topic Calculating building shadow in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-building-shadow/m-p/688263#M22829 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a building footprint (.shp) including the height of buildings. (Attachment)</P><P>How would it be possible computing the shadow of buildings at a more or less a certain time of the day of the year?</P><P>I would be also interested in computing the amount of incoming solar energy in that day...</P><P>I'm using ArcGIS 10.3 (all the extensions are available) in Win 8.1.<BR />Many thanks for your help <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:08:59 GMT SaraNazli 2016-09-02T17:08:59Z Calculating building shadow https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-building-shadow/m-p/688263#M22829 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a building footprint (.shp) including the height of buildings. (Attachment)</P><P>How would it be possible computing the shadow of buildings at a more or less a certain time of the day of the year?</P><P>I would be also interested in computing the amount of incoming solar energy in that day...</P><P>I'm using ArcGIS 10.3 (all the extensions are available) in Win 8.1.<BR />Many thanks for your help <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:08:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-building-shadow/m-p/688263#M22829 SaraNazli 2016-09-02T17:08:59Z Re: Calculating building shadow https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-building-shadow/m-p/688264#M22830 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have not used this tool, but it looks like it may be what you are seeking:</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/3d-analyst-toolbox/sun-shadow-volume.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/3d-analyst-toolbox/sun-shadow-volume.htm">Sun Shadow Volume—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>Note:&nbsp; you will need a copy of the <EM>3D Analyst</EM> extension.</P><P></P><P>If you do have access to <EM>3D Analyst</EM>, there are also a set of Solar Radiation tools that may be of use:</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/spatial-analyst-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-solar-radiation-tools.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/spatial-analyst-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-solar-radiation-tools.htm">An overview of the Solar Radiation tools—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P></P><P>Chris Donohue, GISP</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:32:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-building-shadow/m-p/688264#M22830 ChrisDonohue__GISP 2016-09-02T17:32:02Z