<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_18700" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_18699" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_18698" class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2606150417"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_18697"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_18696" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7267">Hi,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7274">I'm a beginner when it comes to building modelling so please excuse my ignorance. I'm modelling a house I'm designing for myself. I want to get an idea of heating demand and to investigate cost/benefit of various alternatives.</div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7470" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7491" dir="ltr">I've put in my model and set up the windows using custom openings because the window are not in arrays. Now I can't figure out how to set up shading of the windows. The house will have eaves that will shade the windows on the top story. The bottom story will have a shade built onto the building.</div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7492" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7493" dir="ltr">How do I create a solar shade over a custom opening? Should I use a site solar obstruction?</div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7494" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7495" dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7496" dir="ltr">Felix</div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7497" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7498" dir="ltr">Christchurch</div><div id="yiv2606150417yui_3_16_0_1_1438139209458_7499" dir="ltr">New Zealand<br></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>