Hi Guys,
I would like to ask your opinion about sun positioning tool inside VR package. For this study i use EON Software. This suntool is like the SunTool in CAD (Revit, AutoCAD, MAX, SketchUp, etc) but its build in for immersive real-time visualization. Many VR software uses light and shadow Volume algorithm, but for architecture, we need this kind of tool for sun studies which they dont provide.
btw, this is not for commercial purpose but for academic.
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Here is a short explanation of it:
SunTool is a tool (prototype) in EON architecture Virtual Environment to provide values for sunlight angle based on user-inputs on time and observer’s location on the earth. The function is to enable users getting the real sun position for sunlight studies, visualize solar penetration and shading, observation-evaluationanalysis of architecture design in real-time immersive virtual environment.
Used in conjuction with “light” and “ShadowVolumeHard” node in EON
software, SunTool can be used to create a scene for sunlight and shadow studies. User can change locations and slide the time to see the shadow changes in real time. For it is in immersive VE, user can walthrough the scene to experience the design effect on sunlight penetration into the building and shadows.
Features: User inputs:
- Slider for the date and month
- Slider for the hour and minutes
- Textboxes for latitude/longitude
- Options for various locations
- Options for time-zones Display calculation results
- Declination - Equation of Time
- Altitude and Azimuth of the sun Show/Hide Result display On/Off Shadow casting Zpass/Zfail Shadow Algorithms Day Light Saving time Instruction button Keyboard shortcut:
- Key “H” to show/hide SunTool Interface
- Key “R” to show/hide result displays
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It will be great if you have some time to download these demo files, view and play within the scene for a while and tell me what do you think about it.
However to be able to view these files, you need EON-Viewer plugins. It is downloadable from EON Software website for free (Or these demo files will direct you automatically to the EON-Viewer download are once you double click it).
Here is the file:
EON demo-file 1 - simple geometry (30Kb) -- download EON demo-file 2 - using EON Seoul Demo File (2Mb) -- download
(If by any chance the files are not available, do send me a note so that i can check it)
And i really need your help in giving me feedback if you are available.
Pdf for Survey: -- download pdf survey
Please do kindly help me to send this pdf back to me after you fill it in and save it (it is interactive form survey) to my personal email ronianggoro@gmail.com.
Thank you very much.
Roni ^^
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