Tips – O-Calc Pro Wiki O-Calc Pro Wiki Posts Videos Category : Tips Home » Archive by category : Tips Modeling Non-Wood Poles Posted September 11, 2019 by Sean Lantry & filed under Tips Comments: 0 Tags: aluminum poles, composite poles, concrete poles, custom poles, fiberglass poles, metal poles, non-wood poles, steel poles While O-Calc Pro provides a number of non-wood poles as part of our available catalogs, it may be necessary to create custom poles from scratch. O-Calc is capable of modeling metal, concrete and composite poles. Unlike wood poles, non-wood pole properties are specified by the manufacturer of the pole and it is necessary to obtain .. Read more Managing Catalogs Posted September 10, 2019 by Sean Lantry & filed under Tips Comments: 0 Tags: catalog, catalogs One of the central concepts in O-Calc Pro is the use of the catalog. The catalog stores assemblies, stores objects, stores the components that you uses to build up your pole model and perform your analysis. While O-Calc Pro offers numerous catalogs for download, it may not be convenient to have all of these catalogs .. Read more Setting Ownership in O-Calc Pro Posted December 7, 2018 by Randy More & filed under Tips Comments: 0 The Master Catalog of O-Calc Pro contains all of the components that may be used to generate a model, or a .pplx file. Each of these items has many properties associated with it, which can be found and edited in the Data Entry Panel. While most of these attributes adjust some aspect of how an .. Read more Adding a Tap Posted October 18, 2018 by Randy More & filed under Tips Comments: 0 Oftentimes when modelling a pole in O-Calc Pro from field notes, a User may encounter the need to model a span that is not attached at the pole, but rather attached to a span. This is usually seen in service drops for Secondary or Communications spans. Essentially, a segment of the conduit acts as a .. Read more Modeling a Pole Top Extension Posted October 2, 2018 by Randy More & filed under Tips Comments: 0 A pole top extension is designed to extend the height of the pole, generally through the use of a crossarm or additional attachment. This attachment elevates a span or piece of equipment above the existing height of the pole. Since this is a fairly common practice, a user can model a pole top extension in .. Read more QA/QC Suggestions for O-Calc Pro Users Posted August 21, 2018 by Randy More & filed under Tips Comments: 0 An essential aspect of performing pole loading in O-Calc Pro is ensuring that the finished product is correct – this process is often referred to as QA/QC, or Quality Assurance and Quality Control. The aim of this article is to address common items that should be checked when performing QA/QC Assessments. While this is not .. Read more Creating Custom Loadcases Posted July 19, 2018 by Randy More & filed under Tips Comments: 0 The O-Calc Pro Master Catalog features an extensive list of components that can be included in a pole model. Of those components, the loadcase component acts as the driving force behind the calculations that are performed. The ‘Load Cases’ folder contains the safety requirements for the National Electric Safety Code (NESC), General Order 95 (GO95), .. Read more Use of Range Poles in DMT Process Posted July 3, 2018 by Randy More & filed under Photo Measurement, Tips Comments: 0 The DMT Process refers to the use of the Digital Measurement Technology in O-Calc Pro. This technology typically requires a photograph of a pole be taken with a CVT, or Calibrated Visual Target, attached to the pole. This CVT is used in O-Calc to obtain height measurements for various attachments. With the release of O-Calc .. Read more Using the Osmose® ET-Truss™ Selector Tool Posted May 15, 2018 by Randy More & filed under Tips Comments: 0 O-Calc Pro contains many features designed to enhance the accuracy of a pole model. In some cases, accurately modeling all available parameters of a pole can indicate that a pole does not comply with pole loading code requirements so its allowable capacity utilization exceeds 100%. When a pole’s groundline capacity utilization exceeds 100%, the pole .. Read more Spool Rack Modeling Posted April 12, 2018 by Randy More & filed under Photo Measurement, Tips Comments: 0 The O-Calc Pro Master Catalog contains many items that can be modeled on a utility pole. However, not all items found in the field can be found in the catalog. For this reason, O-Calc Pro has the ability to model items as generic equipment using a blend of shapes with different attributes. One common piece .. 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