3D Shade Calculator with microinverters/many strings

Hi there,

I'm often modelling microinverter Solar PV arrays and therefore have many strings associated with each subarray. E.g. 20 module system with 2 subarrays, each with 10 strings in parallel (1 module and 1 micro per string) for a total of 20 strings.

To properly model this with the 3D Shade Calculator, would I have to create 36 uniquely placed (x,y) active surfaces? Due to the limit of 8 strings per subarray, to do this, I would have to break the main array into 3 subarrays: 2x8 strings and 1x4 strings or something similar.

For this example, is there a way to only create 2 active surfaces, each representing a subarray?

When the shading calculations are performed, do the values obtained from string 1 in subarray 1 copy into all strings of subarray 1? Based on the message that is produced when I try this (i.e. "For subarray 1, you specified 10 strings and have 1 strings in the 3D scene - Do you still wish to continue with the 3D scene values?."), this doesn't seem to be the case.

Thanks!