Click Analyze after creating the shading scene to generate shading data. You can then export shading data for use in simulation models and other software. This section is a quick reference for the Analyze options. For more details see:

•Generate shade data

•Export shade data

Note. To generate SAM shading inputs, click Save and Close. You do not need to click Analyze to generate shading data for SAM.

Diurnal analysis

Click this button to a generate table of hour-by-month beam shade loss percentages.

When your scene contains more than one active surface, you can generate a separate hour-by-month table for the surfaces by assigning group names to the surfaces. See Generate shading data for details.

Time series analysis

Generate a CSV file of beam shade loss percentages for each of the time steps in a year.

Diffuse analysis

Generate a sky diffuse loss percentage.