2002 Program Improvements

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At Power Line Systems we continually improve our software. Below we list some of the more significant enhancements made during the year 2002. Click here for improvements made in 2001 or here for the most recent enhancements.

PLS-CADD version 6 released
Made the user interface available in English, French and Spanish and the manual in French
Added the Sections/Clearance To Structure command for interactive structure clearance calculations
Can now save the contents of any table to an XML file
Now support the new Hyperthreaded processors from Intel (both the Pentium 4 and Xeon)
Incorporated new optimization technology that speeds up most calculations by around 25%
Revised finite element engine to improve convergence
Added the Help/Topics command and ability to search the help topics
Can now insert page breaks in reports by pressing ctrl-enter
Criteria/ACSR cable model now allows you to limit the amount of compression in the outer strands of an ACSR conductor
Improved performance of TIN creation and break line insertion - more than ten times faster for large projects
Enhanced the graphical sag command for fitting wire through surveyed points (works great with LIDAR surveys)
Added customizable feature code symbols. Besides giving you control over line thickness and color you can create your own symbols (some examples are shown here):
Completely integrated SAPS finite element sag-tension

PLS-POLE version 6 released
Made the user interface available in English, French and Spanish and the manual in French
Can now save the contents of any table to an XML file
Now support the new Hyperthreaded processors from Intel (both the Pentium 4 and Xeon)
Incorporated new optimization technology that speeds up most calculations by around 25%
Revised finite element engine to improve convergence. Particularly useful for getting results in post-buckled conditions
Added the Help/Topics command and ability to search the help topics
Can now insert page breaks in reports by pressing ctrl-enter
Added a cantilever strength check for post insulators
Now draw poles using the appropriate material texture (i.e. wood grain for a wood pole) as shown to the right. This improved rendering also carries through to PLS-CADD
Added a base plate for steel poles as per the proposed ASCE manual 72 2002 edition
Added support for the 2002 edition of ANSI O5.1 (including the fiber stress reduction)

TOWER version 6 released
Made the user interface available in English, French and Spanish and the manual in French
Can now save the contents of any table to an XML file
Now support the new Hyperthreaded processors from Intel (both the Pentium 4 and Xeon)
Incorporated new optimization technology that speeds up most calculations by around 25%
Revised finite element engine to improve convergence. Especially helpful for large guyed masts
Added the Help/Topics command and ability to search the help topics
Can now insert page breaks in reports by pressing ctrl-enter
Added the File/Analyze Multiple Models and Model/Create Group Summary Super Set commands which allow you to analyze an entire family of towers at once and consolidate the results
Implemented IS802 (India Standard 802) for member and connection capacity calculation