[Plugin] North Angle Animator

atelierpaar

Hi Jim
Iam using your plugin since quite some time.
Since it is often quite tedious to get the right shadow on differently oriented Fassades, I also use Tigs "45 Degree Shadows for Elevation"
Now here is what would be of great help:

set the shadow using the Tigs 45 Degree plugin
aktivate your plugin and store the northangel setting to the scene
Do you think that would be possible?
thanks for looking into this matter
Uli

Joe Wood

If I want the sun to be directly behind me when looking at a Scene, what would the North angle be??

pilou

@unknownuser said:

what would the North angle be??

Anywhere, only depending of your angle target vision!

Joe Wood

Hhmmm, I don't understand Frenchy. I'd like the sun to be behind me when viewing a scene.

davidmreinbold

Hi Ulli, I use Tigs Shadow 45 Elevation plugin as well and have been wondering the same as Tig's plugin does not store north angles for individual scenes, and have now worked out a solution to share with you.

First Install Aerilius: 'Scene North Angle Tool' https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ae_SceneNorthAngleTool.

I assume you already have installed the 'Solar north' Tool (I believe it is Sketchup Pro native?), you will need this as well. I suggest putting both tool bars side by side.

1.On your Elevation Scene apply the shadows with Shadow 45 Elevation plugin as usual
2.Go to the Solar North tool > Enter North Angle > copy the shown orientation angle value (that Tig's Plugin has determined)
3. Go to Aerilius's 'Scene North Angle Tool' > Enter North Angle > Paste the value
4. Update the Scene, Done!

Hope this helps, Schoene Gruesse nach Deutschland

Cheers David

pbacot

Thanks David. If that does what I think you're after... That will be great for us producing LayOut Exterior elevations, while maintaining true north in the model in general.

davidmreinbold

@pbacot said:

Thanks David. If that does what I think you're after... That will be great for us producing LayOut Exterior elevations, while maintaining true north in the model in general.

Yes getting the shadows to look good on Orthographic elevations within Layout has always been a bit of a mission. Hope this work around helps the building designers ...

atelierpaar

Hi David, thanks for looking into this matter, sorry for my late response - I was kept up with some other project.
Today I picked up on some elevation drawings again and tried your work around.

for unknown reasons I can't get it to work.
When the north Elevation shows the right shadow, the south elevation has none at all and wise versa.
Grüße to the US
Uli

Hope this helps, Schoene Gruesse nach Deutschland

Cheers David

davidmreinbold

This Plugin seems to have vanished?!? Any clues to what happened to it or it's whereabouts?

Cheers
David

atelierpaar

Hello Sketchers,
I am still struggling with the 45° shadows on elevations.
I tried to use north angel animator or north angel tool - the results are not stable and Layout has a hard time to update the shadows as created in SU
Jim Foltz once work out the north angel animator. I ask him for an update but unfortunately he doesn't work on plugins any more. But he aloud to work and improve on the tool.
Anybody out there who would like to work on an Tool update ?