I saved this second scene, naming it “Summer Evening.” The shadows are now on the other side of the house. So for the next scene, I adjusted the time of day to later in the evening.
But an animation needs at least two scenes. And I changed the scene name from the default name to “Summer Morning.”
Then I saved the scene by clicking the “+” icon. Which means I can see this shadow while looking at the house from any angle. This means the actual camera view of the house is not saved with the scene. And before saving the scene, I unchecked Camera Location. To be included in an animation, shadows must be saved as a scene. Here’s how the long, early-morning shadows look: (You can also adjust the lightness and darkness, etc.) The icon at the top left toggles shadows on and off. To create the shadows, I opened the Shadows window. The animation will show how shadows pass over the house on that day. I wanted to test shadows at two times of day: early morning on a day in mid-summer, and late evening on the same day. Which tells me that this house is in Sofia, Bulgaria. I clicked on the light-bulb icon, which opened the Model Info window to the Geo-location page. The light-bulb icon in the lower left corner is orange, which is one way to tell that the model has a location defined. I downloaded one that looked like it would produce cool shadows: In the 3D Warehouse search field, I entered “ house is:geo.” What resulted were thousands of geo-located houses. (At some point I suppose a post on geo-locating a model will be useful!) In my post on filtering your 3D Warehouse search, I mentioned the “is:geo” search term, which finds only models with locations. Instead of geo-locating something myself, I went looking in the 3D Warehouse for one. (Place a model near the north or south pole to see some long winters or long summers.) Why does location matter? Because SketchUp shadows are created based on where the model is. This means a model that has a defined location. Here’s how I did this example.įirst, I needed a geo-located model.
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