multiple alignments and stringing - power line systems
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Multiple Alignments & Stringing
7/19/2013 Power Line Systems, Inc. 1
Jesse Kohler, P.E.
Power Line Systems, Inc.
2013 PLS-CADD Advanced Training and User Group
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• You can only string to ascendingstations
• Tips:
– Display true structure numbers
– Order of alignments dictate station
– Changes beforehand much easier than
later
– Think what the sheets view will look like
– Alignment numbers / Entity info / Status bar
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Types of Alignments
• Single Alignments
(independents)
• Diverging Alignments
(branches)
• Converging Alignments
(loops)
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Wait… I thought there were only 2 types of alignments!!!
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It Depends Where The Profile Is Inserted
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Simple Branch & Loop Example
• Double Circuit Transmission into 2 Different Substation Bays
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Simple Loop Example
• Perpendicular Distribution Line Connecting To Transmission Line via a Suspension Connection
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Complicated Substation
• An Elaborate Combination of Independent Alignments, Branches, and Loops.
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