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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Label Panel is turned on and use the Text Style assigned
to that layer. See “Text Styles” on page 519.
Labels for Added Lights display in floor plan
view when the “Light Sources, Labels” layer For information about the settings on this
panel, see “Label Panel” on page 682.

Sun Angles and Shadows

In addition to the functional and aesthetic If a North Pointer is not used, north is
properties of ambient light and light sources assumed to be straight up on screen in floor
in rendered views, the direction and angle of plan view.
the sun’s light and shadows are an important
consideration. Two tools allow you to gener- Select CAD> Lines> North Pointer ,
ate sunlight and sun shadows with accuracy: then click and drag to draw the pointer,
starting at the tail and dragging toward the
• North Pointers allow you to specify point. Once it is drawn, you can define its
the direction of true north in a plan.
exact length and angle in its specification
• Sun Angles let you specify an exact dialog. See “Line Specification Dialog” on
location, date, and time for sunlight and page 300.
sun shadow generation. Multiple North Pointers can be drawn in a
given plan file, and will always point in the
North Pointer same direction automatically. If you rotate
The North Pointer tool is used to one of them, the others will automatically
define the direction of true north in a rotate to match. Similarly, if you draw a new
plan. The direction of north does not affect North Pointer at a different angle, existing
the orientation of the Snap and Reference North Pointers will rotate to that angle
grids, but it does affect the direction of automatically.
sunlight and sun shadows, how conditioned If you choose to display line angles when a
area totals are calculated, and how bearing North Pointer exists, be sure to select the
information is interpreted by the program. appropriate format in the CAD Defaults
dialog. See “CAD Defaults and Preferences”
Every bearing is defined relative to on page 288.
North, so it is best to establish this • If angles are set to Bearings, they are rel-
direction before entering survey information ative to the North Pointer.
for a site plan. See “Site Plans” on page
451 of the User’s Guide.

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