<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A recent question about importing ZIP format geometry into ESP-r....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0036EB" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">There were functions in esp-r that allow importing 3rd party geometry like ZIP but couldn't be found any more (in V11.2).</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0036EB" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Were these functions been removed or buried some where?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Zip file import is available in the current version as well as the release that</DIV><DIV>is currently in final testing. (For others who do not know... ZIP is not the compressed</DIV><DIV>file format commonly found in Windows boxes, it is a CAD file format defined about 15</DIV><DIV>years ago in the Department of Arhitecture at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>An example....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you have a file called demo.zip and it has multiple zones in it and</DIV><DIV>you want to see interactively what is being imported you should go</DIV><DIV>to ESP-r's zone geometry menu and ask for a new zone. One of</DIV><DIV>the options listed is 'load existing zip'. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This will pop up a wireframe image of each zone (including two legacy</DIV><DIV>geometric component types called default doors and default windows) that</DIV><DIV>might be included within the ZIP file.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You are asked for confirmation as the default door</DIV><DIV>or window located correctly and then it will ask you what it is</DIV><DIV>composed of and what name you want to give it when it</DIV><DIV>is converted to an ESP-r surface.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I just double checked this facility and it works well for ZIP file import</DIV><DIV>but some portions of the wire-frame display might be obsured so</DIV><DIV>it is helpful to have a sketch of what is contained in the ZIP file</DIV><DIV>so that you can correctly label and attribute the legacy components.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There is an alternative import approach in the project manager</DIV><DIV>in the top level menu in the 'Import & export' section. This will</DIV><DIV>do the import silently but you will have to return to each of the</DIV><DIV>newly created zones and change the surface names and attributions</DIV><DIV>and misinterpretations in the case where there are several windows/doors</DIV><DIV>to inserted into a wall.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The 'Import and export' section also handles import from other</DIV><DIV>CAD formats. Note that there are rules to follow when creating</DIV><DIV>geometry within 3rd party tools so that ESP-r has a better chance</DIV><DIV>of importing the CAD data. These rules have been the subject</DIV><DIV>of several older ESP-r list discussions so look in the archives</DIV><DIV>for further information.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-Jon Hand</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>