Issues with Orientation and shading scene

[Luca M]

Hello,

I'm having some issues after updating from PVsyst 7 to 8:

1. Orientation management issues once the scene is imported from PV Case in .pvc format

Once I import the .pvc file, in the Orientation management tool I always have 2 orientation groups. Is there a way to avoid this to happen? 

 

 

2. Mismatch of tables between 3D scene and PV system scene

I always have a number of modules different from the number of tables

Edited 21 hours ago by Luca M
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[Linda Thoren]

Hello,

1. In version 8.0.19 we have been improving the orientation grouping function. Which version are you using?  What tolerance is set in the project settings?

2. The issue could from the fact that you can define multiple gaps for your tracker in PVcase, motor gap, joint gap, horizontal gap between modules and vertical gap between modules (though normally this would lead to the opposite issue, that more modules are placed in the 3D scene than in the system definition). 

PVsyst we handle only horizontal gap between modules and vertical gaps between modules, so the PVC file doesn’t contain the other information. The PVC file only contains the total length/width of the trackers and the horizontal/vertical gaps between modules. Did you check the "Terrain following trackers" checkbox in the "Frame creation" tab in PVcase? This setting should break the PVcase trackers into multiple smaller trackers for PVsyst (according to the defined gaps), placing the modules at the correct location. In this case, PVsyst will divide the tracker where the motor gap is. 

I also notice that 163 tables are not defined by modules, potentially the mismatch comes from these tables.

Kind regards