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• TRADEMARKS AND DISCLAIMERS
• VIDEO TUTORIALS
• ACCESSING HELP AND SUPPORT
• OVERVIEW & REQUIREMENTS
• ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
  • CREATE AND EDIT FINANCIAL PROFILES
  • CREATE AND EDIT MODULE PROFILES
  • CREATE AND EDIT INVERTER PROFILES
  • CREATE AND EDIT RACK PROFILES
• CREATE AND EDIT A PROJECT
  • CREATE A NEW PROJECT
  • OPEN AN EXISTING PROJECT
  • ARCHIVE/ UNARCHIVE AN EXISTING PROJECT
  • RENAME AN EXISTING PROJECT
  • CLONE AN EXISTING PROJECT
  • CREATE A SITE BY UPLOADING KML FILES
  • CREATE AND EDIT A SITE DIRECTLY WITHIN PLATFORM > SITE BOUNDARIES
  • CREATE AND EDIT A SITE DIRECTLY WITHIN PLATFORM > EXCLUSION ZONES
  • CREATE AND EDIT A SITE DIRECTLY WITHIN PLATFORM > POINT OF COMMON COUPLING (PCC)
  • PERFORM TOPOGRAPHICAL AND SLOPE ANALYSIS
  • SELECT OR UPLOAD WEATHER DATA
  • GENERATE A DOWNLOADABLE KML FILE OF A SITE
  • SELECT EQUIPMENT
  • ENTER ELECTRICAL DATA
  • ENTER CIVIL / GEOTECHNICAL DATA
  • ENTER FINANCIAL DATA
  • ENTER SEARCH PREFERENCES
  • RUN A SEARCH
  • STOP A SEARCH
  • VIEW SEARCH STATUS
• OBTAIN AND MANAGE RESULTS
  • VIEW SEARCH RESULTS
  • ACCESS ADDITIONAL DETAIL WITH ADD-­ON REPORTS
  • RETRIEVE REPORTS FROM PREVIOUS PROJECT RUNS
• REVISE THE PROJECT DESIGN
  • OVERVIEW
  • EDITING IN AUTOCAD
  • RE-RUNNING THE PROJECT WITH REVISED DESIGN
• PROJECT OPTIMIZATION SEARCH
• BASIS OF DESIGN > ENERGY SIMULATION AND MODELING
  • OVERVIEW
  • LOCATION AND RESOURCE
  • MODULE
  • INVERTER
  • LOSSES
  • SAM IMPLEMENTATION
  • PLANT CONTROL MODELS
  • POWER FLOW MODEL
  • CAPACITOR BANK SIZING
  • ENERGY METRIC CALCULATIONS
• BASIS OF DESIGN > ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
  • GOVERNING CODES
  • REFERENCE STANDARDS
  • SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
  • NUMBER OF MODULES PER STRING
  • CABLE ROUTING
  • CABLE SELECTION AND SIZING
  • CONDUCTOR PROPERTIES DATABASE – IMPERIAL UNITS
  • CONDUCTOR PROPERTIES DATABASE – METRIC UNITS
  • CABLE PROPERTIES DATABASE – IMPERIAL UNITS
  • CABLE PROPERTIES DATABASE – METRIC UNITS
  • WIRE LOSSES
  • CIRCUIT IMPEDANCE
  • TRANSFORMER SIZING AND IMPEDANCE
  • TRANSFORMER PROPERTIES DATABASE
• BASIS OF DESIGN > STRUCTURAL AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
  • GOVERNING CODES
  • REFERENCE STANDARDS
  • LOADING ON STRUCTURES
  • FOUNDATION DESIGN
• BASIS OF DESIGN > COST & FINANCE
  • COMPONENT COST DATABASE – IMPERIAL UNITS
  • COMPONENT COST DATABASE – METRIC UNITS
  • CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE
  • PROJECT FINANCIAL MODEL
  • PROJECT FINANCIAL EQUATIONS
• FAQs
• APPENDIX
  • GENERAL TERMS
  • LIST OF OPTIMIZER INPUT FIELDS AND DEFAULT VALUES
  • COMMON ERRORS/ TROUBLESHOOTING