ECOTECT ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT In order to start analyzing part of the Barcelona neighborhood La Sagrera, first I saved the Rhino file as DXF, but importing it into Ecotect it created problems because the buildings were transformed into lines not as surfaces. I, then, saved the Rhino file as 3DS which automatically saves the buildings as mashes, imported into Ecotect by changing the scale into Import manager from meters to millimeters, and using Modify> Purge coincident triangles I made the file easy to work with.
The next step was uploading the Barcelona weather file.
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Shadows and overshadowing To have the shadows of the buildings, I only used Display> Shadows (or simply by using the f10 button). It gives the shadows in specific time and period of the year. In my case it was on the 1st of April, at 13:00. By clicking on Shadows settings> Shadow display> Daily sun path, I was able to manually move the sun during the same day and see how the shadow is changing. By clicking on Shadow range>Show shadow range I was able to see the whole shadow range during the day.