Where the shadow falls...
Where the shadow falls...
... is not so easy sometimes in SU. The shadow dialog seen on screenshot is how to set the shadows. Now i do not like this because i need sometimes a lot of time until the shadow is on the right place for me. Now i wish that i have an easier shadow dialog. Something like: sundirection 0-360° 0° means up, 90°right... and for the hight timesetting is maybe O.K. I do not like the system of SU with date. Sometimes i have to move the whole scene until it is fine. What does anybody think? And can you TWL guys make this in TWL?
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Windows XP, Arcon VA HausDesigner Professional, SketchUp Pro, CasCADos 2.0.551, TheaRender, TwilightRender
Re: Where the shadow falls...
It wouldn't surprise me if there was a Ruby script that did this for you...
Re: Where the shadow falls...
yes and no...
you can insert a powerful spot distant from your scene to represent the sun, and disable the actual sun. This will give you ultimate control, and actually render a bit faster.
you can insert a powerful spot distant from your scene to represent the sun, and disable the actual sun. This will give you ultimate control, and actually render a bit faster.
Re: Where the shadow falls...
Hi guys,
Jim Foltz has two little plugins that may be useful with this:
Jim Foltz has two little plugins that may be useful with this:
- Map Sun which "plots points along the path the Sun takes durunbg a 24 hour day. It uses the date set in the Shadow Dialog..."
- and Sun Tool Preview that "is a plugin for sun studies. It's in the very early stages..."
Gai...
Re: Where the shadow falls...
Sun Tool preview is fine, thanks for this!
Here is another one: http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubylibraryDep ... c_page.htm
map_sun_1.rb
Here is another one: http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubylibraryDep ... c_page.htm
map_sun_1.rb
Windows XP, Arcon VA HausDesigner Professional, SketchUp Pro, CasCADos 2.0.551, TheaRender, TwilightRender
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