How to Create Sun Shadows in Designer Pro

Question

How to create sun shadows in Designer Pro?

Answer

Go to CAD > Lines > Sun Angle and place the ‘sun line’ in your plan.

Designer Pro Sun Angle Command

Fill in the dialog box for the Sun Angle line.

If you live in Sydney you would set the dialog box for longitude and latitude as follows:

Designer Pro Sun Angle Specification Earth Data

And for lighting as follows:

Designer Pro Sun Angle Specification Lighting Data

Then you can generate shadows in Plan view by pressing the Make Shadow button.

Designe Pro Make Shadow Sample 2D Plan

And the 3D views by using the Final View with Shadows render button

Designer Pro Final View with Shadows Command

Designer Pro Final 3D Sample With Shadows