Utilizing Table Driven Tension
In O-Calc there are a number of options available to customize the tension on a span. These options can be found by selecting a span, and selecting the Tension…
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Pin Insulator Line End Fitting – Clamped V. Free
The O-Calc Pro master catalog includes a number of options regarding types of insulators that may be used for modeling accurately. Among these options are Pin insulators, which…
Installing Optional Plugins in O-Calc Pro
While version 5.0.2 of O-Calc includes a set of plugins, it may be beneficial to add additional functionality by downloading, installing, and enabling plugins that aren’t included with…
Accessing FEA data, resonant frequency analysis
For any ordinary type of standard analysis tasks, and even for the bulk of advanced tasks O-Calc Pro has reports and tools provided for you to use. On…
Fast indexing of PPLX data
One of the tasks that sometimes comes up during plugin development is the need to rapidly parse and spatially index a large number of PPLX files. Performing this…
Differences between O-Calc and hand calculations
When comparing O-Calc to simplified hand calculations it is sometimes surprising to find that there can be some differences. Let’s look at a very simple example of a…
Performing Lens Calibration on a New Camera
O-Calc Pro is equipped with a fully functional monoscopic photogrammetry subsystem that allows for extremely precise measurements to be made from photographs. Unlike the less accurate systems sometimes…
Implementing a Bulk Summary Report
In O-Calc Pro there exists the concept of a “Bulk Summary Report”. This is a report where a compact bit of information for each of a collection of…
Multiple reports from a single report definition
It is often the case that there might be two (or more) versions of a report in O-Calc Pro. For example a summary version and a detailed version,…
Using the Working Data Store (WDS)
When creating a plugin, report, or script in O-Calc Pro it is helpful to be able to store information such as state, history, or keys identifying external data sources…