Heliotrope and Solar Shading
GH plug-in Heliotrope gives precise solar geometry that can can drive solar responsive modules, and can generate useful shadow information. The sun vector and altitude (sun elevation angle)
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To set the sun position interactively, type “Sun” in Rhino |
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The sun can make a responsive module open and close: remap the sun’s elevation angle (0 to 69 degrees) to the object’s radius (9.8 to 0.1) |
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Heliotrope’s Silhouette function maps shadows onto the ground plane |
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Orient Solar Disks to the Sun: from original XY plane to Plane Normal to the sun vector. Use centers of each cell from the Area component. |
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A matrix of interactive modules can simulate a kinetic screen. |
Can you use the angle to drive your solar module and create a dynamic screen?
