Once you select a Structure (pole or building), several options are available through a right-click of a mouse.

 

Edit Structure

This function will bring up a  Structure Window, enabling many Structure editing, analysis and viewing functions to be performed.


Reports

This function allows you to create reports directly on one or several selected structures.


CSV Exports

This function will bring up a Dialog to allow you to export analysis results from all the selected structures.


Export to KML

This function will allow you to export all structures selected in KML format, similar to the feature that allows you to export the entire Design to KML format. A Dialog will appear asking for where you would like to store the output file. For convenience, the structure location pointers/pins (when opened in programs such as Google Earth) will be color coded with the last analysis status for the structures. Green=OK, Red=Error, Purple=User-flagged, Yellow-Not analyzed yet.


StreetView From Here...

If you have a Datum set for this project and you have set the GIS coordinates for at least one pole, you can use this menu function to launch Google Maps and StreetView in your Internet Browser (Internet Explorer, FireFox, Google Chrome, etc). It first brings up Google Maps which then allows you to launch Google StreetView from the highlighted pole location by dragging the little person icon onto the map.

 

Edit Coordinates/Location


This function allows you to set the exact location of the structure item in the Work Plan Area. The item will move automatically to the new location set in this Dialog after pressing the OK button. The Dialog explains that there are three different options for setting a structure’s location. The important thing to note is that Quick Pole internally uses Northing and Easting values for its span and angle calculations.

 

  1. Location based only on relative location on the Work Plan Area. This enables freehand location setting of structure items.
  2. Location based on provided Northing and Easting from survey data.
  3. Location based on GPS coordinates; either based on the project's datum/zone or Google Earth standard WGS84

 

 

In options #1 and #2, you can only edit the Northing and Easting values.

 

Once a Datum and Zone are selected in the Project Settings tab, Quick Pole will test the coordinate values for all items in a Project to determine if they make sense with the Datum and Zone selected. If they don't, Quick Pole will display a message saying that GIS Features are possible if the coordinates of one project item is set. Quick Pole offers and expects to shift all project items so that their relative positions to each other are maintained while all items are moved so that they make sense with respect to the GIS coordinates supplied. Also this can be a great timesaver as you don't need to edit the other poles if their relative distances and angles were sufficiently accurate. You can, of course, double-check the other poles to see if their coordinates still make sense.

 

 

When resetting an item's coordinates once the GIS Features are enabled, this same question is asked. Select Yes to shift all project items; in case you have found a more accurately placed item. Otherwise select No to update just this one item.

 

The bounds of the defined Datum and Zone are displayed in both Longitude/Latitude and Northing/Easting values, for your reference. If you enter values outside of these bounds, the offending entries will be highlighted in red. If you believe you have the correct coordinates and still presented with errors, you may have selected an incorrect Datum and Zone. There is a tolerance on the coordinate entries to allow projects to extend slightly beyond the boundaries by about 10,000 meters. If you have a large project that extends outside of one zone by more than 10,000 meters, it is recommended to break the project into two separate projects.


Change Structure Type

This function brings up a Dialog that allows you to change the type of structure to one of (pole, anchor, building, mid span tap and several others), for all selected structures.

End of Study Structure

 

The "End of Study Structure" feature allows you to ignore the loading analysis for specific poles. For many projects you will need to place additional poles to the ones you may be designing in order to capture the proper span length and determine the loads. An example would be that you are attaching communication messengers to poles 2 through to 6, but other span attachments (such as power) continue to poles 1 and 7. You need to place poles 1 and 7 in the Work Plan Area so that Quick Pole knows the attachment loads in those directions related to poles 2 and 6. You are not normally concerned about the structural capacity of poles 1 and 7 as they are not related to the work you are doing. Providing Analysis Results for these poles will be distracting from the poles where you are actually doing work.

 

These additional poles (1 and 7) are required to define the loads on the poles you are really interested in, but you don't need to analyze them. By right-clicking on a pole in the Work Plan View, you can check the "End of Study Structure" checkbox. These extra poles will be listed in the appropriate reports, but without their loading analysis results. This feature allows you to focus on the more important items of your project.


User-Flagged Structure

 

Use this checkbox to flag any structure that you may need to find easily in the future, via several methods. This can be useful if certain structures require additional attention, for any reason. It has no impact on any other feature.

Movable

Quick Pole is a GIS application with the added ability that it can be used in non-GIS situations as well. As a GIS application, the actual location of any item is usually fixed in the Work Plan Area. The location is then normally adjusted only by direct input of updated location information such as Northing/Easting or Longitude/Latitude. This can be done in the Coordinates Editor or one of the right-click options available.

 

When projects are first re-opened, the location of all items are "Not Movable" so as to prevent inadvertent movement by user actions. When new items are dragged from the Palette onto the Work Plan area, those items are movable until the next time the project is opened. Freehand movement is done by dragging the item with the left mouse button pressed. The Nudge tools at the top of the Work Plan Area are also available.

 

All or any item can be selected and have its Movable state changed so that it could be moved or fixed in place. You can right-click on any item and change its Movable State.

 

You can also select multiple items at the same time and change the Locked state of all poles, buildings and long distance anchors at the same time.

 

 

The CheckBox for the Movable State above is in an indeterminate state because some of the items selected are Movable and others are not. Selecting this menu item once will make these items Movable. Selecting the menu item a second time will make all items not Movable .

 

Delete

This function will the delete the selected item.