A radical change in the design process

iTOWERS Designer

is to a Tower Designer what a CT Scanner / MRI is to a Neurosurgeon

Geometry Wizard
3D Geometry of a 300 m tower can now be created in minutes

Pattern Library
With thousands of patterns readily available for multiple optimization studies

Automatic Drawings and Reports generator

Can help you do away with a drafting team and secretarial help

Automatic loads generator

Calculates and applies wind loads and wire loads automatically

Automatic effective lengths

A relief from the laborious inputs for the designer

Optimization engine
Optimization across various patterns, basic dimensions, weight, type, shape and cost of steel

Unique opportunity for engineers

Exclusive versions to equip the designer for Transmission Line and Microwave tower engineering

Expedite project implementation

Prevents Prototype failure

Being used by Global Leaders in the industry

A Powerful tool for Electric Utilities

iTOWERS Designer is developed by a team of dedicated Structural Engineers with Tower Design experience and extensively validated in a live and practical design environment
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Optimization while ensuring safety Avoid failures of Proto - Testing

Design Checking Upgradation & Maintenance of Microwave Towers Drag & Drop of patterns Interactive Design Calculator Model verification - cross sections, elevations & plans Deflected shapes & stress diagrams

iTOWERS Designer uses unique modular design concepts combined with powerful tools and database that allow compact data input, makes it easy to change tower configuration, provides realistic modeling and analysis, iterative optimizations and in full compliance to all codes of practice. And it does so very quickly. Where in otherwise takes an engineer days to complete the geometry of a single tower, iTOWERS Designer does the task in minutes. iTOWERS Designer saves Tower Engineers the confusion and expense of using unrelated software tools from different vendors to accomplish what should be related tasks Tower geometry generation, Load calculations, Structural analysis, Graphical verification, preparation of Design reports and Drawings. iTOWERS Designer has been extensively validated in a live and practical design environment. iTOWERS Designer is designed to live and grow by allowing the user open access to database to add new patterns, sections etc.

Business Advantages
iTOWERS Designer integrated software will save your business time and money. Why? Because iTOWERS Designer covers the full spectrum of tower design. It is: Fast Flexible Comprehensive

This means, for the first time, you can have the luxury of creating a final complete tower design while still in the preliminary bid stages. This gives you much greater accuracy for costing and in proposal development. As a result, you incur less risk and can gain an edge on the competition. With iTOWERS Designer software, multiple design alternatives are a matter of a few key strokes not hours of re-doing. You sharply reduce design cycle time and produce an optimal design saving time and money. In addition, at all stages of design, bills of materials, comprehensive reports and design drawings are automatically generated saving time, which saves money. iTOWERS Designer provides your structural engineers with a full library of transmission line tower patterns for automatic, fast and easy generation of tower geometry. And it does so accurately saving more time and eliminating costly re-dos. Electric Utilities have found iTOWERS Designer especially effective to: Standardize the design of their transmission line towers Check tower contractors submissions to ensure the most cost-effective design Check the towers for Upgradation and Maintenance in order to study their effectiveness to work under different mechanical and environmental conditions Upgrade to higher wind pressure

High Specificity & High Sensitivity

iTOWERS Designer is specific to Tower Design and Engineering. It is a tool that helps you with precise understanding of structural behavior of the tower for every sensitive change in design parameters.

High Productivity
iTOWERS Designer, with its unique features of design and optimization is like adding a team of expert designers to the design staff. Over-night!

Versatality
Open-ended and code independent. Fully adaptable to changes in design codes.

Total Respect to fundamentals

3 dimensional geometry including redundants Sub-structuring Technique Member classification Analysis and design of multiple body and leg extensions in one go Optimization

Intuitive Graphical User Interface

Tower Specifications Tower Template

Upgrade to higher kV Upgrade to new set of loading conditions Replacement of missing/ corroded sections Design checking for change of code of practice

IMIs dedication to research and development has established it as a global leader for Transmission Line Towers and Microwave Towers in developing software programs
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Tower Specifications
This user interface enables the user to specify all the input specifications at a single location. All the codal provisions pertaining to various international standards are built-in in a library and user can just click the appropriate standard / code of practice and the corresponding Tower. provisions are automatically passed on to the current

Project details, Client details Configuration & Voltage Conductor & Groundwire Standard for design Standard for material (member, bolts) Angle sizes Design requirements iTOWERS Designer contains open-ended database of angle sizes, steel & bolt properties, conductor & groundwire properties. User can modify the existing data OR add their own data to these database and update the database as required using this interface.

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Powerful and Intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Extensive on-line graphic support gives clear visual appreciation of tower design throughout the design process. The user friendly environment facilities the user to interact efficiently to supply input parameters, to execute the software and to view various reports / drawings.

Graphical Input Generator Interactive Graphics Pattern Library (Global / Local) with redundants Drag & drop of patterns Interactive Design Design Calculator Display 3 dimensional Model verification Cross sections, Elevations, Plans Deflected shapes Stress diagram Viewing with Zoom, Pan, Rotate

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Database and Libraries

iTOWERS Designer makes continuous references to flexible database. Powerful library of patterns in general use aids quick and error-free generation of tower g e o m e t r y. U s e r c a n e a s i l y a d d n e w patterns to the library. iTOWERS
Designer

provides

comprehensive database of internationally available steel sections. Assembled sections are automatically derived from basic sections. User can easily update and expand the database. Database of various international design standards for Steel and bolt properties Conductor /Groundwire properties Design specifications Section database (Angle sizes) Pattern library

All Powerful Model Generator

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iTOWERS Designer facilitates interactive menu driven on-screen model generation with simultaneous 3D display. Substructuring technique allows the user to easily compose various tower combinations with body extensions and leg extensions. Easy Geometry generation tools Drag & Drop of patterns Multiple duplications Pattern Generator Various configurations Vertical Horizontal Triangular base Rectangular & Square base Body Extensions, Leg extensions Tower Combinations

Automatic Loads Generator

Body wind loads for various tower combinations are automatically calculated and applied on the tower. Also, Conductor & Groundwire loads can be automatically generated in line with various international standards.(IEC 826 ; IS:802-1995) Apart from automatic loads generation, user may specify any additional loads, if required. Automatic Loads Generator Body wind loads Conductor & Groundwire loads Wind loads Self weight Broken wire loads Temperature Loads Ice Loads Earthquake Loads Broken wire combinations (Conductor/ Groundwire) Loads generation as per IEC:826, IS:802-1995 User defined loads

Analysis Engine
iTOWERS Designer facilitates 3Dimensional finite element analysis of multiple tower combinations (body extensions & leg extensions) in one go. Moreover, user has the facility to analyse the complete structure including redundants.

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Design Engine
Member design is automatically performed for the critical force out of various load combinations and various tower combinations, in line with various international design standards. Effective lengths, which are required for member design, are automatically calculated by the software, thus reducing enormous time needed for input data. Moreover interactive design calculator facilitates the user to view the design results, instantaneously, for any modification of input parameters. Tower Design Design as per various national & international standards IS Euro code AISC ASCE BS:5950, BS:8100 Egypt Interactive Design calculator Automatic effective lengths for member design.

Optimization Engine

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Optimization is the underlying theme of all the iTOWERS Designer modules. iTOWERS Designer performs optimization across all the possible alternatives duly considering various cost factors. Optimum member size selection Optimization across various steel grades (MS/HT/SHT) Optimization across various section shapes Equal & Unequal angles : Single, double back to back, double channel, double star, quadruple star, quadruple box Pipes Optimization across various patterns Optimization across various tower dimensions Base width, hamper width, top width Panel heights Various cost factors Material procurement cost factor Shape cost factor Steel grade cost factor

Automatic Reports Generator

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Automatic Reports Generator

Extensive reports are generated, automatically, as a logical result of the design process itself. No secretarial help is required to generate reports. iTOWERS Designer also has facilities to generate design reports in various formats. Sag and Tension calculations Load calculations Member design calculations (Group wise / Member wise) Member forces (Group wise/ Member wise) Nodal displacements Foundation forces (Transformed / Vertical) Various report formats

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Automatic Drafting Engine

Unlike the conventional software approach of using computers as drafting machines, iTOWERS Designer provides for automatic extraction of drawings as a logical consequence of the design process. Design drawings are generated in ready-to-submit format including dimensions, member group names, joint numbers etc. User can also export drawings into AutoCAD format, if need be.

Automatic Generation of the following Drawings Single line diagrams with all design details, elevations, plans and cross sectional views Dimensioning Member group names Joint numbers Body wind load diagram Load Trees

Training
iTOWERS Designer is highly intuitive and any designer with basic understanding of Tower Design process can quickly learn with the help of user manual and tutorial, delivered along with the software.

System Requirements
iTOWERS Designer runs on Pentium II or above with 128 MB RAM and 250 MB free disk space, Windows NT with service pack 5 or above OR WINDOWS 2000, IE 5.0

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Partial List Of Installations iTOWERS Designer is being used by global leaders in Transmission line field including biggest utilities and tower companies

International
Italy
ABB T & D SpA, Milano.

Spain
EUCOMSA, Utrera (Sevilla)
(ABENGOA Group company).

Mexico
COMEMSA, Queretaro
(ABENGOA Group company).

Australia
POWERLINK, QueensLand.

Korea
Hyundai engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., Seoul.

Egypt
THE EGYPTIAN CO. FOR METALLIC CONSTRUCTION (METALCO), Cairo. ALBABTAIN POWER &TELECOMMUNICATION, Cairo.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ALBABTAIN POWER &TELECOMMUNICATION, Riyadh. ARABIAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, Jeddah. SAUDI ELECTRIC COMPANY (SOA), Abha. SAUDI ELECTRIC COMPANY (CRB), Riyadh. ZAMIL STEELS, Dammam. Al Salam Industrial and Trading Est., Jeedah.

National
Delhi
Hyundai Unitech Electrical Transmission Ltd, New Delhi. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, New Delhi.
(One of the biggest grid corporations in the world).

Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi.

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Maharashtra
KEC International Ltd, Mumbai.
(Second largest tower manufacturing company in the world).

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, Mumbai. BAJAJ ELECTRICALS Ltd, Mumbai. KEC International Ltd, Nagpur. Associated Transrail Structures Ltd, Mumbai.

Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh State Elec. Board, Hyderabad. Advanced Radio Masts Ltd, Hyderabad. Tata Projects Ltd, Hyderabad. ICOMM, Hyderabad. Aster Teleservices Private Ltd, Hyderabad.

West Bengal
TATA International Ltd, Kolkatta. West Bengal State Electricity Board, Kolkatta.

Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board, Lucknow.

Rajasthan
Rajasthan State Electricity Board, Jaipur. Man Structurals Ltd, Jaipur.

Gujarat
Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, Gandhinagar.

Orissa
Hirakud Industrial Works Ltd, Hirakud.

iTOWERS Designer - The road map to future expansion

iTOWERS Designer can be further expanded to Automatic Detailing, Project Management and Maintenance of the total infrastructure of telecom operators and electric utilities with the help of iTOWERS Detailer and i BASE , the other revolutionary products of IMI Software. For more information, please visit our website. www.imisoft.com

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iTOWERS DesignerTM

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