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Power line design program

PLS-CADD (Power Line Systems - Computer Aided Design and Drafting) is the most powerful package for the structural and geometrical design of overhead power lines. From route selection all the way to the automatic production of reports, material lists

Power line design program
Power line design program

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Description

PLS-CADD is the most powerful overhead power line design program on the market. PLS-CADD runs under Microsoft Windows and features an easy to use graphical user interface. It integrates all aspects of line design into a single stand-alone program with a simple, logical, consistent interface. No other program can match the sophisticated engineering capabilities available in PLS-CADD. This sophistication and integration leads to more cost-effective designs being produced in only a fraction of the time required by traditional methods.

PLS-CADD addresses the reality that terrain modeling, engineering, spotting, and drafting are not disjoint processes but are all interrelated. By integrating all these functions into a single environment PLS-CADD streamlines the design process. The result is simplicity, flexibility and efficiency not attainable when using a collection of programs from different vendors. PLS-CADD’s engineering features are unsurpassed giving you the state-of-the-art in sag-tension, structural analysis and automatic spotting. From distribution wood poles all the way to 500 kV or higher guyed frames and lattice towers, PLS-CADD has the power and flexibility to do it all. Proven in over 1000 organizations in more than 115 countries, PLS-CADD is the worldwide standard in line design.

Specification

  • A Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 (32 bit or x64) environment that lets you:
    • Run on powerful yet inexpensive computers
    • Use the most common graphical user interface (GUI) in the world
    • Print reports and plot drawings directly on a wide variety of printers and plotters
    • Run the user interface in English, French or Spanish
  • A 3-dimensional terrain model (including automatic TIN triangulation) that lets you:
    • Select your route by clicking the mouse on line angle points
    • Move structures in the plan or profile views
    • Automatically generate centerline or side profiles
    • Identify any terrain or obstacle with a unique feature code and symbol
    • Automatically draw the required vertical clearance line for any specified voltage
    • Render terrain in color by elevation and light incidence
    • Import terrain data from GPS, photogrammetry or total station surveying equipment
  • A simple system for strength and clearance design criteria that lets you specify:
    • Weather cases with individual wind, ice, temperature, and reliability adjustments
    • Load factors for checking the strength of the structures
    • Cable conditions (Initial, after Creep or after Heavy load)
  • A 3-dimensional model of the line that lets you:
    • Represent all structures with all attached cables and insulators
    • Select structures and cables from user editable libraries
    • Spot structures interactively or automatically (global cost optimization)
    • String and sag the line interactively or automatically
    • Perform any sag and tension calculation, including the effect of creep
    • Select various conductor models to better represent behavior at high temperature
    • Determine complete design loading trees
    • Compute vertical or lateral clearances from ground or obstacles to any cable
    • Check structure strength by allowable wind and weight spans methods
    • Check structure strength by direct link to structural analysis programs
    • Check clearances between conductors and structures (including guy wires)
    • Visualize the line in 3-d with actual wind blowout and insulator swings
  • A graphics system that lets you:
    • Generate plan & profile sheets automatically
    • Plot directly or send drawings to commercial CAD system
    • Export plan & profile sheets to PDF (requires Adobe Acrobat)
    • Superpose aerial photographs or maps on your plan view
    • Digitize scanned plan & profile drawings
  • A material management system that lets you:
    • Import parts, assemblies and labor units from existing databases
    • Automatically generate structure costs for optimization
    • Automatically generate material lists for construction

Services

  • structural and geometrical design of overhead power lines
  • terrain modeling, engineering, spotting, and drafting
  • 3-dimensional terrain models (including automatic TIN triangulation)
  • 3-dimensional model of the line
  • Structure Modeling
  • Advanced Sag-Tension routines
  • 3-dimensional Engineering Model

Status

free for rental
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