doe22 folder to the environment path. Control Panel/System/Advanced/Environment Variables/User variables for ??? ? edit the Path value to add the path to doe22.

Then you have to add the eQuest library to the usrlib.dat file in the EXE48r folder (depending on the version you downloaded). On Windows 7, go to Documents\My Documents\eQUEST 3-65 Data\DOE-2 and open the eQ_lib.dat file in a text editor. Copy all the lines to the usrlib.dat file. Now you are set to run DOE2.2 from the command line.

Christopher Jones, P.Eng.
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Hi Chris:
I used to run DOE-2.1E from a Command line. How do you do it for 2.2? Can't you just make the changes in the .INP file, then run eQuest through normal means?
John R. Aulbach, PE

eQuest and DOE2.2 have dozens of defaults that are not displayed in the .inp file.? You may not be getting the results you expect.? I just found a way to display all the defaults used for a project.? ? You can?t do this in the eQuest interface.? You have to run the file from the command line using DOE2.2.? Edit the .inp file. At the top of the file is a section ?Abort, Diagnostics?.? Add the command DIAGNOSTIC DEFAULTS .. Then run the file.? The .BDL file now shows all the keywords that are defaulted and their values.? ? ? ? Christopher Jones,P.Eng.
Tel: 416.644.4226 ? Toll Free: 1.888.425.7255 x 527 ?
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