Modeling
About Archicad's design tools, element connections, modeling concepts, etc.

how to make sun shade?

Anonymous
Not applicable
Hi.. can I make sun shade on my elevation of my building?
thank you
4 REPLIES 4
Barry Kelly
Moderator
Of course you can.
Model it from elements (slabs, walls, roofs, etc.) or use a purpose made object.
I don't use the default Archicad library but I am sure there are some in there (in "External Fixtures" I think - or you can search your library by keyword to find them).

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Dwight
Newcomer
And once you have constructed the shade from these elements, Save the assembly as an object to re-use it.

See "Saving 3D Models as Objects" in Archicad Help.
Dwight Atkinson
Anonymous
Not applicable
You used to be able to but they never looked to great because they lacked contours. Select the S/E open the settings and go to model effects and check Vectorial Sun Shadows
Barry Kelly
Moderator
Sorry Christaline.
Do you mean can you show shadows on your elevation?
Yes - as Jeffrey said go into the section/elevation line settings.
You can have a "Custom" shadow on each elevation or you can have the "real" shadow as set by the sun position in the 3D widow settings.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11