BX Design Assistant - Supplemental chassis feature for overloaded chassis
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Ground Based Design Assistant - Optimal inter sub-array spacing calculation
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BX Design Assistants - Image based design style - New obstruction drawing feature
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New Product: Halo UltraGrip™ for composition shingle roofs
All Design Assistant platforms - Project report updates
- Aerial view of project location added to project report
- List of torque values added to project report
Pitched Roof and Flat Roof Design Assistants - Entry field for custom rail lengths
Pitched Roof and BX Design Assistants - Image based design style - Project report update
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Pitched Roof and BX Design Assistants - Image based design style - New undo/redo feature
Pitched Roof Design Assistants - Quick mode design style - New staggered feature
Ground Based Design Assistant - New grid based array image and module cut-back feature
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New company feature - Allows new projects to be viewed by all people within the company
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BX Design Assistant - Image based design style update - New panel counter
My projects page - New CSV download feature for projects list
Urban and suburban areas, wooded areas, or other terrain with numerous closely spaced obstructions having the size of single family dwellings or larger.
Open terrain with scattered obstructions having heights generally less than 30 feet. This category includes flat open country and grasslands.
Flat, unobstructed areas and water surfaces. This category includes smooth mud flats, salt flats, and unbroken ice.
The distance between roof attachments. This number should be less than or equal to the maximum span value listed for your selected XR Rail within the "Rails" section.
Typical residential installations have attachment spacing between 4' and 8', whereas commercial installations have spacing as high as 12'. Consult with a structural engineer or your local building authority to confirm the allowable attachment spacing for your array.
Design Assistant allows you to choose the proper ASCE code standard for your region: 7-10, 7-16, or 7-22.
If you do not know which code standard is being used in your region, please contact your local building department.
Design Assistant allows you to use the old ASCE 7-10 code standard, the ASCE 7-16 code standard, or the latest ASCE 7-22 code standard.
If you do not know which code standard is being used in your region, please contact your local building department.
Design Assistant requires you to use the ASCE 7-16 code standard for this project.
If you do not know which code standard is being used in your region, please contact your local building department.
Design Assistant requires you to use the ASCE 7-16 or ASCE 7-22 code standard for this project.
If you do not know which code standard is being used in your region, please contact your local building department.
Spectral response acceleration parameter at short periods.
SDS is based off of soil type D.
The panel you have picked is not included in IronRidge’s UL compatibility list.
Users are now able to add project notes for each of their unique projects. These project note sections can be found at the bottom of both the Configure page and Bill of materials page.
You'll also notice a "notes" icon for projects that have notes in the "Projects" page. These icons will be highlighted in yellow for notes written within the last day.
Users can now add custom modules not listed in Design Assistant for use on their projects. This will allow for quick BOM building with accurate module dimensions. If you'd like to have the module listed in Design Assistant, please reach out to our technical support team. There are two ways to add custom modules:
1) Head to the "Projects" page and tab over to "My Custom Panels". Once you're on this tab you can click on the "+ New panel" button or the "add one here ->" link to create a custom panel.
2) You can also add a custom panel when picking a panel for your project. If the module you're looking to use isn't listed, click the "Add a Custom Panel here ->" link to add a custom module.
Presets allow users to configure a project and generate a bill of materials more quickly by pre-populating user specified preset values for certain project parameters. You can add these presets in two ways.
1) Head to your "Projects" page and tab over to "My Presets". Once you're on this tab you can click on the "New preset" button or click on any of the system types linked in blue.
2) After you've typed in the address for your Design Assistant project you'll see a new field for your presets. You can click on the "Create here ->" link to create a new preset.
Additional fields have been added to the Pitched Roof Preset template to help speed up designing projects even more. This includes, but is not limited to, fields for roof material, roof attachment, and roof slopes. You can find these new fields under the "Building & Roof Information" section of the Design Assistant.
The height of the wall around the roof edge. If this height varies on your roof, use the average parapet height.
The thickness of the wall around the roof edge. If the build does not have a parapet, you can leave this blank or enter 0.
The dimension crosshairs are two adjacent lines that intersect at a point that follows the cursor while you move it over the graphical representation of the roof. They have dimension markers that show the approximate real distance from the cursor point on the roof to the top, right, bottom, and left roof edges.
Margin of error: The dimensions shown are not pin point accurate. They have a margin of error, ranging from 1" on smaller roofs (25' x 25') to 5" on larger roofs (300' x 300').
Snapping: When the crosshairs are in use, there is an additional setting allowing you to toggle snapping. With this setting on, the dimension crosshairs will appear to be "magnetically" drawn to the edges of the grid cells.
The shift tools will move all of the placed panels by one position on the grid. When shifting, the panels that move off of the visible grid are removed.
You can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the placed panels.
A proposal is considered to be an Atlas proposal if:
For proposals, you will need a Company that is linked to an OpenSolar Organization (Org).
Please contact your company admin to link your company with OpenSolar.
IronRidge is now a part of Enstall and we’re streamlining account access.
This means you will be taken to a new page on your next attempt to sign in.
Have a Design Assistant (DA) account? You will sign into Enstall with the same DA login you’ve used in the past to access all your projects and tools.
Use an On-Demand Training account without DA? You will need to create a new Enstall account with the same email you used to view courses before.
Be sure to bookmark the new page for easy access: IronRidge.Enstall.com
We’ll be releasing more exciting features soon. Please stay tuned!
