{"id":295158,"date":"2023-07-27T14:03:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/295158\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:03:23","slug":"295158","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/295158\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Questions regarding 3D irradiance sensor and Ambient sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>I was wondering how I can get that average value<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;You can use the measurement feature and create an area projected on the shape you will be able to get the average on this area.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. <em>which of the ambient sources most accurately simulate the sky<\/em>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The more complete sources are CIE Standard General Sky and Natural Light&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3.<em> is there a way to isolate just the sun using any of the ambient sources<\/em>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can use a &#8220;natural light&#8221; source and put the &#8220;with sky&#8221; option to false&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/27-07-2023-1690466284-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. <em>is there a way to know where the sun is located or the direction of the sun.<\/em>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The sun position is represented in the 3D view (the yellow circles below)&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/27-07-2023-1690466320-mceclip1.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best regards&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thomas&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-295158","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/295158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/295158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}