Design

Design Overview

• Design Quick Start Guide
• Design with Aurora: A to Z guide
• Milestones in Aurora
• Designing with Aurora: configuration checklist
• AHJ Identification and Database
• Keyboard Shortcuts (System Design)

Site Modeling & Imagery

• Drone Mapping
• Obstructions
• Drawing Trees in Design Mode
• Set Default Imagery
• How to Request an EagleView Powered Model
• Street View Ruler

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System Design

• Solar Panel Placement in Design Mode
• Step-by-step guide for designing a PV system
• Components
• How to Design a Reverse Tilt Rack System
• How to Design a Ground Mount System
• Selective Optimizers

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Solar Components & Database

• Enabling Solar Components - Account Configuration
• Managing Component Visibility Settings
• Solar Panel and AutoDesigner Default Settings

Storage

• Adding Battery Storage to your Design
• PV and Battery Add-On Projects (aka Retrofits)
• Using Grid Export Limits
• Understanding Storage Modeling for Energy Arbitrage
• What is Autarky?
• Backup Duration - Calculations

Shading Analysis

• Generating Bankable Shade Reports
• LIDAR Shading
• Data Sources used in Aurora for Shading Analysis
• What is Diffuse Irradiance?
• Key Terms: Irradiance, Solar Access, TOF, and TSRF
• Overview

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Performance Simulation

• Solcast Weather Data
• How to Define Weather Datasets Default Settings in New Aurora
• Hourly Production Data Export
• What is Inverter Clipping?
• Submodule (Cell String)-Level Simulation
• System Loss Diagram

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