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What is Sun Shadow Study?

Shadow Study is a set of illustrations demonstrating the shadow impact of the proposed development.
The illustrations usually differentiate the proposed/approved building’s cast shadow from the existing context’s shadows.
The Shadow Colour tool allows you to do just that by assigning colours to each building’s shadow..

Set Revit view for shadow study

1. Open a view in Revit.
2. On the view control bar, enable shadows.

Shadow Colour 1.9 Sun Setting Icon

3. Under Sun Settings, set the time, the date and the location for the project, and enable Daylight Saving if needed.

Shadow Colour 1.9 Sun Setting

4. Make sure crop view is enabled.

Shadow Colour 1.9 Crop view

5. Add a scale bar (a detail family) to the view – Recommended.

Shadow Colour scale bar

Download our graphic scale family  
Compatible with version 2023 and up

6. Open ‘Shadow Colour’ from the Add-Ins tab.

Shdow Colour Add-in 1.9

You’re now ready to start your shadow study! Continue to the next article to learn how to conduct your study.

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