This is a new feature that has been rolled out to a limited number of customers initially. In the future this will be rolled out to all customers.

Neara has enabled additional assembly types to be modelled. It is important to note that the additional components and additional connections will only be analysed when using FEA.

To better illustrate how this works worked examples are shown below for the following:

Note the following assemblies cannot yet be modelled accurately in Neara:

To model a wishbone construction add the first cross arm onto the pole.

Then add an Additional Component of Type Crossarm. Use the Parent Offset and the Angle to position the cross arm accordingly.

Note the Additional Components crossarm will connect to the pole as shown by the black line.

Before creating a braced post insulator ensure that both the post insulator and the brace insulator is created as components in the Beam Post Insulator section of the components library.

First add the Post Insulator as a normal cross arm. For the Attach offset click the O to centre the insulator to the centre of the pole.

Next Add the brace as an additional component. Use the Parent Offset and Angle as required.

Lastly add the AGS attached at the end of the Post Insulator.

To model back to back cross arms with bolts connecting the together add two cross arms to the pole and set the attach offset to X on one and -X on the other (to get them either side of the pole). Then add Additional Connections between the two cross arms and adjust the offset distance accordingly. The connections will also be shown in the model.

To create a cross braced h-frame structure first add the cross arm to hold the phase conductors. Then Add two additional components which are of Type Brace. Adjust the Start and End and the Start Offset and End Offset to move the braces up and down the poles.

In the case of adding braces to either side of the cross arm the brace to be added to the first pole that the standard cross arm is connected to needs to be added through the Left or Right Brace.

The second brace to connect the cross arm to the second pole needs to be added through the Additional Components. Note the Face can be used to align the brace on the second pole so it matches the first brace.