Adding Sunlight

Sunlight in Vectorworks Fundamentals is created by projecting parallel rays from a directional light.

The Vectorworks Design Series products have expanded capabilities with the Heliodon tool; see Solar Studies.

To set the sun position:

  1. Select View > Set Sun Position.

  2. The Set Sun Position dialog box opens. Enter the sun position information.

  3. Click OK and verify the results. If a directional light is selected before choosing the Set Sun Position command, the command modifies the angles of light to the new azimuth and elevation. If no light is selected, the tool inserts a new directional light at the specified sun position.

A shadow analysis can be performed for a site by inserting several light sources with identical parameters except for time of day.

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Adding Light

Shadow Analysis

Applying Colors

 

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