Details on Shading Calculation
Information on the Shading Calculation in the discipline architecture.
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Shading
In the main dialog of the Shading calculation you will find all the functions for displaying the shading on the windows of your building model and for exporting to a LINEAR EAC file for further use in LINEAR Building.
| Button | Function |
|---|---|
 (Re)Calculate Shading | Executes the shading calculation for all windows in the building model. |
 Load | Opens a file explorer that you can use to load a shading data set. |
 Save | Opens the file explorer where you can save the shading data set. |
 Add window | Starts the function for selecting windows from the model. If you select a window by clicking on it after starting the command, the corresponding shading curve is displayed in the dialog together with the window data. If you select multiple windows one after the other, the associated data will be listed in the dialog. |
 Zoom to Date | Opens a menu in which you can select a day from the planning period to display the corresponding shading curve. The selection depends on the calculation period selected for the calculation. If you select Design days only, you can select the 15th day of a month between April and October to display the shading curve. If you select Entire year, you can select any day of the year to display the shading curve. |
 Remove All Windows | Removes the displayed window and shading data from the dialog. |
 Collapse All windows | Collapses the view of the window shape for all listed data entries. |
 Show Frame Proportion in Graph | If this option is selected, the frame part of the window is also shown in the shading curve. |
 Maintain Camera Position | If this option is active, the camera position in the model is maintained when you click on the shading curve of an entry for a window. If this option is not active, Revit zooms to the corresponding window in the model. |
| Shading curves and data for selected windows | If you select a window in the building model using the Add window function, the window data is displayed together with the associated shading curve. If you move the mouse pointer over the graphic, the date, time and degree of shading are displayed for the point in the curve at which the mouse pointer is currently located. Clicking on an entry will zoom in on the corresponding window in the model. Click on  to expand an entry to display the window shape. |