Japanese Shadow Study Tool to be Available for All ArchiCAD Users

[Aaron Bourgoin]

we design buildings that impact the environment beyond the property line. And whether an Authority Having Jurisdiction impels us to show how we've mitigated that impact, or, we just think it good commonsensical design thinking, we attempt to comply.

For almost twenty years, a Graphisoft subsidiary has distributed a tool to make one aspect of that environmental impact assessment - overshadowing - an easy task and part of a standard design workflow. It's from Japan, it's an add-on and it's called Shadow Planner.

http://www.howtousearchicad.com/?p=2208

In this 30th year of ArchiCAD BIM, I'd like to propose that GSHQ recompile this tool for ArchiCAD 19, localize at least to the point where the interface is in English and make it available as part of the other 21 localized versions of the tool.

Overshadowing for the rest of us. For the good of our design souls, our better nature and the people who live in the cities we serve.

Bence Kovács. Please share this tool.

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Keep voting everybody! Lots of votes for this wish. Let's get this done!

[Aaron Bourgoin]

BUMP!

[Karl Ottenstein]

Adding my bump to yours, Aaron. Please vote folks! 🙂

[zarmenas]

Bump

[Anonymous]

+1 from me

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Glad to see I'm not the only Bumper. Are there any other Japanese API Goodies we should be lobbying for? Kajima? Nikken Sensei?

[Aaron Bourgoin]

There's another thread about this add-on with a link (sorry haven't looked it up again). I was able to download it and install it on v26. There's a manual, but the whole think is Japanese. Hope to clear some time to spend some time with it.

[Botonis]

Is it so difficult to be translated?????