Direct sunlight hours hitting a facade in hourly plot

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I’m trying to create an 8760 visualization to show when direct sunlight hits 4 different facade orientations in separate hourly plots, but I’m struggling to connect LB direct Sun Hours to the LB Hourly Plot component…

Any hints or suggestions would be most welcome
thanks!

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Hi @Anderssmith, the Direct Sun Hours component has a built in plot, have you tried that and to modify with legend params?

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I believe you should be able to label the plots as well as line them up together next to each other hopefully some of that may be helpful
best
-trevor

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Thanks @TrevorFedyna, I do like the build-in heat-map on the facade, but I’m trying to add an hourly plot to show when during the day and year that the facade orientations come into play… the combination of the spacial map on the building and the hourly map would be a helpful communication tool to understand quantity and time…

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Hi @Anderssmith,

How would you determine if a facade is hit by direct sunlight for a given hour? I ask because part of the facade might be in shade while the rest is hit by sunlight. Does it count if part of the facade, e.g. a single sensor, is hit by the sun? Does it count if half of the facade is hit by the sun?

I might be able to suggest something if you can define the threshold.

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Hi @mikkel , that is a very good question as they say… my thinking has been to generate a % of sensor points output and then use the cut-off and legend colours on the yearly viz to show how much of the facade is receiving sun every hour

thanks