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PVsyst integration and design exports
PVX.AI is built to feed PVsyst, the industry standard for yield simulation. Modules import from PAN files, inverters from OND files, string sizing validates against PVsyst rules, and finished designs export as PVCollada, including PVC 2.0 with the full electrical hierarchy. Terrain exports pre-grading or post-grading as PVsyst-compatible CSV.
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PVsyst data in: PAN and OND files
PVsyst data enters PVX.AI through the same PAN and OND files PVsyst itself uses, so the modules and inverters in your design are the data PVsyst's simulation is built on. The Database panel keeps a managed, client-side catalog of modules, racks, and inverters that opens without a server round trip and works offline, no network dependency to look up a part mid-design.
Modules import directly from PVsyst PAN files: open Products, then PV Modules, click New Module, then Import .PAN File, select the .pan file, and save. Without a PAN file, enter the specification manually. Power and dimensions are required; everything else is optional. Inverters follow the same pattern from a PVsyst OND file: Products, then Inverters, New Inverter, Import .OND File, populating manufacturer, model, phase, AC and DC power, voltage ranges, MPPT count, DC inputs, and efficiencies in one step. Inverters can also import an .OND file directly from the electrical configuration grid while you are mid-design, so a spec change does not send you back to the Database panel.
Once a module and inverter are in the design, PVX.AI checks string sizing against the inverter's voltage window using the same rules PVsyst applies: cold Voc against the maximum system voltage, and hot and cool Vmp against the inverter's MPPT range, calculated from per-project design temperatures (minimum ambient temperature, summer and winter cell temperature) that you set once and reuse across the site. That check runs during electrical configuration, and again as a gate before yield analysis submission, so a PAN or OND import that would create an oversized string surfaces before the design ever reaches PVsyst.
- PAN import: Products → PV Modules → New Module → Import .PAN File.
- Manual module entry: power and dimensions required, everything else optional.
- OND import: Products → Inverters → New Inverter → Import .OND File, or directly from the electrical configuration grid mid-design.
PVsyst scenes out: PVCollada and PVC 2.0
PVX.AI exports finished designs as PVCollada, a 3D table-position file for PVsyst, in two versions. Design (PVC), the classic 1.x export, writes a .dae file. Design (PVC 2.0) is the newer, higher-fidelity export: a .pvc2 file carrying the full electrical hierarchy (transformers, combiners, inverters, cabling), placed 3D device bodies, the project boundary, the terrain mesh, and shading objects, plus East-West racks exported as dual fixed-tilt faces.
PVC 2.0 also exports module and inverter electrical specs in full: bifaciality factor, temperature coefficients, cell topology, and inverter efficiency, so PVsyst's model is populated correctly. Equipment is draped onto the terrain, so the file imports cleanly into PVsyst. PVsyst recognizes tracker tables as tracking objects automatically. The PVC 2.0 file is always written in meters, regardless of the drawing's own units.
Terrain travels the same direction: PVX.AI exports the 3D surface as a CSV file compatible with PVsyst terrain import, in both pre-grading and post-grading variants, so you can hand PVsyst the ground as it exists today or as your grading plan will leave it. Importing into PVsyst differs by format: for classic PVC (1.x), set X, Y, Z to zero and rotate 180 degrees around the origin to align the scene on the terrain; PVC 2.0 imports as-is, no rotation needed. Either way, choose not to delete the current scene, then confirm the import.
- Design (PVC): classic 1.x export (.dae), table positions only.
- Design (PVC 2.0): .pvc2 export with full electrical hierarchy, 3D device bodies, terrain mesh, shading objects, East-West dual fixed-tilt faces, always in meters.
- PVC (1.x) import: X/Y/Z to zero, rotate 180° around the origin.
- PVC 2.0 import: as-is, no rotation.
Construction and stakeholder outputs
Beyond feeding PVsyst, PVX.AI exports the deliverables construction teams and stakeholders need to build and review the plant. The Bill of Quantities, from Output, Export, BoQ (XLS), lands as four Excel sheets: Main Equipment, Civil Works, Electrical System, and Miscellaneous, each with the same columns, No., Description, Unit, Quantity, Notes, an itemized handoff a contractor can price directly.
Pile data exports two ways from Output, Export, Pile Coordinates. A CSV gives a flat table: rack name, pile label, pile point X/Y/Z, pile length, boundary assignment, and slopes. An XLSX gives a live, four-sheet procurement optimizer workbook, Inputs, Pile Schedule, BoQ, Procurement, built entirely from Excel formulas. Change a stock pile length or embedment limit on the Inputs sheet and the Pile Schedule, BoQ, and Procurement comparison recompute automatically: production pile length, off-cut waste, and steel tonnage all update without reopening the design in PVX.AI. Cable measurements export to Excel too, string to DC box, DC box to inverter, and inverter to transformer, in one workbook from Output, Export, Cables.
For anyone who needs to see the site rather than price it, Design (KML) generates a Google Earth file with tilted rack panels, rack labels, roads, DC and AC cables, and equipment, each in its own toggleable folder, viewable over live satellite imagery on any device with Google Earth installed. For a browser-based walk-through with no software install at all, Design (Web) publishes a one-click shareable link; the web viewer itself, sun and shadow simulation included, is covered on the PVX.View page.
- BoQ sheets: Main Equipment, Civil Works, Electrical System, Miscellaneous (No. / Description / Unit / Quantity / Notes).
- Pile procurement workbook sheets: Inputs, Pile Schedule, BoQ, Procurement.
- KML folders: tilted panels, labels, roads, DC/AC cables, equipment, each toggleable.
Yield analysis through PVsyst format
Yield Analysis is where the PVsyst export happens without you touching a file. Click Yield Analysis on the Evaluation panel, set the report language, currency, title, and client, and click Request Analysis. PVX.AI exports the current design to PVsyst format in the background and submits it as a cloud job.
Before submission, the request passes through the same PVsyst string-sizing gate used during electrical configuration: sizing errors block submission and list the specific issues, while warnings let you submit anyway or cancel and fix the design first. A design that reaches PVsyst through Yield Analysis has already cleared the checks PVsyst's own model would apply.
The job returns a full PDF production report: cover page and project information, DC and AC power with the DC/AC ratio, monthly climate data (temperature, irradiance, albedo, rainfall, wind speed), monthly DC and AC energy production, specific yield in kWh/kWp, Performance Ratio, and capacity factor, plus loss diagrams and AI-generated technical commentary. Tick Include financial analysis to add a section with NPV, IRR, LCOE, and payback period, or Include BESS valuation to add a battery valuation section that auto-populates from any BESS units already placed in the drawing.
Yield Analysis answers how the design will perform once PVsyst simulates it. When the full PVX.Cad design is complete, PVX.Assess packages yield, site risk, BESS, and financial analysis into the final queued PDF assessment.
- Report core: cover page, DC/AC power and ratio, monthly climate and production, specific yield, PR, capacity factor, loss diagrams.
- Optional financial section: NPV, IRR, LCOE, payback period.
- Optional BESS valuation section, auto-populated from placed BESS units.
Frequently asked questions
Does PVX.AI replace PVsyst?
No. PVsyst is the industry standard for yield simulation and PVX.AI is built to feed it cleanly. Designs export as PVCollada with correct orientation and full equipment specs, so the PVsyst scene imports without manual rework.
What is PVC 2.0?
PVCollada 2.0 is the higher-fidelity export format: full electrical hierarchy, 3D device bodies, terrain mesh, shading objects, and East-West racks as dual fixed-tilt faces, always written in meters. PVX.AI also exports classic PVCollada 1.x.
Can I import my module and inverter datasheets?
Yes. Modules import from PVsyst PAN files and inverters from OND files, or enter specifications manually. Imported specs flow through stringing, electrical configuration, and export.
What construction deliverables does PVX.AI export?
A four-sheet Bill of Quantities, pile coordinates as CSV or a formula-live procurement optimizer workbook, cable measurement schedules, earthworks CSV, Google Earth KML, and DWG drawings native to AutoCAD.
Can stakeholders view the design without AutoCAD?
Yes. One-click web publish creates a shareable link with the 3D design viewable in any browser, including sun and shadow simulation. See PVX.View for details.
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