In the technical documentation, you create all installation documents from your solar design: circuit diagram, string plan, panel layout plan, CAD drawing, bill of materials and shade report.

autarc generates each document automatically from the design. You can then adjust and add to it, download it as a PDF on its own, or pass everything to your installation team as one report.

In the project, open the Survey & Design tab and, in the Solar section, click the Technical Documentation tile. You need a solar design in the project.

Select the document on the left; use the arrows to collapse or expand the navigation. With Open Planning you can jump back to the solar design at any time. All documents stay linked to the design, see the individual sections.

The Circuit Diagram shows the electrical layout of the system. autarc takes panels, inverters and batteries from the project's solar design automatically, with a DC isolator per string. As long as you have not changed the circuit diagram by hand, it follows every change to the design automatically. Once you have made your own changes, autarc no longer updates it on its own but shows a button to update it. Hover over it to see what has changed in the design. One click applies the changes and leaves your own adjustments untouched wherever possible. Use Undo to restore the previous state.

If the design contains strings without panels, autarc asks Import empty strings?: with Leave out they are left out of the circuit diagram, with Import anyway they appear as empty strings. If the string planning is missing or incomplete, autarc warns you, as the circuit diagram may not be accurate then. Plan strings takes you straight to the string planning.

You can adjust every component:

G99 protection: Select an inverter to record its G99 protection: None, Integrated in inverter, External to inverter, Both integrated and external or Not required (G98 compliant).

Tables in the circuit diagram: Under Tables, use Add table to insert a title block or a data table. There are two templates:

Use Edit table to add or delete rows and columns. Type { to insert a data field that autarc fills in automatically, e.g. Company name, Company address, Object address, Customer name, Today's date or Company logo.

Save recurring set-ups under Templates with Save as a template and use them in other projects with Use template. With Reset to default you start again.

The Stringplan shows which panels belong to which string, per roof side or all roof sides together on one page. autarc colours the panels in a light shade of the string colour. A legend names each string. Bottom left, a scale that adapts as you zoom shows real lengths. It is also on the PDF, so your installation team can measure the printed plan on site. Top right, you can undo or redo steps.

You create the stringing in the solar design. Find out more in String planning.

The Panel Layout Plan shows where the panels sit on each roof, one roof at a time or all on one page with All roofs. autarc colours panels without a string as in the CAD view, and panels with a string in a light shade of the string colour.

autarc projects tilted panels onto the roof surface. As in the string plan, there is a scale in the editor and on the PDF, and undo and redo top right.

Under CAD you see the geometry of the design as a technical drawing. As in the panel layout plan, you add measurements and text. They appear on every PDF you export, together with a scale. With Download DXF you open the drawing in your CAD software.

The Bill of Materials lists all components of the design with Art. no., Quantity, Buying price and Total, grouped into Modules, Inverters, Batteries, DC optimizers and Mounting. The mounting parts come from the mounting system, see Planning the mounting system and bill of materials.

If the design changes afterwards, autarc marks the lines that differ. Use Use planning quantity or Use planning quantities to align them. If the design no longer contains a component you edited, it appears under No longer in the planning. With Keep as custom line it keeps its quantity.

The Procurement total shows the buying value of the whole bill of materials.

The Shade Report summarises the shading per array and per object. Find out how to create and read it in Simulating and analysing shading.

Always up to date: If you open the shade report and the design has changed since the last calculation, autarc recalculates the shading automatically, even if the shading simulation is switched off in the design. The same applies to the simulation and the proposal.

Download each document separately with Download PDF, the CAD drawing as DXF.

With View report you combine the documents into one PDF, the Technical Documentation Report:

The report starts with a cover page showing the property, design and author, followed by a table of contents. The file is named after the design, the customer and the date. If autarc cannot create a section, it is left out of the report and autarc lets you know.

Your installation team gets the technical documentation as one PDF in the autarc Field App, even offline. To include it:

autarc creates the report from the current state of the design when you send it (Generating documents...). It is then also saved in the project under Documents as “Solar technical documentation - Project name.pdf”. Your assigned installers are notified automatically. If autarc cannot create the report, it still sends the other documents.

If the row is greyed out with the note Create a solar planning first, the project does not have a solar design yet.

If you have changed the circuit diagram by hand, autarc no longer updates it automatically. Click the update button to apply the changes from the design. Also check that the string planning is complete.

The string plan, panel layout plan and CAD need panels in the design. Open Planning takes you straight there.

No. The bill of materials is for procurement. Custom lines never appear in a proposal.