Creating a Solar Study – Site Model. You don’t need a site model, but if you have a site model, you get a more accurate representation of the shadows of the adjoining buildings on the proposed site and development.
Following on form the Solar Study workshop, this podcast shows you how to make a solar study to check your roof eaves or solar shading.
When you are designing a building or landscape feature, you may be concerned about the affect of your structure on the surrounding buildings and landscape.
Creating the first viewport for the solar study.
Create a sun and assign it the correct class.
Assigning the lights (suns) the to correct class.
Creating the Classes for the lights. This will allow you to create viewports that show just the lights you want.
To see the effect of our building in the neighboring properties, we need to model them. If you have VectorWorks Architect, Landmark or Designer, you will have a tool to help out. The tool is called the Massing Model.
To see the effect of our building in the neighboring properties, we need to model them. If you have VectorWorks Architect, Landmark or Designer, you will have a tool to help out. The tool is called the Massing Model.
To see the effect of our building in the neighboring properties, we need to model them. If you have VectorWorks Architect, Landmark or Designer, you will have a tool to help out. The tool is called the Massing Model.