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must be entered manually. See “Founda- the REScheck report. If similar walls are
tions” on page 687. grouped, their labels will not be used unless
• Ceilings - The Assembly type, Gross the labels are all identical. See “Wall Labels”
Area, and Cavity and Continuous R-Val- on page 363.
ues are exported.
Export to REScheck Dialog
• Walls - The Assembly type, Orientation,
Gross Area, and Cavity and Continuous
R-Values are exported. All are exported as
Walls rather than Basement or Crawl
Walls. Like walls on the same floor are
grouped by orientation. See “Wall Type
Definitions Dialog” on page 386.

• Uncheck Group Similar Walls to treat
Note: The On Center Spacing of Framed walls on multiple floors separately. When
walls is derived from the framing material checked, walls with the same properties
assigned to the wall type’s Main Layer. See and orientation are added together and
“Material Types” on page 1024.
treated as one wall, regardless of the
• Doors and Windows - The Assembly floors they are on.
type, Orientation, Gross Area, U-Factor, • Uncheck Group Similar Doors/Win-
and Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) dows to treat all doors and windows sepa-
are exported. See “Energy Values Panel” rately. When checked, doors and windows
on page 558. with the same properties and orientation
are added together and treated as one item
Information about skylights and mulled units
is not exported. Click the Export button to open the Export
REScheck File dialog, which is a typical
Wall Labels Save File dialog. See “Exporting Files” on
page 60.
If any walls forming the thermal envelope
have labels, they will be exported and used in

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