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AUTOCAD...

GRP Engineering has multiple copies of AutoCAD 2004, 2005, & 2006 to provide our clients with the latest CAD standards available.

GRP Engineering utilizes SPANNER software to provide a seamless transition for placing MS Excel worksheets onto AutoCAD drawings.

GRP Engineering utilizes EAGLE POINT software to generate plan & profile drawings from survey data for electrical transmission and distribution line designs.

MicroStation...

GRP Engineering has two seats of Microstation V8.1 to provide clients with Microstation format drawings with the latest CAD standards available from Bentley.

GRP Engineering also utilizes IRAS-B to provide image editing required for Micro station file formats.

Power Tools for Windows...

GRP Engineering utilizes SKM's Power Tools software package for the analysis and device coordination of utility, industrial, and commercial power systems.

  • Demand load analysis
  • Voltage drop and load flow calculations
  • Fault current analysis and calculations
  • Feeder and transformer sizing
  • One-line diagram creation
  • Overcurrent setting and coordination checking
  • Arc Flash analysis

Milsoft - WindMil, LightTable & LandBase

Electrical distribution system modeling is completed utilizing Milsoft's WndMil engineering anaylsis software. WindMil accurately models radial and looped distribution system through a graphical usessr interface. Capabilities of WindMil include:

  • Load flow & voltage drop
  • Fault current & fault flow calculations
  • Capacitor placement
  • Load balancing
  • Feeder optimization
  • Motor flicker anaylsis
  • Regulator setting calculation
  • Reliability & contingency analysis
Geographical maps are intergrated into the engineering model through Milsoft's LandBase module. Graphical backgrounds from the following formats can be displayed behind the engineering model: AutoCAD, Microstation, ESRI, TIFF, and Bitmap. Complete drawing layer control is available directly through LandBase. The engineering model lcan be exported to create printable system maps.

Utility system overcurrent device coordination is completed utilizing Milsoft's LightTable coordination software module. LightTable directly interfaces with the engineering module in Windmil to automatically coordinate devices. WindMil and LightTable will calculate the coordination points for fuse-fuse, fuse-recloser, and recloser-recloser coordination.

PLS-CADD

Transmission line design, structure analysis, advanced conductor sag & tension analysis, and plan & profile draing preparation is completed in PlS-CADD. Transmission lines are modeled three-dimensionally including the topography, structures, and conductors. Structure modeling is completed through program modules specific to structure material including wood, steel, laminated wood, and concrete. Finite element analysis of transmission structures and overhead conductors are also completed through PLS-CADD. Project material lists are produced for cost estimation or construction purposes.

Alcoa Sag10...

Conductor sag and tension analysis is performed utilizing Alcoa's SAG10 software, the industry's leading conductor sag and tension software. Sag10 provides numerical sag and tension information for most conductors as well as graphical representations of conductor sag based on span and temperature. Conductor vibration analysis, thermal rating analysis, and analysis of conductor movement envelopes are all preformed in the SAG10 software.

Grand Rapids Office
660 Cascade West Parkway SE, Suite 65 • Grand Rapids MI 49546
phone:: 616.942.7183 • fax:: 616.285.6448
Petoskey Office
325 E. Lake Street, Suite 26 • Petoskey MI 49770
phone:: 231.439.9683 • fax:: 231.439.9698

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