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Celebrating our 30th year serving the electric power industry

1984-2014

Fall 2014 Newsletter

In this issue:

  1. Version 13.20 Released!
  2. Upcoming Classes and Events
  3. 2015 Advanced Training and User Group Meeting
  4. Web Site Additions
  5. Current Versions

Version 13.20 Released!

We are now shipping Version 13.20 of all our programs. A summary of the most significant changes is included below.  A complete change log will be included with any upgrade and the changes are documented in the new version 13.20 manuals.

Top PLS-CADD v13.20 Improvements

  1. Download of imagery from online Web Mapping Services sources now available via the Attachment Manager (see the video demonstration).
    Web Mapping Services
  1. Plan and profile sheets may now include title, notes and appendix pages. These extra pages can contain attachments, annotation, inset views or a new "Sheet Index Map" (see the video demonstration).
    New Sheet Page Types
  1. Improved image attachment support: may now attach TIFF files larger than 2GB in size, JPEG2000 decoding sped up, and translucency may now be set for each image.
  2. Added Terrain/Edit/Merge Points from External File/Merge Points From KML/KMZ Files... for importing terrain data and alignment segments.
  3. Added support for generating loads as per ISEC-NCR-83.
  4. Added support for generating loads as per Russia 7th/SNiP (SP 20.13330.2011)
  1. 3D Graphical Stringing has been enhanced for vastly easier modeling of distribution and substation scenarios (see the video demonstration).
    Stringing in any direction

Major Improvements to TOWER and PLS-POLE

You can use Help/Download Upgrade to upgrade to version 13.20 today.

Classes and Events

Our thanks to all of you who visited with us at the Cigre conference this year. Next year you will you will be able to meet with us at the 2015 PLS-CADD Advanced Training and User Group Meeting or at the 2015 SEI Electrical Transmission & Substation Structures Conference.

We have scheduled the following classes:

New classes are added throughout the year based on demand. You may subscribe to a mailing list to be notified whenever a new class is scheduled.

2015 Advanced Training and User Group Meeting

The 2015 ATUG has been scheduled for June 2-4, 2015 here in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin. Please email Otto Lynch if you would like to request that a topic be covered or to volunteer to make a presentation. We do not charge for attending this conference, but we do require you to register online. Registration is now open.

We are proud to be a sponsor of the 2015 Electrical Transmission & Substation Structures Conference where we hope to meet with you.

Web Site Additions

Current Versions

The current shipping versions of our software are listed below. These versions support Windows Vista, 7 and 8 (both 32 and 64 bit). We recommend you run a 64 bit edition of Windows so that you may take advantage of the enormous investment we have made in the x64 Edition.

PLS-CADD13.2032 bit and x64 Editions
PLS-POLE13.2032 bit and x64 Editions
TOWER13.2032 bit and x64 Editions
SAPS13.2032 bit and x64 Editions
CAISSON13.2032 bit Edition Only

We strongly encourage you to upgrade to the current release of all the applications you own. To do so please use the Help/Download Upgrade command built into your PLS software and select the option "I need to request an upgrade code". This would also be a good time to use the Help/Check for Updated Manual command to obtain the version 13.20 edition of the manuals. As always, we welcome your suggestions and comments on our software.


Staff of Power Line Systems, Inc.


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