

I can reduce it to say 1 hour with 15 minutes as one time step. Is it possible to apply the load manually and still achieve this ray-tracing effect?nRunning transient for a whole day will ideal. I do need to consider this ray-tracing manner. During daytime, the sun will heat up the top of deck, bottom part of girder web, leaving shade at the top part of girder web. then apply the result to the boundary conditions of our choosing', do you mean we read those numbers and apply those to the entire surfaces? In my case, the bridge deck edge is extending outside of bridge girder (deck overhang). Now it is clear that I need to turn on the radiation model because I need the reflection from the ground back to the bridge.nI noticed that you said after we set up the solar load calculator (ie after input location etc), the console shows the magnitude of energy projected to the object in w/m^2). Let me re-write it herenThanks very much for your answer, Rob. You also want to review the transient solver and requirements as running a whole day will be very computationally expensive. In your model consider whether you need reflection etc or just the heat load. We sometimes use the calculator to see where the sun is, then apply the result to the boundary conditions of our choosing.

Rooms can get complicated due to the way the model is applied. Enclosures around an "outside" domain are fine, ie where you're modelling the sky.

If you then turn on the radiation models you'll get the effects of reflection etc. Solar load tells you where the sunlight comes from, and the manual will tell you how it's applied.
