3D shading tool

Hello,

I was wondering if the 3d shading tool from SAM is available open source and, if so, under what name? (More generally, is there a reference document listing all the models available in SSC?)

If not, are the equations used available elsewhere?

Best regards,

Sophie

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.