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In this issue:
The often requested enhancements to allow multiple alignments in PLS-CADD are
now in beta testing and will ship in version 6.40 in November (click
on the picture to the right for a preview). While you have been able to model
taps, branches and parallel lines for some time, the tricks used to do so did
not always result in attractive profiles or plan & profile sheets. With the
new multiple alignment feature, you can add as many branches, taps, parallel
lines and alternate routes as you like. Each one of these gets its own section
of profile which is automatically included on your plan & profile sheets.
Best of all, you do this with the same simple PI commands you already know how
to use. Multiple alignment capability was the most requested feature at the
last user's group meeting and we are pleased to announce that it will be shipping soon.
PLS-CADD version 6.40 will also include a number of improvements that will be of particular interest to LiDAR users. These include speeding up key program routines, adding polygon fence capability for deactivating points or reassigning feature codes, and an option for compressing backup files (see our previous newsletter for other recent improvements). Compressing backup files typically reduces their size by a factor of 2-10 times thus making them much easier to archive and email. This option is also available in TOWER and PLS-POLE and is particularly helpful when used in conjunction with the new "include multiple models" backup file option for storing an entire structure family in a single backup file.
Some other upcoming improvements worthy of mention include:
We are planning a two day transmission tower modeling seminar. This will be a hands-on, bring your own notebook, class using TOWER. The class will be held January 13-14 in Madison, Wisconsin and the registration fee will be US$ 600 per participant. The seminar will be conducted by Otto Lynch, Bob Nickerson, and Alain Peyrot with the participation of Erik Jacobsen who is a TOWER software developer. If you are interested please email info@powline.com so we can notify you when additional details become available. This will probably be the only 2-day class exclusively on TOWER in 2004, so make sure you do not miss this unique opportunity.
Two other upcoming training sessions include:
We have tentative plans to hold a PLS-CADD user group meeting in Pittsburgh in April 2004. We will post more details about the meeting on our News page later this year.
The current shipping versions of our software are listed below.
We strongly encourage you to upgrade to the current release of all the applications you own. To do so please send us email at info@powline.com or use the Help/Download Upgrade command. This would also be a good time to use the Help/Check for Updated Manual command to make sure you have the latest edition of the manuals.
As always, we welcome your suggestions and comments on our software.
Staff of Power Line Systems, Inc.