QP 7.05.25 Feature Release
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2026 9:39 am
A few things are included in this release.
Improvements to existing features:
1. When new Design Layers are created which import data from other sources, it is possible for some items to come in without adequate location information, resulting in poor or zero values for Northing/Eastings. When the Plan View is opened in these cases, nothing shows as the Plan View it has centered on an area with nothing around. In these cases we now immediately bring this to your attention and suggest you directly go to the Coordinates Editor to search for these irregularities. By clicking on the Northing or Easting column there, the whole table will be sorted by that column numerically to make the irregularities easy to find.
2. When first opening the Plan View, it will immediately center the view in the weighted-average location/pole instead of the previous geographic center of your design's bounds. This is most often what you want. The "Reset Window" button now performs this same function.
3. Mouse and window button zoom controls have been improved to function better than before in the Plan View.
4. Warnings that detected when communication attachments were too close to each other on the pole, now will take into consideration if one of them is offset from the pole on a bracket of some kind. This is common in western Canada where two strands can have the same attachment height. While the industry standard for vertical spacings of communication attachments is 12 inches (0.3m), the tolerance has been reduced to requiring at least 8 inches (0.2m) before generating a warning. This is also the lowest permitted under NESC rules.
5. CSV exports were requiring the project to be analyzed twice. Now it is just once.
6. Voltage range for secondary voltages changed from 0-750 to 0-1000, in accordance with the latest code changes.
New Features:
1. A new CSV export has been added that addresses Primary Wire Uplift questions by some users. Many of these types of attachments use tie wires as their means of fastening the wires. Some also use clamps. In Quick Pole we don't currently support insulator strengths like this, but we are working on it. In the meantime this CSV export should assist greatly. It covers all primary voltages assigned to wires that have exactly two wires at the same height on a pole. Other cases are assumed to be attached using deadend insulators and are not necessary to check. The export identifies the uplift force contributed by each wire span on the same insulator, plus a total value which can be checked. The loadcase that this uplift occurs at is also included. The assumed process would be to generate the export, open in Excel (or similar) and sort the data by the total column. For all those that exceed the uplift value you are concerned about, pull up a picture of the pole and confirm the insulator type. Insulators that are deadend or otherwise clamped can also be ignored. Any remaining insulators should be marked for replacement.
Improvements to existing features:
1. When new Design Layers are created which import data from other sources, it is possible for some items to come in without adequate location information, resulting in poor or zero values for Northing/Eastings. When the Plan View is opened in these cases, nothing shows as the Plan View it has centered on an area with nothing around. In these cases we now immediately bring this to your attention and suggest you directly go to the Coordinates Editor to search for these irregularities. By clicking on the Northing or Easting column there, the whole table will be sorted by that column numerically to make the irregularities easy to find.
2. When first opening the Plan View, it will immediately center the view in the weighted-average location/pole instead of the previous geographic center of your design's bounds. This is most often what you want. The "Reset Window" button now performs this same function.
3. Mouse and window button zoom controls have been improved to function better than before in the Plan View.
4. Warnings that detected when communication attachments were too close to each other on the pole, now will take into consideration if one of them is offset from the pole on a bracket of some kind. This is common in western Canada where two strands can have the same attachment height. While the industry standard for vertical spacings of communication attachments is 12 inches (0.3m), the tolerance has been reduced to requiring at least 8 inches (0.2m) before generating a warning. This is also the lowest permitted under NESC rules.
5. CSV exports were requiring the project to be analyzed twice. Now it is just once.
6. Voltage range for secondary voltages changed from 0-750 to 0-1000, in accordance with the latest code changes.
New Features:
1. A new CSV export has been added that addresses Primary Wire Uplift questions by some users. Many of these types of attachments use tie wires as their means of fastening the wires. Some also use clamps. In Quick Pole we don't currently support insulator strengths like this, but we are working on it. In the meantime this CSV export should assist greatly. It covers all primary voltages assigned to wires that have exactly two wires at the same height on a pole. Other cases are assumed to be attached using deadend insulators and are not necessary to check. The export identifies the uplift force contributed by each wire span on the same insulator, plus a total value which can be checked. The loadcase that this uplift occurs at is also included. The assumed process would be to generate the export, open in Excel (or similar) and sort the data by the total column. For all those that exceed the uplift value you are concerned about, pull up a picture of the pole and confirm the insulator type. Insulators that are deadend or otherwise clamped can also be ignored. Any remaining insulators should be marked for replacement.