COMPUTER-AIDED-DESIGN OF TRANSMISSION-LINES

This paper gives an overview of structural and geometric design concep ts for electrical power lines. It presents a new integrated computeriz ed environment for generating new designs or evaluating existing ones. In that environment, productivity can be radically improved and the r isk of errors is reduced. New design concepts that achieve greater eco nomy can be implemented. The manner in which such diverse utility grou ps as surveyors, planners, engineers and CAD technicians interact with each other can be improved. Electrical parameters or power lines are only discussed insofar as they affect the line geometry.