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Shadow Colour for SketchUp®
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Shadow Colour for Autodesk® Revit®
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Planary for Autodesk® Revit®
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Planary for Autodesk® AutoCAD®
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Conduct a Shadow Study
Add elements and assign colours
1. Click on ‘Add Element’ and pick a group or component in SketchUp. The first element will be the top layer (usually the city context), and the last will be the bottom layer (usually the proposed building).
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp Add Element](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Add-Element-768x494.png)
2. Assign colour and opacity for each element (layer) by using the colour picker.
![](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Pick-Colour-768x753.png)
4. You may change the order of the shadows laid on top of each other.
Up – Bring element’s shadow forward
Down – Send element’s shadow backward
![](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Move-up-768x753.png)
5. Change the colour of the shadows cast on top of the corresponding element (layer).
- Colour – Any shadow that is cast on this element will be coloured using the colour that was chosen for the element that is casting the shadow.
- As View- Any shadow cast on this element will be coloured grey using the shadow intensity configured in SketchUp.
- Invisible – Shadows cast on this element will not be shown.
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp Receive Shadow](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Receive-Shadow-768x753.png)
6. Create an outline for shadow (optional). Choose a colour and outline width using the slider.
![](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Line-width-768x753.png)
7. Optionally, you may change all the lines’ width in the view using the slider under ‘Line Width’
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp All lines width](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-All-lines-width-768x753.png)
8. You can control the shadow intensity in the view using the ‘Shadow Intensity’ slider. Higher values mean more intense shadows while lower values mean more transparent shadows.
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp Shadow intensity](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Shadow-intensity-768x753.png)
9. Hide model elements that are not in the study – Shadow Colour will not include unpicked model elements in the study.
![](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Hide-model-elements-768x753.png)
10. Press ‘Preview Image’ to get a preview of how your shadow study will look like.
![](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Preview-768x740.png)
Shadows Colour on Sites
In certain scenarios, you might want to use a different colour for shadows that are cast within a specific site/property.
You may assign a different colour for shadows within a site.
1. Click ‘Add site’ and pick a surface from the SketchUp view.
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp add site](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-add-site-768x753.png)
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp Select surface](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Select-surface-768x473.png)
2. Select a colour for the element’s shadow that falls within the selected site.
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp Colour Site](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Colour-Site-768x756.png)
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp Site Colour Preview](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Site-Colour-Preview-768x599.png)
Area Aalculation
Shadow Colour allows you to calculate the shadow area within selected sites.
To generate a shadow area calculation, please ensure the following:
- The view is Top and orthographic/parallel projection.
- The site is fully contained within the view.
Click on the Area Calculator icon and select the precision from the drop-down menu:
- Quick – Generate a quick area calculation with less accuracy (about 1-2% inaccuracy)
- Medium – Generate area calculation with more accuracy.
- Max – Generate an area calculation with max precision. This process will take longer.
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp Area Calculation on](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Area-Calculation-on-768x756.png)
Click on preview and the area calculation will be added next to the preview image.
![Shadow Colour 1.6 SketchUp Shadow Area Calculation](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shadow-Colour-1.6-SketchUp-Shadow-Area-Calculation-768x495.png)
Once you’re happy with the preview, you would want to export the shadow study.
Continue to the next article to see how.