I have found in the help files referencing the sun path tool in Revit LT 2014
but I cannot locate the tool.
Ayone know how to do this or is ot not included in LT?
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Ah Ok, that would explain it. Thanks for your help clarifying that. Very misleading though when the Revit LT link pages that I have posted below and in the previous post refer to the sun path tool and how to use it to create a solar study. I note that the in-program help file does not refer to these pages.
I want to do a solar study for 1 hour intervals through the day. I can set the 'sun settings' to one day and 1 hour intervals - it seems to give me the option of one hour intervals but I have to change them manually.
I manually change the time and export an image for that time and repeat this for each hour. Is there a better way? I then import the image back into a Revit drawing sheet.
This below is what the Revit LT page I found online states.
Previewing Solar Study Animations
After you create a solar study animation, you can preview specific frames or the full animation using control buttons on the Options Bar.
To preview a solar study animation
- Moves backward 10 frames
- Moves forward 10 frames
- Displays the previous frame
- Displays the next frame
To display a specific frame of the animation, for Frame, enter the frame number.
I note 7 years later Revit LT 2021 Help pages still pull in the full Revit Sun Path information. I assume it is still not a feature in Revit LT?
If it's true it should be fixed by Autodesk not to cause more confusion for Revit LT users after all these years.
@hughransom wrote:
I note 7 years later Revit LT 2021 Help pages still pull in the full Revit Sun Path information. I assume it is still not a feature in Revit LT?
Do you have a link where you are seeing information about "Sun Path" in Revit LT 2021 Help documentation? I just did a quick search an am not seeing anything.
I did find one video that does show use of the sun path, the videos are typically shred between Revit and Revit LT help and in this case it shows a feature not available, but other things in the video still apply. in this case the sun path is just one way to change the position of the sun, the video shows other ways.
@hughransom wrote:
I appreciate I'm using LT software, and therefore there will be reduced functionality. Just fed up that nowhere in the software of help file it states Single and Multi day are not available in Revit, therefore I wasted a good couple of hours trying to work out what I was doing wrong. I'd have no issue if Autodesk were up front on what the reduced functionality is. As simple one line explanatory note on the Types of Solar Studies page would suffice.
Regards
Hugh
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Sorry this was confusing and cost you time. I can see how this might be confusing. I will work on adding a note to the topic on the types of solar studies available. Making it clear in Revit LT single day and multi day can be selected, but there is no way to actually export or see the results.
I think the video still has value to a Revit LT user as it demonstrates how you can set the same sun position for multiple views at one time. Those can be exported as images. the Sun Path in this particular is just a way to visualize where the sun is in the sky, but it is not necessary, you can still use a shared sun position and make it affect more than one view at a time.