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It comes up a lot about how to compare wire tension loads between Quick Pole and PLS-CADD. The below discusses a work-around for PLS-CADD because they don't really support communication cables supported with messengers in the way that communication providers require. The PLS-CADD user often loads th...

This is a minor feature update, plus a few minor bug fixes.

The minor feature is an additional sort option for the Explorer View and reports. The extra name field for the structure "Alt Structure Name" can now also be used as a sort key. This is enable via the Tools->Options menu.

For CSA, NESC, GO95 national standards, Quick Pole now supports different types of Terrain; which in turn has an impact on wind loading. The geography of a project covered by Quick Pole can vary from that where wind is typically recorded and estimated for your purpose; primarily and airport type of ...

In this version the Help Files have been updated to include all the features we have added and improved upon over the past year or so. This should help answer most of the questions you may have. Details have been added about the fields used in CSV and SQLite imports for reference purposes. The Help ...

The major improvement in this release was to improve the analysis speed of Quick Pole by further improving algorithms and making use of multi-core processors in user's computers. Roughly a lower-end CPU with 4 cores (like i7 7th generation Intel processor) will now compute 4 times faster than before...

In this update we provide a new feature that can prove useful in certain circumstances. We now allow other wires and other cables to be bundled with a power wire as if they were cables. You can string this power wire to tensions and then attach wires and/or cables. The wire tension setting allow you...

This update recognizes some important changes in the latest amendment to the CSA C22.3 No. 1 Overhead Systems Standard. The most significant change is the mandatory consideration for an Extreme Wind event, in addition to the normal deterministic weather load case, such as CSA Heavy. To support this,...

This update includes cumulative patches that update Quick Pole's GIS libraries to the latest version.

This update adds many additional fields to the "Ground Clearance" CSV export from Quick Pole. The main advantage to users is that the Maximum Line of Sight (LOS) values are now provided. This helps support attachment permits where utilities are asking for maximum sag values, but really nee...

In this update the major feature addition is the completion of Standard Units (ft/lbs) support in the detailed analysis reports. In addition, this update is part of the completion of our PLS-CADD to Quick Pole analysis results comparisons. For those customers interested in the results, please contac...