User'sguideV5.1.5 SkelionÍndiceÍndice_______________________________________________________________________21Installation______________________________________________________________41.1Automaticinstallationway___________________________________________________41.2Manualinstallationway_____________________________________________________41.3Extensionwarehouseinstallationway__________________________________________51.4Update___________________________________________________________________51.5Uninstall__________________________________________________________________51.6Writerights_______________________________________________________________51.6.1WriterightsinWindowsOS________________________________________________________61.6.2WriterightsinMACOS___________________________________________________________71.7ProversionandFreeversion_________________________________________________72Units____________________________________________________________________83Geolocatingmodel_________________________________________________________84Drawingthebuilding______________________________________________________95Skelion'stoolbar__________________________________________________________95.1RotatenorthandRestorenorth_____________________________________115.2Surfaceazimuthandtilt________________________________________________125.3Insertsolarcomponents________________________________________________125.3.1Insertfollowinganedge.___________________________________________125.3.2Multiplefaces__________________________________________155.3.3Nonplanarsurface_________________________________________________155.4Meteorologicaldata____________________________________________________185.5Optimumorientation_________________________________________________195.6Sunnyarea___________________________________________________________205.7MinimalShadingcriterion_____________________________________________205.8Erasepanels_________________________________________________________205.9Arraymode__________________________________________________________20-2-Índice5.10Report_______________________________________________________________205.11Facereportdialog_____________________________________________________215.12JRCPVGYSEUROPEyJRCPVGYSAFRICA_______________________215.13PVWATSreport______________________________________________________215.14Projectfacetomesh____________________________________________________225.15Surfacereport________________________________________________________225.16ChangeUTMmodelorigin______________________________________________235.17Drop________________________________________________________________235.18PVSYSTEXPORTER__________________________________________________235.19Exportshadingderate_________________________________________________245.20Relief________________________________________________________________245.21Skelioncomponent_________________________________________________245.22Constructionpoint_____________________________________________________245.23SunPathChart_______________________________________________________245.24Settings______________________________________________________________255.24.1Azimuthconvention___________________________________________________________255.24.2Shadingderate_______________________________________________________________255.24.3Report______________________________________________________________________255.25About_______________________________________________________________256Links:_________________________________________________________________26 -3-Skelion 1Installation Skelion is a plug‐in of SketchUp. Plugins are one of the most important features in SketchUp. There are thousands of plugins you can install in SketchUp to add new features. So to install Skelion you must install first SketchUp (Make or Pro). The installation process is the same of any plug‐in of SketchUp. You can read about install a plugin in SketchUp here: =en&answer=38583 ‐plugins‐for‐google‐SketchUp/ There are 3 ways to install a plugin: Manually, unzipping downloaded plugin and saving it in Plugins folder. Opening Sketchup and going to Preferences – Extensions ‐‐ Install plugin, and selecting downloaded file. Using Extensions Warehouse tool in SketchUp. (Let’s you install and uninstall) 1.1AutomaticinstallationwayDownload a plugin, store it in your computer, open SketchUp and go to: Windows OS: Window-Preferences-Extensions-InstallExtensionMAC OS SketchUp-Preferences-Extensions-InstallExtension Select the plugin. 1.2ManualinstallationwayWe recommend the manual way because is easy to install and uninstall (only you must delete unzipped files), and you can control the files you copy. Steps: Change the extension of the file from .rbz to .zip. Unzip the file: Store unzipped files in Plugins folder of SketchUp: Windows OS: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\Ske