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Transmission line design is complex and design tools must contain an adequate pallet of functionality. The most difficult challenge is not just engineering production, but the efficient management of change. Engineers are expected to consider more “delta” situations driven by multiple data points from internal and external sources. Today’s engineer faces these delta situations with an increasing pressure to exact maximum economic value from each decision; this is exactly the design environment TL-Pro Design Studio has been built around… the ability to consider multiple design scenarios, easily incorporate survey data, manage design standards, and manipulate design criteria. It is these advantages that set TL-Pro products apart from the others in the industry.

Pondera’s TL-Pro transmission line design solution delivers the advanced functionality designers need to enhance the design-construct-maintenance value stream. Our solution’s powerful design capabilities are scalable and flexible, and feature a breakthrough open architecture that gives designers the software power they need today and the expandability the will need in the future.

Terrain Modeling and 3-D Visualization

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TL-Pro’s innovative 3-D terrain modeling capabilities empower designers to take full advantage of survey data in a variety of both regular and irregular network formats. This powerful functionality enables the designer to create a 3-D model of the line on virtual terrain, while calculations are performed in three dimensions, resulting in unprecedented accuracy and flexibility. The resulting visual models are extremely valuable in a variety of situations, including project reviews, marketing, siting and permitting.

Standards Management

TL-Pro Design Studio’s standards and material management capabilities are unmatched in the industry. The design suite comprises a robust set of tools for building structure geometry for engineering analysis, visualization, materials, labor, and accounting. Dynamic 3-D rendering offers easy visual verification of the structure model. This capability enables automated interfaces to enterprise material management systems and work management systems.

Interactive Design Environment

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TL-Pro Design Studio features familiar navigation tools and user interfaces for the ultimate in ease of use. Designers will see productivity improvements, regardless of their experience level, with “tree” style viewing of design criteria, options and parameters. TL-Pro is a professional software product designed and developed for optimum usability.

Structural Analysis

By using the geometry and property information defined for each structure, TL-Pro Design Studio builds a model that can be analyzed by the state-of-the-art non-linear finite element structural analysis module. The analysis module is completely general for all types of single and multi-pole structures, both guyed and un-guyed, and the outputs are easy to understand. And, you don’t need to be a structural engineer to build and analyze the structure models.

Sag and Tension Calculation

In order to expedite the design process, TL-Pro Design Studio automatically calculates conductor catenary constants without the need to import data from other applications, or “stop and stall” subroutines. Yet, if the designer prefers to use his or her own data, catenary values can be imported from both industry standard and customer applications. Of particular value is the feature that allows the user to build conductors. TL-Pro utilizes the same algorithms and techniques used by the conductor industry to create and model conductors, thereby giving the user the ability to build conductors “on the fly”, without having to go to websites to download a file, or to wait for a file to be provided.

Global Optimization

Pondera’s optimization routines (based on the original TLCADD algorithms) set the industry standard, allowing designers to quickly find the best solution within specified design constraints. TL-Pro Design Studio’s global optimization capability goes even further: the designer can easily identify and track the actual cost of each design decision, determine which factors are limiting the design, and manipulate the variables over which the designer has control.

Multiple Design Scenarios

TL-Pro Design Studio’s groundbreaking scenario management and navigation eliminate the tedious manual work associated with the many projects requiring design comparisons. The designer can quickly and easily compare different designs and evaluate impact on the spot.

Analysis Reports and Drawing Preparation

Leading-edge design capability means nothing unless the designer can easily document the results. TL-Pro Design Studio delivers, with automatic development of detailed plan/profile sheets and comprehensive design reports. All report information can be used in custom report formats.

Advanced Estimates and Material Lists

Now the designer has unparalleled ability to develop project estimates and material lists. These outputs can be printed as standard or customized reports, or exported to material management systems using Pondera’s standard XML output files.

TL-Pro Platform

The cornerstone of the TL-Pro family of software products is its breakthrough open architecture, which gives designers the flexibility they need today, while positioning them to meet future requirements. The system is backward compatible to the industry leading TLCADD platform: TLCADD files can be opened and immediately used in TL-Pro.