Auto Design
AI-powered auto design, with class-leading, 3rd-party validated accuracy and advanced shading analysis.
Auto Design is in beta and available worldwide. Account admins can enable this feature by following these instructions or learn more in this help center article.
The world’s fastest, most accurate design technology
Ada automatically creates build-ready designs for you in seconds, using OpenSolar’s class-leading design technology, now powered by AI:
- Automated, fully rendered 3D designs
- Simple sketch tool on 2D imagery for when there’s no 3D imagery available, producing the same auto system design as with 3D
- Pitch, azimuth and shading calculated automatically – with no input from the user
- Auto designs automatically generate a bill of materials for every project
- Auto designs feed directly into the new, cutting edge Sales Machine customer proposal
Proven, class-leading accuracy
Independently verified by a leading US Government agency and leading engineering firm PVEL, OpenSolar’s design tool is proven to deliver results you can count on.
- Photogrammetry-based Digital Surface Map (DSM) technology eliminates the time-intensive and error-prone work of manually building site models
- Leading shading estimate accuracy verified by a leading US Government agency
- Performance calculation engine based on the trusted System Advisor Model of a leading US Government agency
- Trusted design outputs lead to accurate savings values and happy customers
Analyze year-round shading
Our automated shading analysis saves you time and gives you performance values you can trust:
- Auto-generated and bankable shading analysis values
- Dynamic solar tracing to model shading impacts through day/month/year
- Heatmaps and shade reports
- Sub-panel level shading analysis down to the sub-string to inform optimal equipment configurations
3D tools for every type of project
The most accurate solar design tool available, with full 3D modeling and automation, now also includes:
- Ability to design and sell commercial systems
- Global HD imagery coverage with 3D, 2D or custom properties
- Built-in modeling and measurement tool to design accurate systems where no imagery is available
- Roof plane and obstruction setting mode, with automated solar array placement
Multi-panel systems
Design Multiple Panel Types on the Same System:
- Model more complex installations where a single panel type cannot be used
- Assign different panel models to different arrays within the same design
- Works in the standard OS design process. Simply proceed with system design and proposal generation as normal
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