Adding panels to an existing system is more common than you might expect.
Add solar panel group to stk.
It contains all the elements one would need to set up their dae file for use in stk.
When the solar panel area report displays scroll down to the all solar panel group section.
If your solar system isn t quite meeting your electricity needs it s almost always possible to expand your system to incorporate more panels.
Stk displays a window that allows you to choose.
But you may want to add more solar panels to your existing system.
The solar panel area report for satellites provides data related to the area of the solar panels illuminated by the sun.
You can also use the jump to drop down and select all solar panel groups.
29 00 run solar power report in stk here is the link to the master ancillary file.
This shows how to take a generic model in sketchup format set up a solar panel groups and convert it to collada so that it can be used in stk satellite tool kit with the solar power tool.
The solar panel tool computes solar illumination over time by animating the scenario and periodically counting the pixels corresponding to illuminated portions of the solar panels under consideration.
For this reason you can specify a start time a stop time and a time step for the analysis.