SketchUp: Shadow Studies

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About this Course

Discover how to approach shadow studies with SketchUp. Learn how to calculate and draw solar azimuths, geolocate and reorient a massing model, animate time-lapse shadows, and more.
Shadow studies are essential, as the play of light and shadow on architectural surfaces informs aesthetic perceptions, correlates with solar heat gain, affects how we use public spaces, impacts neighboring properties, and influences why we might choose a particular site. In this course, learn how to approach shadow studies using SketchUp, the popular 3D modeling application.

Expert starts by examining how sunlight illuminates the earth at different latitudes and hemispheres, and explaining why solstices and equinoxes are the key times of year to analyze. Then, expert demonstrates how to create a set of 3D helper tools based on a site's particular solar altitudes and azimuths. He goes on to use these tools to design an awning that provides shade during the summer and lets light in during the winter.

In addition, expert shows how to geolocate and reorient a massing model, save scenes at key times of day and seasons of the year, and output an animated time-lapse shadow study.

 

Topics include:

  • Obtaining sunlight angles
  • Geolocating a project site
  • Geolocating a massing model
  • Saving scenes at key times of day and year
  • Analyzing shadows cast by trees
  • Designing an awning using the solar tool
  • Animating time-lapse shadows

 

Contents

 

Introduction
Welcome

What you should know

Using the exercise files

 

1. Obtaining Sunlight Angles
Solstices, equinoxes, and hemispheres

Geolocating a project site

Calculating and drawing solar azimuths

Projecting solar altitudes

Creating tool for azimuths and altitudes

 

2. Using a Massing Model to Analyze Shadows
Geolocating a massing model in SketchUp

Saving scenes at key times of day and year

Determining urban site based on shadows

Analyzing shadows cast by trees

Integrating solar tool and massing model

Designing an awning using the solar tool

Animating time-lapse shadows

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