Photoshop

Following we are going to present our shadow study:

A short tutorial in 3 simple steps :

- 1Basic

- 2Solid

- 3Shadows

1 Basic

       - New Metric

         Open Vasari>Projects>New Metric

      - Project Units

         Manage>Project Units>Lenght>Change mm to m

Roma, Via di Montespaccato

The location we chose for our analysis is situated north-west of Rome just inside the range of the "Grande Raccordo Anulare". It's a residential area with buildings in an hight range between two and four floors. The hight variety of buldings makes the shadows situations different in the various streets of the neighbourhood.

AUTODESK VASARI: Step by step tutorial 

1. From the home screen select the new metric option.

1- before starting you need to download from the site of Autodesk software that we will use for the study of the shadow of our house, that is, "Vasari" (software still in beta)

2- we start "Vasari" and choose "New Metric" in order to start working in the correct unit of measure (the conventional one in Italy).

THE AREA

The building is located in Via Antonio Dionisi, a side street of Via Portuense,  in an area characterized by residential buildings of 4 maximum 5 floors.  It is part of a complex of five buildings that share a little central square that is separated directly from the main road.

SOLAR ANALYSIS 

SHADOWS ANALYSIS

Part 1: Basic paper settings and geolocation of the chosen site

A. Opening a new paper

Run the Vasari homepage and click on “New Metric” (in the Project list)

B. Setting the view

On the left you’ll find the Project Browser window. Choose “3d view: {3D}” in the “Views (Projects)” list