Solar Panels

[ampatt]

I'm using Suite 2014 and am trying to place solar panels from the Energy Sources bonus package. If I try to place them on the roof in camera view I get an error message that the area is too constricted. The program seems to want to place them only on a flat surface since it will place them on the sundeck and on the ground, but of course that's not where the panels need to go. I also tried placing them on the top floor in 2D floor plan view and that works to an extent - they appear perfectly on the surface of the hipped roof in 3D view, but I can only place them on the floor plan in an area with no other objects - walls, staircases, even furniture. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks.

[BB boy]

If you haven't already attempted this, place the solar panel in an open area on the 2D plan, then select the object (first I would try) while selected hold down the ctrl key/left click and drag and drop the object where you want it. Release, if that doesn't work, select the object, open it's dbx see if it has a "floor to bottom" height and if so, enter a dimension (estimate) that would elevate it above the roof apex. Then in elevation camera, find it, select it (you may have to do a ctrl key drag again) and move it into place.
Maybe one of these ideas will work for you.

[ampatt]

Clicking and dragging didn't work, but that did give me an idea and I copied and pasted which did work. Thanks for the inspiration.