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I. OVERVIEW
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)
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)
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)
M. Engineering Reports
1. Site Specific Engineering Reports
a) Structures / Check
b) Sections / Check
c) Terrain / Clearances
2. Global Engineering Reports (Lines / Reports)
V. MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
D. Obtain BOM
1. Entire Line or Section of Line (Structures / Material / List)
2. By Structure (Lines / Reports / Staking Material Table)
VI. DRAFTING
A. Page Size and Layout (Drafting / Page Size and Drafting / Page Layout)
E. Importing P&P Border and North Arrow into PLS (Drafting / Attachments)
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
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)
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)
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