Ecotect shadow analysis
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Changing the sun position on this diagram will automatically update the 3D window. Simlilarly you can display a more conventional 2D sun path diagram by clicking on the Calulate menu and selecting Sun Path Diagram. For a more specic time and date you can enter the values in the Time of Day eld in the main toolbar. To change the time of day, click on the sun and drag it around the daily sun path. Working with 3D Sun-Path Diagrams Go to the Shadow Settings panel and select the Daily Sun Path and Annual Sun Path checkboxes Click on the Display Shadows button to display the shadows created by the model. You can also go the Shadow Settings panel and click the Display Shadows button to toggle shadows on and off. Similarly, you can use the shortcuts F10 to turn the shadows on and F9 to turn them off. To turn them off again go back to the Display menu and select model. Gerhard Schmitt Jan Halatsch | Chair for Information Architecture | HIT H12 | Information Science Lab Wolfgang-Pauli-StraZrichĮCOTECT ANALYSESECOTECT SIMULATIONS DISPLAYING SHADOWS Step-by-step Instructions Befor running any simulations in Ecotect - load a Climate Data File for the specic region To display shadows within Ecotect go to the Display menu and select Shadows. Click the Import Into Existing button and the obj. Highlight all the items that appear in the dialog box and then click Zone By Item Name. Browse to the location where you previously saved the obj.le from City Engine. In the dialog box that appears, click on Choose File. Click on File menu, and then select Import 3D CAD Geometry. Go to File/ Export, select the wavefront option. In Ecotect: Select the geometry you want to export from City Engine. AbovePodiumLevel -> color(c_plot) Overhang LOD5Roof -> split(y) * cga-code, as in the example below: attr c_plot = #b39f86 attr c_glazing = #c3c6d9//979bb9 attr c_albeto = #ffffff attr c_wall = #b39f86 attr c_pvblue = #2f438c PodiumLevel -> color(c_glazing) PodiumLevelVolume. MATERIALS-EXPORT FROM CITY ENGINE TO ECOTECT In order to have the same material in City Engine and Ecotect, please proceed as follow: In City Engine: - make the differentiation between materials by using attributes in your. Gerhard Schmitt Jan Halatsch | Chair for Information Architecture | HIT H12 | Information Science Lab Wolfgang-Pauli-StraZrichĬITY ENGINE to ECOTECT3D Geometry in CityEngine Adjust the level of details depending on the required complexity for the following analyses in Ecotect.