PVsyst 8.0.0

What's new in this version:

New features
- Unlimited number of orientations
- Possibility to mix trackers and fixed planes in the same simulation
- Bifacial is now allowed in several orientations
- Partial system for diffuse shadings calculation is now to be specified per orientation
- System: mixed orientations are now possible for all kinds of fields
- Standalone systems: several sub-arrays and orientations may now be defined.
- PVsystCLI: text-based interface for executing PVsyst simulations, allowing for automation and integration with other software tools.
- Users can now download a ground image and the ground topography from the interactive map.
- Users can now hide/show a ground image and crop it
- An orientation control tool has been added to the user interface
- All objects can now be rotated on the (X/Z) axis.
- The search engine has been improved
- Light and dark modes are now available
- Faster navigation between the different sections of a page through the addition of a table of contents
- The online help and the documentation installed with PVsyst are now visually identical
- The visual style of all pages has been harmonized
- Readability has been improved with new styling items such as: buttons and keyboard shortcuts, menu items, quotes, info boxes (tips, warnings, ...), etc.
- Easier printing of the documentation
- Ability to open the help in the default web-browser (enables translation)
- Bifacial: allow user to specify pitch for irradiance model to be used in simulation
- Horizon: direct import for SolarAnywhere Horizon profile is now available
- Interactive map: users can now choose between Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap in the preferences
- Simulation: PVsyst now utilizes sub-hourly irradiance data to establish a sub-hourly clipping correction
- New optimizers available: AdvanSol, Sungo and Generic
- Optimizers: Huawei Sun5000 inverters are now available
- Weather databases: update to Meteonorm 8.2.

Improvements:
- 3D scene: the shading tables are now defined with more precision
- 3D scene: computing the shading factor tables is now up to 2x faster in monothread and up to 6x faster in multithread
- 3D scene: the ground data import from CSV coordinates has been enhanced to provide additional control over translation, rotation around the origin, and simplification of topology
- 3D scene: field orientation can now be changed in "List and management of objects" dialog
- 3D scene, ergonomics: all transform actions have been moved from the “Create” menu to the new “Transform” menu
- 3D scene, file import: the automatic translation behavior for DAE/PVC/3DS files now considers the actual distance from the origin, accounting for the scale unit.
- Components: a small bifaciality factor can be set for CdTe Modules without triggering a warning message
- GUI: the home page is now reorganized and other windows harmonized
- Help: a section has been added for "Transform to arrays" and "Transform to single array" in the shadings scene
- PV module aging: the respective contributions are now 80% for current and 20% for voltage (was 50/50% in version 7)
- Report: PDF file is no longer password protected
- Report: it's now possible to select US date format
- Renamed GCRs in report for more clarity: Backtracking GCR and Average GCR
- Simulation is now disabled as long as partial system modes are not choosen by user
- Trackers, diffuse shadings: the default central tracker selection has been improved
- Weather data: users can now import PXX SolarAnywhere weather data files directly in known format
- Weather data: precipitable water values are taken into account for NSRDB hourly files.

Corrections:
- 3D scene: improved collision detection between PV fields and ground object
- 3D scene: objects now rotate correctly in southern hemisphere when rotation is done with the mouse
- 3D scene: field parameters are now correctly saved when "By sensitive sizes" is selected
- 3D scene, PVC file import: importing 3D files with coordinates having many decimals now works correctly
- 3D scene: removed no longer used "Optimized shading calculation" from Tools menu
- Backtracking: parameters are no longer lost upon selecting another orientation in Backtracking management
- Optimizers: module layout now works correctly when having multiple modules in parallel
- Optimizers: AMPT string optimizers with the Module Layout do not return a null production when modules are shaded
- Orientations: reading of old variants containing dome fields is now correct
- Pumping systems, universal controller: added a warning when using PCU of the pump not matching the PV array voltage
- Simulation: the bifacial mismatch loss is now proportional to the Bifaciality factor
- Standalone system: displayed orientation information is now correct
- System: the "Add subarray" button now acts as expected
- System: "Open" button color turns red when the component is invalid
- System: the sizing histogram now considers both orientations with mixed orientations
- Tools: the tool for visualizing transposition factors is now giving correct values for all tracker scenarios
- Tracking: large axis tilt and azimuth spreads are no longer errors but warnings
- Weather Tables and Graphs: in the plot 'Hourly Kt morning/afternoon' the line for the clear sky model during winter is now correct for sites on the southern hemisphere.