[RE-wrenches] Design Software?

[Garrison]

Hi Kelly,

If the application is more commercial then I would probably recommend Helioscope as well.

Aurora is a great residential layout and shading program.  Beyond that the functionality is a bit clunky and I’ve noticed a number of inaccuracies in some of their calculations...and a sharpie on a bar napkin would produce a better single line diagram :).

Best,
Garrison

> On Oct 19, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Philip Lawes Insoltech <phil at insoltechsolar.com> wrote:
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> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Larson
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> Hi y'all, 
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> Since I haven't been doing layout/design recently, I wonder what software I can recommend to a client.  He is a newbie doing mostly commercial systems - some roof and some ground mount.  The software needs to layout strings for string inverters, calc voltage drop, conductor sizes, etc, and show distances. 
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> Suggestions? 
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> Thank you in advance, 
> Kelly
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