Constraints, site properties, and imports

The site’s specifications

You can access the information about your site using the left navbar. The section offers Site properties, Terrain, Constraints, and Imports categories.

Site properties

The top of the Site properties section displays your site’s basic information, such as GPS coordinates, slope, azimuth, and location’s altitude. There is also an “Add array” button that allows you to add an array to the reference point if it has not already been added.

• The General section lets you select the segment type. Currently, only the ground segment type is supported.

• The Horizon section lets you examine and change the default horizon, which has been calculated for the site’s reference point.

• The terrain approximation method is set to adaptive by default, showing the slope, azimuth, and altitude from the map data. To change these values, switch to manual.

Terrain properties

The site’s terrain properties category allows you do the following:

• Choose the preferred elevation model and display the wireframe on the map. Alternatively, you can toggle the wireframe on/off using the View menu at the top of the 3D map.

• Change the slope exceedance visualization.

• Examine and edit the albedo data. The albedo data values are identical to the Solargis Prospect Pro values.

Note: The default elevation model is Copernicus DSM, and the wireframe is turned off.

Slope exceedance visualization

You can use slope exceedance visualizations to help you identify areas with big slopes that would not be suitable for installations. To set the exceedance threshold, switch to “Single threshold” and enter the required angle. The map will automatically display areas exceeding your slope angle threshold.

Tip: You can turn this feature on/off by pressing “U” on the keyboard.

The constraints section includes all restricted areas, restricted lines, and line objects present in the design. These represent areas to be avoided by the installation such as rock formations, swamps, maintenance paths, or shading objects, respectively. Constraints are added using the interactive 3D map or by importing a KML file.

Tip: For every constraint you can decide whether inverters should be installed there or not. This can be useful when some areas, like swamps, cannot have an electrical inverter while others, like maintenance routes, can.

Constraint options

Every constraint can be edited through its options menu. Hover over the constraint with the mouse, and the three-dots will show. Click it to open the options menu. Every option has its own keyboard shortcut (indicated in the menu) to speed up the editing process.

• Rename: Will rename the constraint.

• Show/hide: Toggle the constraint outline visibility on/off.

• Edit vertices: Will initiate the vertice-editing process. You can add, delete, or drag anchor points. Press Enter to confirm changes.

• Delete: Will delete the object.

Additionally, you can also change every constraint’s properties. The parameters differ based on their type and are located in the properties panel to the right.