Woud these shading devices ' work ' ?

[Anonymous]

I've placed a few shading devices directly above my windows, but I'm not sure if they will work. I mean, they are suppose to cast shadows when the sun if at a certain point in the sky but because the windows are staggered would it have the same effect/result ?

I've looked at placing horizontal shades on the internal side of the window that can also act as blinds, but this makes it look like prison bars and again, due to the window shape you would need multiple blinds.

Any comments are appreciated, Thank You.

[Shivang Rajvir]

Do a sun study using sketch render keeping shadows on.
Use two equinox, longest day & shortest day.

take two times of day eg. 9:30am and 4:30pm.

[Anonymous]

Shivang wrote:
Do a sun study using sketch render keeping shadows on.
Use two equinox, longest day & shortest day.

take two times of day eg. 9:30am and 4:30pm.

I tried that but it doesn't really show shadows, even if they are turned on. I make the whole building darker but doesn't really show what the shading devices are doing.

[Shivang Rajvir]

can you post your sketch render ?

[Erika Epstein]

Have you played with the angle of the shading fins?

[Anonymous]

I've made a movie out of it as well but that doesn't really show shadows.

[Anonymous]

Erika wrote:
Have you played with the angle of the shading fins?

Not yet, well at least not with the sun study because none of the fins are casting shadows...

[Erika Epstein]

I am able to get shadows here. You do have the cast shadows option checked for the sunshade objects?

[Anonymous]

Yep, shadow is turned on under the objects settings dialog.

Just to make sure I'm doing the study right, do I just go to Document> Creative Imaging > Sun Study, after I have changed the settings in the 3D window settings ( open GL, shadows ) ?

Thank You

[Anonymous]

I get a better result using lightworks, but only if realistic sun is turned on. If the sun is not set to realistic, the image is very dark, much more so than in the normal 3D window.