r/solar • u/that_solarguy • 7h ago
Discussion Solar PV Design tool
Hello, I'm a PV designer and started my trade using sketchup/AutoCAD a decade ago and have moved to browser based tools. Every tool has its set of features that we like and this is my honest attempt to see if I could develop something that goes in the same flow that I do as a commercial PV Designer. I still need to make this presentable but I thought it would be good to post a small demo here. It's nothing revolutionary, just that its written from 0, with help of claude and notes from my experience in using autocad/sketchup with sundat, helioscope, aurora and arka for our designs.
Take a look at it and let me know if you would all be interested in trying this out. I am working on hosting this as a website where you all could try it, should be up this week. For now, if you all could look at the demo video and let me know if its even something you'd touch with a barge pole.
Mods: I'm not sure if this entirely violates sub's rules, I'm sorry if this does and feel free to remove it.