A tour of the Guided Build wizard in the ClearSky-OMEGA SiteMap Designer: it walks you from project type through equipment placement, construction costs, and both export formats — using the actual buttons in the tool.
The wizard lives on the right-hand ribbon and in the Controls panel. It's the fastest way to lay down a code-compliant single-assembly BESS without hunting for equipment in the catalog.
Before starting the wizard, drop a satellite photo or site schematic and calibrate the map scale. Open ☰ Controls and set your image + scale so conduit runs measure in real linear feet.
Find it on the ribbon (or under Controls). This opens the walkthrough-style wizard panel with a step indicator bar across the top.
Two setup screens come before any equipment. They decide your one-line topology and seed load/sizing assumptions — get these right and the rest of the wizard auto-routes correctly.
Three cards. Your pick determines the whole equipment chain and one-line layout.
Who consumes or hosts the energy — Commercial Customer, Factory / Industrial, EV Charging, or Data Center. Each seeds a peak-kW and daily-kWh load estimate and drops a labeled load block wired to your AC hub.
Step 1 of the build is always the battery assembly — everything else wires off it. This is where equipment cost enters the model, so fill it in even for a rough pass.
The step card shows ⚙ No BESS configured yet until you do this. The button opens the BESS configuration modal.
In the modal, choose a battery from the catalog (kWh / kW / manufacturer / model). Set the equipment cost here — it flows straight into the construction estimate and proposal total. Confirm the BTM / FOM mode radio matches your project type.
The assembly drops onto the canvas and the step card flips to ✓ ready with the kWh · kW · cost summary. Position it, then advance the wizard.
The remaining steps are mostly click-to-place. The wizard tells you exactly what each element wires to and auto-draws the conduit run from the previous piece.
Concrete pad, 8′ privacy fence, bollards (11× per CFC 1207.11.7.3), junction box, main panelboard / POI, revenue meter, and a fire-hydrant location check. For each: read the spec, click Click to Place, drop it on the canvas.
DC run (RMC, BESS→inverter), AC run (RMC, inverter→XFMR→panel), the BMS/EMS data link (EMT), and the underground PVC trench. Each step notes ⌁ Auto-wires from previous so the linework connects itself.
The last build step adds dimension labels, clearance notes, equipment specs, and the FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY — NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION stamp for the preliminary set.
The wizard splices a Review Construction Cost step in right before export — you always confirm the numbers before the PDF generates. Every field is live: change a number and the proposal total updates instantly.
Click Review Construction Cost in the wizard, or jump straight there anytime with the $ Construction ribbon button. It opens the estimator with Cost / Incentives / Revenue tabs.
The estimator is pre-seeded with defaults — adjust to your bid. Conduit is priced per linear foot off the calibrated map, so the LF schedule fills in automatically once the map is calibrated.
On the Incentives tab, toggle what applies. Flip on ⚡ ComEd BESH ($250/kWh C&I, standalone qualifies) or ＋ Add Custom Incentive. The panel shows Gross → Total incentives → Net to owner.
Construction cost is deliberately the last gate before export. By the time you reach it, the BESS equipment cost, the placed site equipment, and the measured conduit lengths already exist — so the estimate is grounded in the actual drawing, not a guess.
Once costs are locked, the wizard's final action is the proposal. It bundles the site image, the full cost breakdown, and the LOA into one PDF.
At the end of the wizard the action button becomes Export Proposal. You can also trigger it anytime from the ▦ Proposal ribbon button.
The generated document renders the sitemap image, the cost breakdown (gross, incentives, net), and a Letter of Authorization — a customer-facing proposal with the Powered by ClearSky-OMEGA footer applied.
The blueprint path produces the AHJ-facing engineering drawing — the E1.0-style sheet with the title block, one-line, and clearance notes.
Both live on the ribbon. This renders the drawing view with the title block, revision line, and the REV A — PRELIMINARY — NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION stamp.
To turn the drawing into a full AHJ permit package, use ▤ Permit Creator — it carries the sitemap into the PPTX-based E-sheet / S-sheet permit set.
When you need an independent engineering review + PE stamp, ✒ Export for Validation routes the set through the Engineering Validation workflow with a tracking ID.