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Field inspector
Change a field's equipment, layout, racking, and modeling settings.
Select a field on the map or in the Layers panel to open its inspector. The sections depend on the field type and design mode.
Click a value to enter it, or use its drag control where available. Check the displayed units and any validation message.
Field
The header shows the field name and its current summary. The field menu provides actions such as locate, duplicate, hide, lock, and delete.
- Template applies a design template. When values differ, its sync control lets you apply the template’s current settings.
- Type chooses the mounting surface and racking. See Draw a field.
- Setback or Height · Setback controls the boundary clearance and, where relevant, structure height.
- Azimuth · Tilt on a pitched roof describes the roof itself.
- Ground elevation, where shown, controls the reference ground level for buildings.
- Weather chooses the weather source for the design.
- Limit provides the available power-limiting and AC-curtailment settings.
ARGUS AI
Roof fields offer Detect obstructions, Sensitivity, and Match all heights to 3D. Check detected obstructions before relying on the layout. See Obstructions and 3D measurements.
Alignment
Open the Alignment section to choose Corner, Point, or Line alignment.
Use the alignment point and 3×3 grid to choose which part of the layout lines up with the reference. In line mode, choose an existing line or Draw new line…. Unalign rows controls whether rows share their alignment.
Review the layout after changing its alignment, especially near boundaries and obstructions.
Module & electrical
- Module selects the equipment used by the field.
- Inverter group shows the group supplying the field’s inverter allocation.
- Inverter and #INV · DC/AC control the inverter model and sizing where the field owns those choices.
- Mods per string controls string length. Review the valid range shown for the selected equipment; use Auto-calculate to return to an automatic choice.
- MLPE and Mods per MLPE, where offered, describe module-level electronics.
- Unstrung identifies modules that are not allocated to an inverter.
If a row is controlled by a group, change it in the inverter group. Bifaciality belongs to the module in the equipment library.
Racking
The settings depend on the selected racking type.
| Settings | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Height and orientation | Module clearance or standoff, tracker tube height, or canopy clearance; portrait or landscape modules. |
| Azimuth · Tilt | Module direction and tilt for fixed racking. |
| Max tilt | Tracker rotation limit. |
| Up · Wide and module distances | Module arrangement within a table or frame. |
| Group · Gap, Motor · Gap | Group spacing and tracker motor spacing. |
| Row spacing, Pitch · GCR · Span | Alternative ways to describe row spacing. |
| Driveway distance | Access spacing between ground-mount groups. |
| Backtracking | The tracker backtracking setting. |
On roofs, use Add frame or Remove frame to change whether modules are arranged in frames. Use the preview beside a setting to understand its effect.
Terrain
Terrain-enabled ground-mount fields offer product, slope, clearance, and pile settings. See Terrain tracking.
Modeling & losses
Click Customize loss & modeling to review or override the field’s modeling assumptions. Changes remain in the dialog until you save. See Losses and modeling settings.
Preview card
Hover a setting to see its explanation and visual preview. These previews help interpret the input; use the current layout and model results to review the design as a whole.
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