Solo Studio Features
Tons of new features are coming with the release of Solo Studio! Take a look at the different categories below to see what's included/what's coming soon!
⚒️ Solo Studio Design Tool
Use this self-service design tool to accurately and quickly make your own designs, no waiting on third-party designers. Some of the new tools will include:
✅ Design Checklist
Whether you're an experienced designer or new to designing, the Design Checklist will make sure that no aspect of your design gets forgotten!
🏡 Create a Roof Illustration
Before adding the panel layout, add all the home's roof components, on top of the imagery. This includes adding:
- Roof Lines & Roof Line Labels
- Azimuth & Pitch of Each Plane
- Obstructions & Obstacles
🔥 Apply Fire Setbacks
Choose from two different offset strategies, Solo's Continuous Path method or the National Standard, or add custom fire setbacks for each roof plane. Learn more about Solo's fire setbacks strategies HERE.
➕ Add Ground Mounts
Create custom ground-mounted arrays instead of, or in addition to, any roof-mounted systems.
🌳 Model the Shade Environment
Model the trees around the home to accurately assess the sunlight access of your design.
✏️ Design Your Optimal System Layout
Manually or automatically add panels to your design, easily select your preferred placement strategy, and set panel spacing, all in one place!
📐Choose Your Equipment Up Front
Select your preferred module, inverter, and optimizer from your company's offering, without having to wait for the proposal.
📊 Real-time System Production Analysis
View detailed solar estimates and performance metrics in the Production Center, right inside the design tool! See everything from system losses to TSRF data, both for each array and the system as a whole.
💾 Activity Log
Solo Studio will keep a log of all changes you've made to the design, in case you need to view or restore previous versions.
✨ Design Co-Pilot
Ask our AI Design Assistant for design-specific help on roof analysis, solar panel placement, energy production estimates, and more!
👥 Team Chat & Team Communication
Have easy view access to any notes left by the team member who requested the design, and leave your own notes for them to see in the customer page.
📄 Quick Access to Your Company Design Preferences
Easily review your company's preferred design standards, like azimuth priority, allowed equipment, minimum system requirements, etc.
⚙️ Design Automations
Cut down on your design time even more with intuitive automated design tools, including:
🏠 Roof Line Generation
Using DSM analysis and the design image, roof lines can be automatically created and applied to the design
🏷️ Automated Roof Edge Labeling
Each roofline can be reviewed and labeled with the correct classification (eave, ridge, rake, etc.). These will be vital in applying the correct fire offsets. Learn more about roof labels HERE.
🔥 Fire Setback Generation
Based on the edge labels, fire setbacks can be automatically applied to the roof. Choose your preferred offset strategy between Continuous Path, National Standard. Learn more about Solo fire setback logic HERE.
📐 Auto-detect Pitch and Azimuth
Quickly determine each roof plane's azimuth and pitch and automatically apply it to the design.
❌ Obstruction Detection
With one quick click, automatically detect and label each possible obstruction on the roof.
☀️ Automated Panel Placement
Place panels over all roof planes instantly, all while staying within fire setbacks and avoiding obstructions.
📝 Design Management
Easily manage your designs and proposals with customized roles, quick design access, and real-time request updates. This includes:
🕐 Your Own Design Queue
Any design requests will enter your company's personal design queue, for your team to manage and complete each one. This page can be permission-restricted, so only approved users have access to assign, view, or complete designs.
👥 Assign Designs to Users
Assign design requests to approved users to complete, keeping the design flow organized and easy.
➡️ Request a Design Created by Solo
Any design can still be sent to the Solo Design team to be completed by one of our expert designers!
💻 De-coupled Designs and Proposals
With Solo Studio, manage your designs and proposal separately and create proposals from designs as needed, all still housed in the customer page.
👥 Solo Studio User Permissions
Control which of your users has access to build designs and to different parts of Solo Studio. Permissions you can control include:
✏️ Build New Design
Control which users have access to assign requests and build designs in Solo Studio.
🔥 Customize Fire Setbacks
For users who have access to build design, decide which users can add custom fire setbacks to their designs and override the default setback strategies.
🛠️ Add Ground Mounts - Coming Soon!
Select which users will have access to add ground mounted arrays to the designs they build.
✅ Send to Solo
Control which users will have the option to send a design request through our managed service queue, to be completed by one of our designers.