Guide
Shadows in the site plan: how they make the plan readable
Without shadows, every building in a site plan looks the same height. With shadows you see tall buildings, low annexes, open courtyards and wide streets at a glance. CAD ATLAS delivers the shadows as vector surfaces, calculated from the height of every building.
What shadows do for a plan
Height becomes visible without labels and without a 3D view, and the plan gets the depth you know from competition and presentation drawings.
What you get
- Closed vector surfaces on their own layer, ready to hatch in any colour and at any transparency
- You choose the light direction before you download.
- A tall building also casts its shadow onto the lower roof next door.
- Every building has a height. Where none is published, our AI adds it.