Shellpower ++

Hello!

WELCOME to shellpower plus plus This project is a crossplatform port of the orginal sscp shellpower with additional features such as auto array layout

Installation

Downad the release for your computer over in releases

Usage

1. OBJ or STL works, not STEP, but if you can export from cad as OBJ it would be ideal

2) Linux

cd Downloads # or wherever you downloaded the executable
chmod +x shellpower-linux-x64
./shellpower-linux-x64

2) Mac

Open Terminal Application

cd Downloads # or wherever you downloaded the executable
chmod +x shellpower-macos-arm64
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine shellpower-macos-arm64
./shellpower-macos-arm64

2) Windows

#double click!
.\shellpower-windows-x64.exe

3. click "Load mesh file" and import your body! This needs to be an OBJ OR STL
4. transform so the array surface is facing up ( y axis or the green arrow), MAKE SURE SCALE IS SET SO THE SIZE DISPLAYED IS IN METERS
5. go over to cells, (your view will change to vertical, set Target to how many sqm of array you want to try and fit on the car.
6. Dont change any of the checkboxes from defaults and hit Run Auto-Layout
7. Go over to simulate, and you can drag around the hour slider to see the array preformance at instantious points during the day.
8. To get a time averaged sim, hit Run Daily Simulation

Credit

Credit to DC for the orginal C# project! https://github.com/sscp/shellpower