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Properties

Data

Site

• ÚdajeAddition Volume (Volume): The volume of earth to be added to this terrain.
• ÚdajeAdditions (LinkList): Other shapes that are appended to this object.
• ÚdajeAddress (String): The street and house number of this site.
• ÚdajeCity (String): The city of this site.
• ÚdajeCountry (String): The country of this site.
• ÚdajeDeclination (Angle): The angle between the true North and the North direction in this document, that is, the Y axis. This means that by default North points to the Y axis, and East to the X axis; the angle increments counterclockwise. This property was previously known as ÚdajeNorth Deviation.
• ÚdajeEPW File (FileIncluded): Allow to attach an EPW file from the Ladybug EPW data website to this site. This is needed to display wind rose diagrams.
• ÚdajeElevation (Length): The elevation of level 0 of this site.
• ÚdajeExtrusion Vector (Vector): An extrusion vector to use when performing boolean operations.
• ÚdajeLatitude (Float): The latitude of this site.
• ÚdajeLongitude (Float): The longitude of this site.
• ÚdajeOrigin Offset (Vector): An optional offset between the model (0,0,0) origin and the point indicated by the geo-coordinates.
• ÚdajePerimeter (Length): The perimeter length of the projected area.
• ÚdajePostal Code (String): The postal or zip code of this site.
• ÚdajeProjected Area (Area): The area of the projection of this object onto the XY plane
• ÚdajeRegion (String): The region, province or county of this site.
• ÚdajeRemove Splitter (Bool): Remove splitters from the resulting shape.
• ÚdajeSubtraction Volume (Volume): The volume of earth to be removed from this terrain.
• ÚdajeSubtractions (LinkList): Other shapes that are subtracted from this object.
• ÚdajeTerrain (Link): The base terrain of this site
• ÚdajeTime Zone (Integer): Represents the time zone of the site's location. Since this value is an integer only standard time zones are allowed. If the PohledSolar Diagram property is set to true, and the right module is installed, this value will be used to generate more accurate solar and wind diagrams. The time zone should be an offset between -12 and +14, where 0 is at Greenwich, UK, (GMT+0). Positive values are to the East of Greenwich and negative values are to the West.
• ÚdajeUrl (String): An url that shows this site in a mapping website.

View

Compass

• PohledCompass (Bool): Default is False. Shows or hides the compass.
• PohledCompass Position (Vector): The position of the compass relative to the site placement.
• PohledCompass Rotation (Angle): The rotation of the compass relative to the site.
• PohledUpdate Declination (Bool): Default is False. Update the declination value based on the compass rotation.

Site

• PohledOrientation (Enumeration): Default is Project North. When set to True North the whole geometry will be rotated to match the true north of this site.
• PohledSolar Diagram (Bool): Default is False. Shows or hides the sun path diagram. See Solar and wind diagrams.
• PohledSolar Diagram Color (Color): The color of the sun path diagram.
• PohledSolar Diagram Position (Vector): The position of the sun path diagram.
• PohledSolar Diagram Scale (Float): The scale of the sun path diagram.
• PohledWind Rose (Bool): Default is False. Shows or hides the wind rose diagram (requires the EPW File data property filled, and the Ladybug Python module installed. See Solar and wind diagrams).

Typical workflow

Start by creating an object that represents your terrain. For example, it is easy to import mesh data, that can be turned into a Part Shape from menu Part → Create Shape from Mesh. Then, create a Site object, and set its ÚdajeTerrain property to the Part we just created:

Create some volumes (they must be solids) that represent the areas that you wish to be excavated or filled. Double-click the Site object in the Tree View, and add these volumes to the Additions or Subtractions groups. Click OK.

The site geometry will be recomputed and the areas, perimeter, and volumes properties recalculated.

Solar and wind diagrams

If Ladybug is installed on your system, Arch Sites can display a sun path diagram and/or a wind rose. For this, ÚdajeLongitude, ÚdajeLatitude and ÚdajeDeclination (previously ÚdajeNorth Deviation) must be correctly set, and PohledSolar Diagram or PohledWind Rose set to true.

Note: If you don't have Ladybug, pysolar (version 0.7 and above) is still supported to generate sun path diagrams, but not wind roses. However, Ladybug is a much more powerful tool that will probably be used more in the future, so we recommend using it instead of pysolar. Ladybug can be installed simply via the pip Python package manager.

Scripting

Site = makeSite(objectslist=None, baseobj=None, name="Site")

Příklad:

import FreeCAD, Draft, Arch

p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 0, 0)
p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(2000, 0, 0)
baseline = Draft.makeLine(p1, p2)
Wall = Arch.makeWall(baseline, length=None, width=150, height=2000)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

Building = Arch.makeBuilding([Wall])
Site = Arch.makeSite([Building])

FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
FreeCAD.Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.viewIsometric()

Solar diagram

As long as the pysolar module is present, a sun path diagram can be added to the site. Set the longitude, latitude and declination angles as appropriate, as well as an adequate scale for the size of your model.

At this time, the diagram serves only informative purposes and is there for visual display. For a sun path diagram that enables visualizing shadows and interactively changing dates and times, the best option is to use an external website that allows uploading 3D models. Some of them support .obj and .stl formats for instance, which can be exported to with FreeCAD.

Please note that Pysolar 0.7 or above is required, and this version only works with Python 3.

Site.Longitude = -46.38
Site.Latitude = -23.33
Site.Declination = 30
# Uncomment if you want to show the compass
# Site.ViewObject.Compass = True

Site.ViewObject.SolarDiagram = True
Site.ViewObject.SolarDiagramScale = 10000
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

Solar diagram independent of Site

A sun path diagram can be created with the following function, independently of any site.

Node = makeSolarDiagram(longitude, latitude, scale=1, complete=False)

• Creates a sun path diagram as a Pivy node, using longitude and latitude, with an optional scale.
• If complete is True, the 12 months are drawn, which shows the full solar analemma.

import FreeCADGui, Arch

Node = Arch.makeSolarDiagram(-46.38, -23.33, scale=10000, complete=True)
FreeCAD.Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getSceneGraph().addChild(Node)

BIM

• 2D drafting: Sketch, Line, Polyline, Circle, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Fillet, Ellipse, Polygon, Rectangle, B-spline, Bézier curve, Cubic Bézier curve, Point

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  • Generic 3D tools: Profile, Box, Shape builder..., Facebinder, Objects library, Component, External reference

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• Annotation: Text, Shape from text, Aligned dimension, Horizontal dimension, Vertical dimension, Leader, Label, Axis, Axes System, Grid, Section Plane, Hatch, Page, View, Shape-based view

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• Utils: Toggle bottom panels, Move to Trash, Working Plane View, Select group, Set slope, Create working plane proxy, Add to construction group, Split Mesh, Mesh to Shape, Select non-manifold meshes, Remove Shape from Arch, Close Holes, Merge Walls, Check, Toggle IFC Brep flag, Toggle subcomponents, Survey, IFC Diff, IFC explorer, Create IFC spreadsheet..., Image plane, Unclone, Rewire, Glue, Reextrude
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