How can I model shading for PV?

Finding it very diffucult to model the effect of shading on my PV. SAM will import s3d file, but that format seems to be practically unheard-of! I have a very accurate model of my PV/house arrangement in Sketchup which I
would like to use in SAM to model the shading, but I can't find any way to import it into SAM. I can export 3D from Sketchup using all the following formats: 3ds, dae, kmz,dwg, dxf,fbx, obj, wrf, xsi. None of these file formats are accepted by SAM, it will only accept s3d but, since hardly nobody on the internet seems to know what s3d even is, I cannot find any way to convert any of the Sketchup export formats.

What is going on? Can't you provide import into SAM using a more available file format?

I find the little drawing feature in SAM shading to be very difficult to use, not to mention that I already have an accurate 3D model of my geometry--just need a way to import it into SAM.

Thank you, Paul!

Hello Paul,

this functionality would help a lot ,saves a lot of work since the built environment is often available in some format from CAD packages. Did the development team decide on this topic yet? I could not find it yet in the newest SAM release.

Best regards,
Koen

Hi Paul,

i'd love to, but I cannot find the attach file button in reply messages in this conversation. What do you advise me to do?

thanks
Koen