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Author: wholmgren

docs/sphinx/source/api.rst

@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ Creating a ModelChain object.
    :toctree: generated/
 
    modelchain.ModelChain
+   modelchain.ModelChain.with_pvsyst
+   modelchain.ModelChain.with_pvwatts
+   modelchain.ModelChain.with_sapm
 
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docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.8.0.rst

@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Enhancements
   diffuse irradiance. (:pull:`984`)
 * Add :py:func:`pvlib.inverter.fit_sandia` that fits the Sandia inverter model
   to a set of inverter efficiency curves. (:pull:`1011`)
+* Add factory methods :py:meth:`~pvlib.modelchain.ModelChain.with_pvsyst`,
+  :py:meth:`~pvlib.modelchain.ModelChain.with_pvwatts`, and
+  :py:meth:`~pvlib.modelchain.ModelChain.with_sapm` to create ``ModelChain``
+  objects configured for the respective modeling paradigms. The
+  configurations are defined in ``modelchain.PVSYST_CONFIG``,
+  ``modelchain.PVWATTS_CONFIG``, and ``modelchain.SAPM_CONFIG``.
+  (:issue:`1013`, :pull:`1022`)
 
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