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How to use Google Earth integration in your earthing designs

Understanding someone else’s Earthing Design can be challenging enough for most. Unsurprisingly, it can be a big ask for non-experts to understand how your design will work if the only means of communicating your strategy is with a written report.
Learn how to improve your communication with a much more comprehensive range of clients using the latest innovations at your fingertips.

Learn how to improve your communication with a much wider range of clients using the latest innovations at your fingertips.

Google Earth integration

Some say we are primarily a visual species – Derived from when our very survival depended on being able to think and act effectively in spatial terms. Today, we remain hardwired to many of our ancestors’ evolutionary traits. Today’s difference is that it’s less about spears and survival and more about visually mapping your ideas onto tools like Google Earth.

The mapping of data into a visual environment like Google Earth can make a massive difference when translating something as intellectually challenging as the outcome of a lightning strike or fault on a power system. Mapping the way the energy discharges, distributes and dissipates.

Augmenting your reality

Did you know you can now output the calculated voltage contours directly into Google Earth from the top tier Earthing design and modelling software XGSLab?

Check out the 30-minute webinar we hosted from software developer Daniele Cuccarollo of Sint srl.

https://greymattersglobal.academy/bringing-your-design-to-life/

If this spikes your interest some more, then download a sample Google Earth file, which can be opened in the Google Earth application on your device, so you can have a look yourself. Simply fill in the form below and get the link to the file.

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XGSLab Software Update Version 9.6 New Features

Knowing how important continual improvement is to the user experience for the developers of XGSLab, this month sees the first of a raft of software updates or planned improvements using the most modern of platforms on OpenGL.

  1. Bring your work to life! New 3D Viewer implementation based on OpenGL gives you stunning graphics for your reports
  2. Save time assigning properties to conductors by using and building your own favourite libraries
  3. Conductor segmentation into mesh sides are made even easier
  4. NETS module allows for three-winding transformers, increasing your scope
  5. NETS takes over the heavy lifting on very long overhead lines, which can be computed without manual offsets
  6. NETS increases its computational capabilities by adding mutual impedances to Sources
  7. More handy drawing tools for GS modules if you have to develop a design without CAD
  8. More useful shortcuts to quickly set transverse impedance to simulate infinite conductor length
  9. Additional Reach voltage distance now also available for the entry-level GSA module
  10. Optimised navigation to make using XGS a doddle

Are you new to XGSLab Earthing Software?

If you are new to this world of modelling earthing systems using software tools, then, the choices in the marketplace can seem a bit daunting. Still, getting the right solution for YOU is as important as your choice of accounting, ERM, CRM or another key piece of software… why? Because your choice of engineering tool can lock you in for many years to come. It can be painful to switch software when one becomes obsolete or no longer cuts the mustard. This is true of all software.

So, why not get in touch and we can share with you what to look for when deciding to invest in Earthing software. Some of the questions to ask are…

What platform is the software coded in? Will it meet the demands of BIM, API, future integration?

Does the software integrate already with iconic apps like Google Earth?

Can the tool deliver accuracy with 3D renders so that YOUR work can stand out from the crowd?