TurtlesOG Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Dear all, I'm trying to learn how to design a carport but I have no clue on how to even start doing it. I searched in the forum related topics but with no sucess. Anyone has any tips? carport example: Thank you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Hi Turtles, Unless you need a good graphical presentation for a customer the easiest way would probably be to create a custom system in "module mounting". So basically a ground mount with the desired dimensions being pre calculated to a certain number of panels. Like this: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurtlesOG Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Hello Jimmy, Thank you for your answer and support. Yes, this will work just fine. In reality the support structure would be different but this is what I was looking for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chudy14 Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Hi Jimmy, Great idea to use mounted system! I just recently completed carport desing based on this post. Thanks a lot! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumperniggl Posted Tuesday at 08:24 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:24 AM Hey @chudy14, your project looks great! I'm currently writing my Bachelor Thesis about different ways of implementing solar carports in parking infastructure. Therefore i also want to simulate different projects in PVSol. Do you maybe have some more details of your project above? How did you manage to get this alignment (V-formation)? I tried it with two seperate polygons per parking row (and creating pv rows facing each other in order to build the V-formation) but then i always have to much space left between the V-formation. I would very much appreciate your help. Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_ Posted Thursday at 12:09 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 12:09 PM not sure what you ment there @Pumperniggl, I made seperate rows one facing east, one facing west, and i can drag and drop them 'against' eachother. collision is on and thus no spacing in between at the design. it will ask for "connect to array" with a followup this is not possible due to different orientations. But nevertheless in general: interesting to use the module mounting to design carports. I always made a solid building and used the module coverage option. But this way is much more elegant and visually better looking. Great idea @Jimmy !! @devs, i would not mind this kind of T-shaped module mounting to be added to pvsol in addition of the tilt/EW and facade option. It is a very common design for carports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
developer_mo Posted Thursday at 01:02 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 01:02 PM Dear Peter_, thank you for your contribution. Currently, there are no plans to add a dedicated carport construction in addition to the existing formations. Nevertheless, I have forwarded your request to the appropriate developers. Kind regards Mikio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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