Thanks TIG - that's exactly what I was after. The existing tool that i found was 'sunview' within the SUNTOOLS 2.0 plugin, which also works.

pbacot - Here in Australia a lot of councils/jurisdictions will ask for these because traditional 'plan view' shadow diagrams arent particularly useful in winter when the sun is low, as the shadow may be on the ground but not necessarily overshadowing a wall or opening completely.

We also use it commonly for the available sunlight within multi level residential developments, as for each council there is a certain mandatory amount of sunlight required into a room for it to be considered habitable.

Thankyou all for your help, this is wonderful!

Hi All,

Quick question which I am trying to find an answer for.

I need to prepare some 'suns eye perspectives' to analyze the solar penetration into rooms/open area of houses. These would preferably be in parallel projection and coordinated to the location of the sites in Australia.

The reason behind these is they give a more accurate depiction of what is in shade (because shade/shadow is not visible) and where the light hits. They are becoming more common and a very important part of planning laws in Sydney, Australia.

There is a plugin which maps the trajectory/angle of the sun at different times in the say, and places them as points, however I need to be able to snap the camera to the exact angle, to 'see' what the sun sees.

The only program I know which can do this at the the moment is autodesk 3ds max. If anyone knows a method of getting sketchup to do something similar, it would be greatly appreciated!

Look forward to hearing from you!