scottd
September 19, 2020, 8:48pm
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As more requirements are put on the panels to improve the economics, there becomes a set of tradeoffs. The companies you mention can take months in design iteration trying to balance the issues.
This post talks about some of the challenges:
Here is the root of the problem here is a mathematical limitation that makes a strict solution impossible.
Mathematically a solution that cannot do all of these all at the same time:
Grid any double curved surface
Have specific sized Quads
All Quads that match corner to corner
Require Quads that are planar
So to find a solution, one or more of these requirements needs to change. And there are many many ways that this can be done.
For instance, there are only a few specific shapes that can b…
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