Create a heat map for solar analysis

[Yvonne]

Is there a plugin that would allow us to create heat maps in Archicad? to produce a solar/shadow analysis similar to what sun hours and shadow analysis extensions for sketchup do? unfortunately these extensions don't work with the latest sketchup so we're not able to use it. 

[Laszlo Nagy]

I recalled seeing such heatmaps being created in Grasshopper with one of its available plug-ins, I think it was Ladybug or something:

https://www.ladybug.tools/#:~:text=Ladybug%20Tools%20has%20been%20downloaded%20more%20than%20500%2C0....

[jimifacio]

Hi Yvonne,

I would love to be able to do this natively in ArchiCAD too, have you now found a way?

If not, which SketchUp plugin did you use on the pasted image in your post?

Thank you!

[Yvonne]

We used Grasshopper instead as Laszlo suggested. The one we used to use is Shadow Analysis