ES_1 Via Oderisi da Gubbio, zona Marconi. Barbara Vecchione

The first thing I decide to do is to change the prospective view in the assonometric one using the tab MANAGE. Then I set the unit of measure with MANAGE/PROJECT UNITS in meters. After that I opened the SET LOCATION setting and I insert my house address and I placed the map of my location with IMPORT IMAGE. I draw the perimeter of my house and of some arounding buildings, with the option LINE that we can find in the MODEL/CREATE MASS settings. To extrude the surface I used the directing arrow, setting the real height (3.50 m per floor). When I finished to create the volume I select FINISH MASS.Using the option SUN PATH ON I set the time and day (20/03/14 h8:15 a.m, 12:40 a.m) to study the shadow of the building, activating the option SHADOW ON. Finally I used the option CAMERA to make the same inclination of the pictures that I previously took, with EYE ELEVATION and TARGET ELEVATION I made the view like the one in the pictures.

The building that I study is located in Via Oderisi da Gubbio 232,Roma. My house is in a block divided in two volums: to study the shadows, i had to draw even the arounding buildings, that cast shadows on my house. I decide to study the backfront of my house, and i notice that in the time I choose (8.15a.m., 12.40 a.m.), the flat is always in shadow. In the reality that mean that during the day the two rooms in the backfront are always dark.