The Parametric Batch Processor should give feedback regarding simulations that ran or failed if there was an Apache reason for the problem but if the process was interrupted or disrupted by an external reason then it may not be possible to feed back on that.
Orientation was an option last I checked although seems to be having a problem with entering the range which I have asked the development team to take a look at for me.
There is no option to have the SunCast shading calculations automatically run e.g. for different orientations but a lot of the options you might run would be able to use one shading file which is accurate for the geometry so it is still useful without this option. we have targeted the next iteration of the Parametric Batch Processor to give an option to include the solar shading calculations for different options where required.
This is a tool that is free and will go through many improvements to get to where we want it to be so please do feel free to send any comments you have to feedback@iesve.com
Phil
Phil, this was targeted for the next iteration in 2015. Can we please have an updated timeline?