so here's what i was doing. the panel joint lines needed to be above and below the window openings (except for the two in the middle which were a bit taller). you can see the white highlighted exclude area. from the bottom up, the 2s array panels are 9ft, 3ft, 9ft, 10ft.
i've also attached a screen shot of the Railclone object for the "front" then cloned it and did a second RC object for the right side.
these arrays are based on a line i drew across the bottom, then vertical. it almost seems like i'm doing something extra that i don't need to, but then i think i do need it because each array is a different panel size (well i could probably attach the two 9ft tall panels.
something forme to play around with later. thanks again for your help!