# Problem with shade generator

**URL:** <https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/problem-with-shade-generator/5759>\
**Category:** honeybee-legacy\
**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/problem-with-shade-generator/5759 "2019-04-01T09:13:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![tvanbesien](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tvanbesien](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/tvanbesien)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/problem-with-shade-generator/5759/1 "2019-04-01T09:13:07Z")

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Hi,

I have a problem with the Honeybee shade generator. I keep getting the error message that the boundary condition of the input object must be outdoors. But it IS outdoors.  
What am I doing wrong?

 ![shade](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a85282e7d7b69f6b1675be322397372eb0c91072.png)