3D shading tool

Hi Sophie,

SAM's 3D Shade Calculator is part of the SAM project. The source code files are named s3[...].cpp like s3engine.cpp, s3objects, etc. in the src folder:

github.com/NREL/SAM/tree/develop/src

It is distributed as part of SAM, not as a standalone project.

The best way to explore all of the available models in SSC is to use SDKtool as described on the SDK page. With SDK you can see a list of all of the modules, show the inputs and outputs of each module, and write scripts to run the modules:

sam.nrel.gov/software-development-kit-sdk

You can also browse the list of files in the ssc folder of the SSC project -- compute module names are preceded by "cmod_". For example, the pvsamv1 module (Detailed Photovoltaic Model in the SAM user interface) code is in cmod_pvsamv1.cpp:

github.com/NREL/ssc/tree/develop/ssc

Best regards,
Paul.