Author : Randy More

When using the Google Earth plugin from O-Calc Pro you need to set a few of the options in Google Earth Pro to allow opening a pole from Google Earth. To allow a user to click on a link in GEP and open that pole in O-Calc you need to do the following: In Google Earth  ..

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In a previous posting ( http://o-calcpro.com/wiki/2015/12/02/creating-a-real-report/ ) we saw how to create a simple report. In that case it was the Applied Load report. In this article we are going to extend that report by adding a chart of the heights. O-Calc includes a graphing API that is used to generate all of the graphs that ..

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Before starting you should install: Osmose O-Calc® Pro version 5.1 or better Microsoft Excel or other product that can edit and display Excel spreadsheet files version 2010 or better (.xlsx). Overview O-Calc® Pro 5.1 provides preformatted reports in its Report View. It also provides a link to a Custom Reports tool. The Custom Reports tool ..

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A report was requested that would show all of the applied loads (source loads) applied to a pole. This excludes reactions to the loads so applied by guying are excluded as are the loads generated by the pole itself (wind load, self weight, load from tilt, etc.). The following video shows in real-time the creation ..

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This document describes the coordinate conventions used to describe all physical and notional elements in the PPL system. By convention all linear values are in inches and all angular values are in radians. Overview All coordinates in PPL are described using in a cylindrical polar form relative to a single parent object. X describes a ..

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When creating scripts and plugins it is sometimes convenient to be able to process a tokenized template and fill in selected values from calculated values or form attributes on the structure. Some examples of this is the default file name template that allows the user to format the default file name of a PPLX file, ..

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O-Calc Pro allows the use of scripting to automate repetitive tasks, to perform structure verifications, and for other tasks. The use of the scripting system is covered in detail in the manual, through training videos, and in other articles. The purpose of this article is to detail the steps involved in configuring the scripting system ..

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O-Calc Pro provides a complete set of routines for performing all of the units conversion that might be required by O-Calc developers. It is important to understand that the stored units and the displayed units in O-Calc Pro are not always the same. The integrated Schema Explorer tool allows you to find the name and ..

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