Overview
Adapt Objects rebuilds every rack inside a PV Area on the current terrain: each rack gets a new elevation, tilt and slope record from the ground under it. Racks do not follow the terrain by themselves, so run it whenever the ground or the racks have changed:
- after grading or Reset Terrain, when the ground moved under placed racks;
- after moving, copying or pasting racks, so the copies become real racks on the ground;
- after extending or re-importing the terrain.
Adapt Objects moves racks to fit the ground. To move the ground to fit the racks instead, use Adapt Terrain to Pile.
Prerequisites
Terrain in the drawing and at least one rack in the PV Area.
Step-by-Step Guide
1. Start the command
On the PVX.AI ribbon, click Adapt Objects on the Layout panel.
2. Pick the PV Area
At the Select a PV Area: prompt, pick the PV Area boundary. There is no dialog: pile heights are taken from the existing racks in that area.
3. Review the result
Every rack inside the boundary, whether placed, moved or pasted, is rebuilt in place on the current terrain. The command line reports how many racks were adapted.
Tips & Recommendations
- Fixed, tracker and East-West racks are all supported.
- The whole pass is one operation, so one Ctrl+Z reverts it.
- Run it after the earthworks and before the electrical design, so racks sit on the final surface before you string and cable them.
- Racks are re-seated, not moved sideways. Then run Collision Analysis to check clearance and pile lengths on the new ground.
- Inverters, transformers and DC boxes are handled separately: move them with AutoCAD’s own commands and use Adapt Devices in the electrical tools to write their new positions back and seat them on the terrain.