This comprehensive training program equips engineers with the skills to use the industry-standard software suite for overhead power line design. Participants will master PLS-CADD for integrated line design, PLS-POLE for wood, steel, and concrete pole analysis, and TOWER for lattice steel structure modeling.
Course Modules
PLS-POLE: Structure Analysis
Structure Definition: Creating wood, concrete, and steel pole geometries from component libraries.
Framing & Components: Using framing wizards to add crossarms, insulators, and neutral attachments.
Loading & Strength: Defining weather load cases and determining allowable spans for existing designs.
TOWER: Lattice Steel Analysis
Geometric Modeling: Defining primary and secondary joints, adding members, and building complex modular geometries.
Analysis & Optimization: Model checking, automatic member design, and assessing older designs for refurbishment.
Loading Trees: Handling planar joints and mechanisms to generate detailed structural load reports.
PLS-CADD: Integrated Line Design
Terrain Modeling: Importing and filtering survey data from LiDAR, GPS, or total station equipment to create 3D terrain models.
Interactive Design: Route selection, manual and automatic structure spotting (global cost optimization), and conductor stringing.
Advanced Sag-Tension: Calculating sag for weather conditions including creep, high-temperature effects, and unbalanced ice.
Clearance Verification: Automated checks for vertical, phase-to-phase, and galloping clearances to ensure compliance with standards like IEEE 738.
Construction Documentation: Generating plan-and-profile sheets, staking lists, and stringing charts.
