{"id":635,"date":"2018-01-31T16:09:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T16:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/o-calcpro.com\/wiki\/?p=635"},"modified":"2018-12-04T14:56:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:56:46","slug":"topping-a-pole-in-o-calc-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/o-calcpro.com\/wiki\/2018\/01\/31\/topping-a-pole-in-o-calc-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Topping a Pole in O-Calc Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

The field practice of “topping” a pole can be modeled successfully in O-Calc Pro. When a pole is “topped”, a portion of the top of the pole is cut off. This could be for a number of reasons, like pole tip deterioration, or the desire to use a heftier class pole that isn’t necessarily very tall. By topping a pole, the field technician ends up with a pole with a larger tip diameter.<\/p>\n

In O-Calc, if a user were to just use a shorter pole instead of using the topping method, the user would not be modeling the reduced taper correctly.<\/p>\n

To begin, open the pole that you wish to “top”. This can be any variety pole, but this article uses a wood pole as an example. In this example, a 50 ft Class 2 pole is being used.<\/p>\n

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To begin, I can verify the circumference values for the pole. For instance, the tip circumference of a 50ft Class 2 Southern Pine pole is automatically populated as 25 inches.<\/p>\n

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Next, right-click on the pole, either in the inventory list or in the 3D View tab. From the menu that appears, select the Set Length and Depth<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/p>\n

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From the sub-menu, select the option Length of Pole<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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This will open a Pole Length<\/strong> pop-up window. Here, you may select a Mode<\/strong>, which is either to modify the Pole, or modify the Pole and Attachments. Then, a length in feet may be entered.<\/p>\n

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For Topping this pole, I am selecting only the pole, and I am removing 5 feet from the top of the pole. So, my Pole Length<\/strong> window should look like this:<\/p>\n

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To verify that this change took place, I can check my new Tip Circumference value by selecting my pole, and in the Data Entry panel, going to the Circumference Filter. <\/strong>Here, I can see that my Tip Circumference updated to 26.93 inches.<\/p>\n

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This method can be used to “top” any type of pole.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The field practice of “topping” a pole can be modeled successfully in O-Calc Pro. When a pole is “topped”, a portion of the top of the pole is cut off. This could be for a number of reasons, like pole tip deterioration, or the desire to use a heftier class pole that isn’t necessarily very ..<\/p>\n

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