Photovoltaic plant design with grading, layout, cable routing, and PVsyst export in one AutoCAD file. No tool juggling. No file translation. Construction-ready outputs for solar farms and power plants from day one.
Book a Demo →of solar professionals report that more than a quarter of their designs require significant revision after initial completion. 47% of solar companies experience change orders on 10-30% of projects. The gap between design software and construction reality is where budgets break.
Most PV design software optimizes for speed on flat terrain. When your solar farm or power plant site has real complexity, the gaps become expensive.
Layout in one tool. Grading analysis in another. Cable routing estimated in a spreadsheet. PVsyst export requires manual cleanup. Each file handoff introduces translation errors and costs hours of engineering time.
Cloud-based design platforms simplify terrain to support fast feasibility screening. That simplification misses slope changes that affect grading volumes, pile feasibility, and cable costs. Designs that look clean in the browser fail on site.
Most solar design tools generate layouts and energy estimates. They do not produce pile coordinates, grading plans, cross-sections, or cable BOMs that a contractor can build from. The gap between design and construction is filled by rework.
Complete PV design inside AutoCAD: terrain analysis, layout, grading, electrical design, and export. No file juggling between disconnected photovoltaic design tools.
Import the actual topographic surface. Slope analysis and soil hardness mapping happen before panel placement, not after. The design starts with what the ground actually looks like.
Full terrain smoothing, pile-adaptive local grading, and table splitting. Cut/fill volumes and cost calculated for each approach. Select the grading strategy that matches the terrain, not the other way around.
Line String, U String, and Leapfrog topologies evaluated automatically. Cable routes follow real trench corridors on the terrain surface. Voltage drop calculated per string, per cable cross-section.
PVsyst export without orientation bugs. Pile coordinates, grading sheets, cross-sections, and cable schedules. Everything from one AutoCAD file, ready for construction and bankability review.
Feature comparison across the five major utility-scale solar design tools. Data from public reviews, published pricing, and documented capabilities.
| Capability | PVX | PVcase | PVFARM | RatedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrain methodology | Terrain-first | Layout-first | Cloud-based | Simplified |
| Multi-scenario grading | 3 approaches | Basic | Optimization | No |
| Soil hardness classification | 7-class | No | No | No |
| Cable topology comparison | Line/U/Leapfrog | Basic routing | No | No |
| Voltage drop per string | Yes | No | No | No |
| Clean PVsyst export | Yes | Issues reported | Unknown | Unknown |
| CAD-native | AutoCAD | AutoCAD + BricsCAD | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| Browser-based review | PVX.View | No | Cloud-native | Cloud-native |
Sources: G2 reviews, published documentation, product feature pages.
Not simulations. Not estimates. Results from projects designed and built with PVX.
30-minute live demo using your project files. Your terrain, your constraints, your numbers. No generic slide deck.
We run PVX.Cad on your actual site data in real time.
