sun settings in elevations

[Anonymous]

hi guys, me again...

i have created some elevations but the 'whites' seem very grey, as they look in the 3d window when there is no direct sunlight on them. i have tried to rotate the sun so that it faces the elevation i'm looking at but only minor changes. i have tried to change the section/elevation settings (all of them!) and changed the attributes of materials/model effects etc. but still can't get white whites.

any ideas for a quick fix?

[Eduardo Rolon]

Try lowering the sun angle instead of rotating it.

[Anonymous]

thanks, i've tried that too and although it improves the walls, the roof gets darker!

how can something so simple in priciple be so difficult (if not impossible) in practice?!

also, i recently saw some simple 2D (overhead) siteplans including some basic plant symbols and both the plant symbols and other objects (e.g. house) cast shadows. i think these were drawn in autocad but is it possible to cast shadows in floorplan mode in AC10?