PLS-CADD MENU REMINDER

I. OVERVIEW

A. PLS-Programs – Quick Overview

1. PLS-CADD
a) PLS-CADD Lite
b) PLS-CADD Survey
2. PLS-POLE
3. TOWER
4. SAPS
5. CAISSON

B. PLS-CADD Overview
1. Units and Other General Settings (File / Preferences)
2. Navigation of PLS Programs (View menu and toolbars)
3. Project Windows (Window menu)

II. USING PLS-CADD LITE FOR “QUICK TASKS” (FILE / NEW / PLS-CADD LITE)

A. Making a Simple “Sag Tension” Run (Sections / Sag-Tension)

1. Model Multiple Spans at Once (Line / Setup)
2. Checking Clearances (Sections / Wire Clearances)
a) Phase-to-Phase Clearances
b) Crossing Clearances
c) Underbuild/Fiber Clearances

B. Thermal Rating Functions (Sections / IEEE Std 738-2006)

C. Structure Specific Investigations (Structures / Check)

III. SURVEY DATA/TERRAIN MODELING IN PLS-CADD (TERRAIN MENU)

A. Feature Codes (Terrain / Feature Code Data / Edit)

B. Survey Data
1. Manual Entry (Terrain / Edit / Edit XYZ or PFL)
2. Importing User Defined Data (File / Import for New Projects and Terrain / Edit / Merge for Existing Projects)

C. Route Selection (Terrain / Alignment / Add/Move/Delete P.I.s)

D. Basemap Attachments (Drafting / Attachments / Attachment Manager)

1. Attaching Drawings
2. Attaching Aerial Photographs & USGS Quad Sheets
E. Terrain Modeling Features
1. Creating a TIN (Terrain / TIN / Create TIN)
2. Displaying a TIN (Terrain / TIN / Display Options)
3. Creating Interpolated Points (Terrain / TIN / Create Interpolated Points)
4. Deleting Interpolated Points (Terrain / TIN / Delete Interpolated Points)
5. Terrain Widths for Profile Views (Terrain / Terrain Widths)
6. Side Profiles (Terrain / Side Profiles)

F. User Projects
1. Preliminary Line Design
a) Attach USGS Quad Sheets (DRG/GEO)
b) Define Feature Codes (Or Load Standard FEA File)
c) Select Route (Add/Move/Insert/Delete P.I. Buttons)
e) Create a TIN (Terrain / TIN / Create TIN) f) Cut Profiles (Terrain / TIN / Create Interpolated Points) g) TIN
Applications (Terrain / TIN / Display Options)
d) Import DEM Points (Terrain / Edit / Merge Points…) and (1) Use Filter to Filter Out Points Outside of
Corridor)
2. Digitize Existing P&P Drawings
3. Migrating TLCAD Files (File / Import / TLC5)

IV. ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS IN PLS-CADD AND PLS-CADD LITE

A. Design Criteria (Criteria menu)

1. Weather Conditions
2. Code Specific Settings
3. Wire Design Criteria
4. Structure Design Criteria
5. Clearance Design Criteria
6. Design Criteria Report
7. Saving Criteria (*.CRI) Files for Standards Use

B. Structure Functions (Structures menu)

1. Removing Structures (Structures / Remove)
2. Adding Structures (Structures / Add)
3. Custom Structure Numbers (View / Display Options / Structure Numbers)
4. Modifying Structures (Structures / Modify)
5. Multiple Structure Adding Functions
a) Structures / Copy and Structures / Paste
b) Structures / Automatic Spotting / N Paste

C. Cable Functions (Sections menu)

1. Manual Sagging (Sections / Add/Remove/Modify)
2. Automatic Sagging (Sections Add/Modify – also see Criteria / Automatic Sagging)
3. Graphical Sagging (Sections / Graphical Sag)

D. Modeling a New “Stick Structure” (Structures / Create New Structure)

E. Editing Existing “Stick Structures” (Structures / Edit Structure)

F. Making “Site Specific” Structures (Structures / Customize Structure)

G. Line Optimization (Structures / Automatic Spotting)

1. Develop Available Structures List (Structures / Available Structures)
2. Add Spotting Constraints (Structures / Automatic Spotting / Spotting Constraints)

H. Galloping (Sections / Clearances / Galloping)

I. String Charts (Sections / Stringing Charts)

J. Offset Clipping Report (Sections / Offset Clipping Report)

K. Other Construction Reports (Lines / Reports)

L. Designing Multiple Lines (Lines / Edit)

M. Engineering Reports
1. Site Specific Engineering Reports
a) Structures / Check
b) Sections / Check
c) Terrain / Clearances
2. Global Engineering Reports (Lines / Reports)

N. Design a Basic Project in PLS-CADD

1. Develop Profile
a) Terrain / Feature Code Data / Edit
b) Terrain / Edit / Edit XYZ
c) Terrain / Alignment / Add P.I.
d) Terrain / Clearance Line
2. Develop Criteria
a) Criteria / Load CRI
3. Model Stick Structures (Structures / Create New Structure)
4. Manually Spot Structures (Structures Add/Move/Delete/Move On)
5. Manually Add Conductors (Sections Add/Remove/Modify)
6. Optimize Line Design

V. MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

A. Add Parts (Structures / Material / Edit Part List)

B. Add Assemblies (Structures / Material / Edit Assembly List)

C. Add Parts and Assemblies to Structures (Structure / Edit Structure)

D. Obtain BOM
 1. Entire Line or Section of Line (Structures / Material / List)
2. By Structure (Lines / Reports / Staking Material Table)

E. Integrate PLS-CADD Materials Management with Other Databases

VI. DRAFTING

A. Page Size and Layout (Drafting / Page Size and Drafting / Page Layout)

B. Scales and Drawing Formats (Drafting / Scales)

C. Display Options (View / Display Options)

D. Text and Layer Controls

1. Layer and Text Size Control (Drafting / Text Size……)
2. Structure and Section Labeling (View / Display Options / Sheet View….)

E. Importing P&P Border and North Arrow into PLS (Drafting / Attachments)

F. Attaching Logo and Other Items (Drafting / Attachments…)

G. Developing User Defined Text (Drafting / Lines and Annotation…)

H. Exporting Drawings from PLS (Why?)

I. User Project
1. Load Standard PPS File (Drafting / Load PPS File)
2. Load Standard Border and Other Attachments (Drafting / Attachments / Merge Attachments…)
3. Load Standard Text (Drafting / Lines and Annotation / Merge Annotation from Another Project)
4. Customize for Project Specific Requirements

VII. ADVANCED ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS (TIME PERMITTING)

A. SAPS Integration
1. Differences between RS and FE Methods
2. Criteria Requirements
3. Clipping Insulators (Sections / Modify / Clip Insulators)
4. Adjusting Cable Lengths (Sections / Modify / Edit Lengths…)
5. Adding Concentrated Loads (Marker Balls, Spacer Dampers, Etc.)
6. Plumbing Insulators (Structures / Equalize Tension)

B. Thermal Rating (Lines / Reports / Thermal Rating)

C. Danger Trees (Lines / Reports / Terrain Clearances / Danger Tree Locator)

D. Finding Leg and Guy Extension Requirement (Terrain / TIN / Leg and Guy Extension Report)
E. Adjusting Structures to Fit Terrain (Structures / Snap Base/Legs to TIN)

F. Structure Clearances
1. Local (Sections / Clearance to Structure)
2. Global (Lines / Reports / Structure Clearances)

G. Section Clearances
1. Local (Sections / Clearances)
2. Global (Lines / Reports / Wire Clearances)

VIII. ADVANCED STRUCTURES (PLS-POLE / TOWER)

A. Linking Structures Directly to PLS-CADD and PLS-CADD Lite

B. Allowable Spans vs. Interaction Diagrams vs. Full Structural Analysis

C. Modeling Full Structural Analysis Structures

1. PLS-POLE
a) General Overview
b) Component Libraries
c) Modeling Structures
(1) Wood Structures
(2) Tubular Steel Structures
(3) Concrete Structures
(4) Modular Mast Structures
d) Adding Loads
(1) Manual
(2) PLS-CADD Developed
e) Interpreting Analysis Results
2. Linking a PLS-POLE Model Into PLS-CADD / Lite
3. TOWER – Brief Overview

IX. PLS-CADD LITE REFRESHER

A. Sag-Tension Run

B. Wire Clearances

C. Structure Integration

D. Joint Use

E. Optimum Spans

F. Structure Modifications
1. Shaft Optimization
2. X-Brace Optimization
3. Tower Member Replacement a) Single b) Global
4. Tower Member Optimization