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Hi James, You have several options. You can simply draw the polygon overlapping and finally extrude the two buildings. If you use standard buildings with rectangular base area and saddle or hipped roof: you can enlarge the width of the attic, draw the polygon overlapping and extrude, or disable the collision and push the buildings into each other. Kind regards Your Technical Support Team

I am hoping to build a set of irregular buildings based on a design drawing (see attached).   I have outlined each different pitch and extruded as an arbitrary building. The option to deactivate collisions is not available for arbitrary buildings. Is there another way to force the buildings to overlap?   Sometimes when you first pick up a building it allows you to overlap with another building but this seems to be a glitch. This is how I have overlapped the other joining buildings.   Any suggestions on how to get 2 arbitrary buildings to overlap?   Many thanks   James

Daer Ahmad, Your problem is indeed based on the module dataset used. The REC data set you used is available in a newer version in the database. If you select the new one, then the specific annual yield as well as the PR are as expected. Kind regards Your Technical Support 2017-09-17_REC twin panels simulation_v5.0_VAL.pvprj

Hi Kevin, the limitation to 5000 modules within the 3D visualization is due to due to performance reasons. Unfortunately, there is no way to increase the number of modules.  In order to plan a pv plant with more than 5,000 modules, you have to switch to 2D planning, where you are able to define an arbitrary number of module areas with 100,000 modules each. Another option would be to divide your plant into supplants and to simulate separately. The next database update, including the battery systems, will take place in early November. Which battery system you miss in the database? Kind regards Your Technical Support

Is it possible to extend beyond the 5000 PV cell limit simulation?