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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Kelly Keilwitz, Whidbey Sun & Wind<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 05, 2008
11:37 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> RE Wrenches listserve<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] layout
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Hi Nik,<br>
We recently started using Google’s 3-D program “Sketchup” for
our layouts. The basic program is free and fairly fast to get started with. It
allows us to give prospective customers a simple perspective drawing showing
how it will look. It has a shading feature that allows you to move the sun
through the day to see what effect shading has. Definitely a good tool for more
the less-conventional layouts like you describe.<br>
-Kelly<br>
<br>
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On 8/3/08 6:13 PM, "Nicholas Ponzio" <<a
href="nponzio@buildingenergyus.com">nponzio@buildingenergyus.com</a>> wrote:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Wrenches,<br>
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I've got several PV prospects with east-facing roofs. Does anyone have
suggestions about easy calculations for inter-row spacing? It's more
complicated than the flat-roof or low pitch south-facing roofs. Seems like
there ought to be some fancy 3D modeling software for PV designers that could
do this in a few key strokes...<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.<br>
<br>
-Nik Ponzio<br>
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