Description
Require ordered occupancy and shade intervals and return their positive intersection duration or zero.
Simple site geometry approximates an area, section, or volume using ideal shapes. Coherent length units and the distinction between signed and unsigned quantities determine the result's meaning.
Require ordered occupancy and shade intervals and return their positive intersection duration or zero.
When to use this tool
Use Outdoor Seat Shade Overlap Duration when you need one transparent landscape geometry component.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter occupancyStart, occupancyEnd, shadeStart, shadeEnd. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read shadedDuration. Use the output convention below.
Require ordered occupancy and shade intervals and return their positive intersection duration or zero.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| occupancyStart | Occupancy Start | Required. Finite number. |
| occupancyEnd | Occupancy End | Required. Finite number. |
| shadeStart | Shade Start | Required. Finite number. |
| shadeEnd | Shade End | Required. Finite number. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| shadedDuration | Shaded Duration | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"occupancyStart": 60,
"occupancyEnd": 120,
"shadeStart": 90,
"shadeEnd": 150
},
"output": {
"shadedDuration": 30
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Use a common time origin and unit; shade timing is supplied rather than modeled from solar position, and thermal comfort is not established.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use a surveyed terrain or construction model when irregular shapes, settlement, drainage, and structural performance matter.
References
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