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Export Images and Animations

There are multiple ways to export your shadow study and sun exposure analysis.

Quick Export of a Single Image from Your Shadow Study:

  1. Open the Export Menu:
    Navigate to ‘File’ → ‘Export’ → ‘Quick Export’. This action opens the export options for a single image.
  2. Select Export Quality:
    Choose the desired quality for your image. Higher quality settings will result in a larger file size.
Shadow Colour 2.3 Export

Shadow Study Export – Single Day

To export multiple images at once for a single day, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Export Settings:
    Go to ‘File’ → ‘Export’ → ‘Single Day’.
  2. Set Time Interval Details:
    Select the desired datetime range, and interval.
  3. Select Image Quality:
    Choose the desired quality for the exported images.
  4. Optional Settings:
    • Superposition Image: Add a superposition image to overlay all images into a single shadow study image.
    • Anti-Alias: Enable anti-alias in the exported images.
    • Animation: (Only available in ‘File’ mode) Export a GIF or high quality MP4 file with an animation of the shadow study images include timestamp. Set the delay in milliseconds for each image.
    • Shadow Area Calculation: Generate a shadow area calculation report.
Shadow Colour 2.3 SketchUp Export Single Day

Shadow Study Export – Multi Day

To export multiple images at once for multiple days, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Export Settings:
Go to ‘File’ → ‘Export’ → ‘Multi Day’.

Shadow Colour 2.3 Export Multi Day

2. Add Days to the Export

Add the days you want to include in the export dialog under ‘Days’.

Shadow Colour 2.3 Export Multi Day Window

3. Set Time Interval Details:

For each selected day:

  • Choose the date, time range, and interval for the export.
  • You may uncheck the “Enabled” checkbox to exclude the day from the batch export.
  • To remove a day, click on the trash bin icon.
Shadow Colour 2.3 Export Multi Day - Add Days

4. Configure Export Settings:

  1. Image Quality:
    Choose the desired quality for the exported images.
  2. Optional Settings:
    • Superposition Image: Add a superposition image to overlay all images into a single shadow study image.
    • Anti-Alias: Enable anti-alias in the exported images.
    • Animation: (Only available in ‘File’ mode) Export a GIF or high quality MP4 file with an animation of the shadow study images include timestamp. Set the delay in milliseconds for each image.
    • Shadow Area Calculation: Generate a shadow area calculation report.
Shadow Colour 2.3 Export Multi Day - Add Days

5. Export

Click “Export”, then select a folder to save the exported time frames.

Shadow Colour 2.3 SketchUp Export Multi Day - Export

Export Image from Your Sun Exposure Analysis:

  1. Open the Export Menu:
    Navigate to ‘File’ → ‘Export’ → ‘Sun Exposure’. This action opens the export options for a single image.
  2. Select Export Quality:
    Choose the desired quality for your image. Higher quality settings will result in a larger file size.
Shadow Colour 2.3 Sun Exposure Export

An image file will be exported along with an hour-increment colored bar.

Sun Analysis Export Image

When regions are selected for the study, an additional image with the area calculation legend will be added to the export.

Sun Analysis Export Image Region
Sun Analysis Export Image Area Calc
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