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How to do
3D Solar Shading in Pylon

Learn how to do 3D Solar Shading Analysis in under 2 minutes in Pylon

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1

Start with a designed solar system

2

Find an object to match your first shadow on

This will help you find the time of day the image was taken.

In this case we're using the bus.

place object on roof

3

Mark up any objects on the roof

We've put a rectangle on this raised area on the roof and matched its shadow

put a rectangle on roof

4

Drop trees on any blocking foliage

Match their shadows to get the height and width right

add trees to design

5

Make sure any trees in the area are covered

add more treees

6

View shading impacts at different times of day

Use the shade slider and the shading graph to view shading impacts at different times of the day

shading graph

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