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Practice Exercise: Select project location

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In this exercise, you'll practice how to select a project location.

Exercise

Transcript

00:00

this is a practice exercise solution for select project location.

00:07

In this exercise we will be specifying the project location

00:12

and to help us better see how the location affects the project. We can enable shadows

00:20

to do that in the view control bar,

00:23

click the shadows button which is right next to the Sun icon.

00:28

And this toggles shadows on and off.

00:34

We can also click the Sun icon and then click Sun settings

00:40

and in the Sun settings dialog we can see that

00:44

still is selected and we can see the project location

00:50

as well as the date and time for the Sun

00:55

position and so that's what is controlling the shadows.

00:60

We'll click OK.

01:01

And then on the manage tab in the project location panel we can click location

01:09

to open the location and site dialog

01:13

here. We can use the internet mapping service or the default city list.

01:20

We'll use the internet mapping service first and

01:24

for the project address we can type Miami

01:30

and then click search

01:33

and when we do we can see that we click it one more time

01:37

and then we can click one of the options that appears in the dialog.

01:43

So I'll click Miami and then we'll use the

01:47

just this default weather station and then click OK.

01:52

And now you can see

01:54

the shadows update in the view.

01:57

And if it gets a little pixel e you can always

01:60

just readjust the view so that it will update for you.

02:05

That's a graphics issue that can occur

02:09

let's go back to the location and site dialogue

02:14

and this time let's switch to the default city list

02:20

and then in the city drop down, we can type S and then look for SAN Francisco

02:28

and select SAN Francisco and then click OK.

02:33

And once again we can see

02:35

the shadows update in the view and we can

02:38

see the difference as we change the project location.

02:44

Let's do that one more time.

02:49

And now you can choose

02:51

your hometown.

02:54

I will select Houston texas

03:03

and then click OK.

Video transcript

00:00

this is a practice exercise solution for select project location.

00:07

In this exercise we will be specifying the project location

00:12

and to help us better see how the location affects the project. We can enable shadows

00:20

to do that in the view control bar,

00:23

click the shadows button which is right next to the Sun icon.

00:28

And this toggles shadows on and off.

00:34

We can also click the Sun icon and then click Sun settings

00:40

and in the Sun settings dialog we can see that

00:44

still is selected and we can see the project location

00:50

as well as the date and time for the Sun

00:55

position and so that's what is controlling the shadows.

00:60

We'll click OK.

01:01

And then on the manage tab in the project location panel we can click location

01:09

to open the location and site dialog

01:13

here. We can use the internet mapping service or the default city list.

01:20

We'll use the internet mapping service first and

01:24

for the project address we can type Miami

01:30

and then click search

01:33

and when we do we can see that we click it one more time

01:37

and then we can click one of the options that appears in the dialog.

01:43

So I'll click Miami and then we'll use the

01:47

just this default weather station and then click OK.

01:52

And now you can see

01:54

the shadows update in the view.

01:57

And if it gets a little pixel e you can always

01:60

just readjust the view so that it will update for you.

02:05

That's a graphics issue that can occur

02:09

let's go back to the location and site dialogue

02:14

and this time let's switch to the default city list

02:20

and then in the city drop down, we can type S and then look for SAN Francisco

02:28

and select SAN Francisco and then click OK.

02:33

And once again we can see

02:35

the shadows update in the view and we can

02:38

see the difference as we change the project location.

02:44

Let's do that one more time.

02:49

And now you can choose

02:51

your hometown.

02:54

I will select Houston texas

03:03

and then click OK.

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