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Solar Bracket Designer

A browser-based planner for solar arrays — from satellite roof mapping and panel layout to a structural BOM and yield estimates, in minutes

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  • Satellite-based solar planning

    Satellite-based solar planning

    Map roof dimensions and array layouts directly within the browser.

  • Draw the roof, place the panels, and move them until the layout fits.

    Draw the roof, place the panels, and move them until the layout fits.

    Map roof dimensions and array layouts directly within the browser.

  • Site-specific solar planning

    Site-specific solar planning

    Map sites, layout arrays, and generate structural data in one workflow.

  • Engineering precision in the browser

    Engineering precision in the browser

    Live 3D structural modeling tied directly to your input parameters.

  • All the measurements in your hand, no CAD needed

    All the measurements in your hand, no CAD needed

    All the layouts you need, no CAD required.

  • From roof scan to cutting list in a single session

    From roof scan to cutting list in a single session

    From roof scan to cutting list in a single session

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Solar Bracket Designer is a browser-based engineering tool we built for Camp Sirve, compressing what used to be a CAD pass plus a spreadsheet into a single workflow. Solar installers and structural engineers can size a ground-mount or roof-mount array, validate the support structure, and walk away with a buildable cutting list — without leaving the browser.

The tool starts from the actual site. Drop a pin on the satellite view, set the dimensions and setbacks of the roof or pad, then dial in panel specs (size, wattage, orientation, gaps, tilt). 2D plan/side/back views and a 3D structural render update live as you adjust, so the geometry is always tied to the numbers driving it.

On the engineering side, the app calculates post heights, rib spacing, cross-bracing, ground spans, and overhangs, then emits a structured cutting list with quantities and dimensions ready for procurement. Design warnings flag layouts that violate clearance or structural rules so issues surface before they reach the field.

Yield estimates come from real data — we pull solar irradiance directly from NASA's POWER dataset for the project's coordinates and project annual production, a daily average, and an optimal-tilt recommendation for that exact location.

Built end-to-end by Erbila: the visualization, the geometry math, the structural rules, and the NASA data integration. What used to take a CAD session and a spreadsheet now happens in a single browser tab.

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