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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Free Solar Farm Planner for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

Technology demonstration of basic features for laying out a solar farm on an area of arbitrary profile selected on Google® Maps.

Using Forge™ platform, it is integrated with Autodesk® BIM 360® allowing users to better collaborate on projects

Solar Farm Planner supports the following functions:
  • Authorization with the Autodesk account;
  • Map manipulation and further placement of a rectangle or polygon area containing solar panels on the selected location;
  • Panels rotate and tilt;
  • Saving a 3D mock-up of the positioned solar farm to BIM 360 Docs which can be displayed with Autodesk Forge Viewer.

Integrate Solar Farm Planner with BIM 360 - Step 1

Integrate Solar Farm Planner with BIM 360 - Step 2

Integrate Solar Farm Planner with BIM 360 - Step 3

Usage of Solar Farm Planner - Step 1: Log in with Autodesk account.

Usage of Solar Farm Planner - Step 2: Create new solar farm design.

Usage of Solar Farm Planner - Step 3: Navigate to the desired location and set the solar farm placement.

Usage of Solar Farm Planner - Step 4: Adjust the settings of the solar panel and its placement.

Usage of Solar Farm Planner - Step 5: Build 3D mock-up of the solar farm.



Please see the short video demonstration here.

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About This Version

Version 1.0, 11/15/2017

Added support of the following functions:
  • Authorization with the Autodesk account;
  • Map manipulation and further placement of a rectangle or polygon area containing solar panels on the selected location;
  • Panels rotation and tilt;
  • Saving a 3D mock-up of the positioned solar farm to BIM 360 Docs which can be displayed with Autodesk Forge Viewer.



Solar Farm Planner is brought to you by AMC Bridge. It's free.

This add-in is compatible with BIM 360 Docs.

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

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