I have been trying to visualize the sunpath shading for a vertical PV surface. The PhotovolaticSurface component seems to be working properly and outputting a reasonable value for ACenergyPerYear… however, I can’t get the shading visualization to show up under the SunpathShading component. The surface normal is correct. It works fine with a horizontal surface - has anyone else discovered this problem and been able to make it work?
I attached a couple screen shots of what the sunpathshading looks like with a vertical and horizontal PV surface.
Outputs, AC Energy per year (I tested a very small surface which is why the value is so low)
This is a bug with tolerances. The component would work properly if one would angle the vertical surface just tiny little bit (0.1 degrees for example).
Attached below is the fixed version of Sunpath shading component.
The “unofficial” label below it, is just a reminder that this component is still not publicly released through Ladybug github repository.
Thank you for reporting the bug!! This plugin and its components would definitively not be what it is without the support of the users like you!!
