Other analysis types do not require rooms, but you may find it helpful to have rooms when working with results and schedules. Room elements are required for the following analysis types: Floors must be present and visible in the view in order to generate an analysis result. Floor elements are required to produce analysis planes.

To perform an analysis your model must be composed of building elements (walls, floors, roofs, windows, curtain walls, etc). Schedules are automatically created to track your model against lighting goals. The results are applied to 3D and plan views of your model. Lighting Analysis leverages Autodesk A360 to provide the results of a lighting analysis in context. Autodesk Revit 2021 Lighting Analysis Tool For this reason, it is not advised to conduct solar analysis on transparent surfaces, like glazing or curtain walls for example. Surfaces are assumed to be either completely opaque, or completely transparent. Solar Analysis does not assume any material properties. Results for these geometry types will often lead to inaccurate results that are close to zero. Detailed geometry element types are not supported, including many family types (such as Generic models), grouped objects, components, linked objects, imported surface geometry, and energy analysis model surfaces. A surface can be created from standard architectural elements (walls, roofs, floors, and ceilings) or conceptual masses. Solar analysis uses surfaces on the model.

The tool provides automated settings for specific study types, as well as customizable options. Solar Analysis provides in context solar radiation analysis results to help you track solar energy throughout your design. The update requires access to the original install resources.

The Autodesk Revit 2021 Solar Analysis Tool and Autodesk Revit 2021 Lighting Analysis Toolare available via the Autodesk Desktop Connector app or via download from the Autodesk subscription site.

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