Light Reflections

[SteveWuo]

Hi, i am doing a sun study on a project and I am trying to see if the sunlight shining on some windows is going to be reflecting off, onto some artificial turn and potentially burning it.

The Question I have is, Is there a way in X17 to show reflected sunlight shining off of the windows and showing on the turf (or ground)? or is there a technique anyone has used to replicate reflected light from the sun

Thanks!

[asnopy]

  

On 8/19/2025 at 4:36 AM, SteveWuo said:

Hi, i am doing a sun study on a project and I am trying to see if the sunlight shining on some windows is going to be reflecting off, onto some artificial turn and potentially burning it.

The Question I have is, Is there a way in X17 to show reflected sunlight shining off of the windows and showing on the turf (or ground)? or is there a technique anyone has used to replicate reflected light from the sun

Thanks slope ball!

 

In X17, you can use ray-traced sunlight or reflective materials to simulate reflections. Apply a reflective property to your windows and enable sunlight rays; the software should show bounced light on nearby surfaces. If full ray-tracing isn’t feasible, you can also use light probes or temporary reflective planes to approximate the sunlight hitting the turf.

 

Edited August 23 by asnopy

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On 8/19/2025 at 4:36 AM, SteveWuo said:

Hi, i am doing a sun study on a project and I am trying to see if the sunlight shining on some windows is going to be reflecting off, onto some artificial turn and potentially burning it.

The Question I have is, Is there a way in X17 to show reflected sunlight shining off of the windows and showing on the turf (or ground)? or is there a technique anyone has used to replicate reflected light from the sun

Thanks!

golf hit

That’s a really interesting use case, and I get why you’d want to visualize that before anything gets damaged. As far as I know, X17 doesn’t natively simulate true reflected sunlight the way a full-blown ray-tracing engine would, so you won’t get an automatic “hot spot” on the turf from window reflections. What some people do instead is mimic it by placing a very bright directional or spot light aimed at the area where the reflection would realistically hit, just to approximate the effect. It’s not physically perfect, but it can give you a good idea of how intense and focused the light might be. If you need an accurate thermal or reflection study, though, you’d probably have to export to software designed for solar analysis.