Cumincad : CUMINCAD Papers : Paper c3d0:Solid Modeling as a Tool for Constructing Solar Envelopes

authors	Cotton, John
year	1995
title	Solid Modeling as a Tool for Constructing Solar Envelopes
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.1995.253
source	Computing in Design - Enabling, Capturing and Sharing Ideas [ACADIA Conference Proceedings / ISBN 1-880250-04-7] University of Washington (Seattle, Washington / USA) October 19-22, 1995, pp. 253-260
summary	This paper presents a method for constructing solar envelopes in site planning using a 3D solid-modeling program as the tool. The solar envelope for a building site is a mechanism for ensuring that planning regulations on the solar access rights of other sites are observed. In this application, solid modeling offers the practical advantage of being a general-purpose tool having the capability to handle sets of site conditions that are quite complex. The paper reviews the concept of solar envelopes and demonstrates the method of application of solar-envelope construction to a site defined to avoid overly simplifying conditions. Techniques for displaying the constraints on building sections imposed by a solar envelope are presented as well.
series	ACADIA
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