SolarStevo Posted September 29, 2021 Report Posted September 29, 2021 Good Morning, Quick question about slightly more complex building (such as the attached). I am struggling to design anything like this with my latest PV SOL premium 3D. Is there a way to fairly simply do this by any chance? (This building is also available in 3D on Google map - do you know a way to maybe import that 3D model into PV SOL?) Many Thanks Steven Quote
Jimmy Posted September 30, 2021 Report Posted September 30, 2021 Hi Steven, Unfortunately there isn't an easy way as far as I know to model a building of this complexity in PV*SOL. The easiest way that most seem to use is to make a model in another software (like SketchUp) and import it into PV*SOL. There is a way to import models from Google Maps but it's very complex with mixed results and it also requires that you know how to use a 3d modelling software for cleanup of the imported model. As far as I know I'm the only one that does this and it's taken me about 3 months of evening hours to work out all the kinks to get it working to a satisfactory level with PV*SOL. 1 Quote
SolarStevo Posted October 24, 2021 Author Report Posted October 24, 2021 Hi Jimmy, Thank you for your reply. That's exactly what i did - l designed it in Sketchup and imported it back to PV SOL. Thanks for your help Cheers Steven Quote
SolarStevo Posted October 24, 2021 Author Report Posted October 24, 2021 Hi Jimmy, Thank you for your reply. That's exactly what i did - l designed it in Sketchup and imported it back to PV SOL. Thanks for your help Cheers Steven Quote
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