SNestor Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Wondering why I can't get the sun angle to show up on this plan? The layer is "on", the north pointer and the sun angle are displayed. This has happened on a couple of plans recently...so, either there is a glitch or I'm not doing something correctly. Thanks. Plan attached 7050_Plan.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Your toggle shadows is off. You need to click on that "adjust sunlight" drop down button and select toggle shadows. Now you will be able to adjust. Uncheck sun follows camera, and try changing tilt angle and direction angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Steve, I assume you are talking about the shadow in plan view. If you open the Sun Angle Specification dbx you will notice that the Solar Altitude is -10.4°. This means that at 9am at that location, it is before sunrise - and guess what....no shadows before sunrise. You need to change some of your time/date/location settings so that it is during sunlight hours before Chief will generate the shadow. It looks like the sun doesn't rise until between 10am and 10:15 am at that time and location. Don't forget to click "Make Shadow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 3 hours ago, glennw said: Steve, I assume you are talking about the shadow in plan view. If you open the Sun Angle Specification dbx you will notice that the Solar Altitude is -10.4°. This means that at 9am at that location, it is before sunrise - and guess what....no shadows before sunrise. You need to change some of your time/date/location settings so that it is during sunlight hours before Chief will generate the shadow. It looks like the sun doesn't rise until between 10am and 10:15 am at that time and location. Don't forget to click "Make Shadow" Glenn - thanks, that was it. Not sure how I got those coordinates...but, once I inputted the correct location...well, it worked. Garbage in...garbage out. Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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