Hi, I’m currently testing Cyclops for environmental visualization in Rhino and Grasshopper.
The sunlight hour analysis will evaluate how many hours of sunlight a specific point gets, which I believe would be equivalent to a shadow analysis. You can run it with only one sample in the time pattern if you’re only interested in a specific time.
Have a look at the tutorial file to see how to set it up.
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Hi Oscar,
Thank you again for your support!
I wanted to share two images — one showing a shadow analysis I did using Ladybug, and another showing the same analysis recreated with Cyclops. The results match perfectly, which is great!
I’m also sharing a video I made with Ladybug showing the shadow movement throughout the day by exporting one frame every 5 minutes.
I’ve attached the Grasshopper definition I’m currently using with Cyclops, in case it helps clarify how I’ve set things up.
My question is:
What would be the best way to create this same kind of time-based shadow animation using Cyclops?
Is it possible to animate the sun movement in Cyclops and export frames for each step (for example, every 5 minutes)?
Thanks again — I’m really enjoying working with Cyclops and appreciate all your help.
Best regards,
Mario
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Hi Mario,
Glad you like it!
It would be tricky to run the analysis for individual 5 minute intervals. The sunlight hour analysis depends on the sun rig which depends on the time pattern and the time pattern can only sample full hours (with subdivision into multiple timesteps). But I can see the need of making this more flexible.
You can get the sun direction for each 5 min interval by setting the time step to 12 and then pulling the Sun Directions Above Horizon property from the sun rig.
If you are in Rhino 8, then another option would be to animate the sunlight in Rhino instead. You can still use the Time Pattern to get the correct date times that you want to animate.
Something like this:
