Shadows on Elevations

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Hi - does anybody know how to show a shadow thrown on a building in elevation, i.e. the building throwing the shadow will be in front of the building in elevation but if you create a section plane for the elevation you lose the building throwing the shadow and thus the shadow! Any suggestions???

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The sectional planes can be isolated within a group or component; make the building a group, edit it and drop in the sectional plane - it will only cut geometry within that group.

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To add to what @gadget2020 has said.

http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/94995

is article regarding section plane in group.

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there are a couple of ‘Shadow Catcher’ type plugins that add grouped geometry slightly off the faces in shadow to avoid z-fighting…

this groups faces have the edges hidden and can then be painted with a transparent black material adjusted to to suit the shadows desired strength…

you can test the principle quite easily with a couple of cubes, and drawn shapes…

john

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Thanks gadget2020, I will give that a try!

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Thanks Josephkim626!

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Thanks john_drivenupthewall. Love the name!