I am currently working with ArcGIS 10.2 with 3D analyst as well as a trial version of CityEngine 2014.1 to try and derive a single solar radiation value/average for each building of a scene. I have run the solar radiation tool in the spatial analyst within ArcMap- having converted the feature class to a raster- but need to somehow incorporate shadowing effects from neighboring buildings onto the target building's facades. I am aware that there are several journal articles available that highlight differing, rather complex techniques to accomplish this task but am curious to know if this community knows of a simpler method for doing so. So far in CityEngine I have the 3D scene constructed from which I would like to run an analysis but am stumped as to how to move forward. thanks, >Jeff J
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