Network design & construction
Comprehensive, cloud-based network engineering design and analysis tools
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Tutorial: Your first design
A step-by-step guide to creating and inspecting your first project and network design in Neara
Create a new, blank project
Set a georeferenced map overlay, and terrain
Create poles, conductors, components and assemblies
Model your existing network
Create a cross section in the Profile view
View utilization and model changes to your network
Check Clearances
Manage an asset's Status
Export Reports
Overview of project librariesConfigure poles, conductors, assemblies, mid-cable objects, soil layers, and more
Assemblies library
Creating a new Assembly
Poles with no-cable assembliesPlace a pole with an assembly, but no cables
Create a new Component
Edit a pole top construction
Model a T-junction construction
Pole Library: Derive Modulus of Rupture From Tipload
Migrating to the new poles library
Poles library
Pole Elasticity, Shear Modulus and Poisson's Ratio
Wood Poles
Concrete Poles
Overview of Underground tools
Videos: Model an existing underground network
Underground cable tension reportsNeara can calculate the tension required to pull underground cables through conduits
Underground voltage drop reportsNeara is capable of performing voltage drop calculations for underground designs
Import and model terrainYou can import or manually create terrain in projects
Create a ground / terrain profileThere are a number of ways to create a ground profile in a project
Add feature points with real-world elevation dataManually using the Survey tool, and by importing Google elevation / KML data
Model terrain override for polesAnd control the display of ground line indicator boxes
CSV structure and feature codes for Survey importImports a CSV file with points in 3D space
Visualize terrain and contour linesOnce a project has terrain data modeled, you can view it in the Perspective, Schematic, and Plan views
Tutorial: Import imagery for Terrain Overlays using the Importer toolHow to import custom imagery overlays into your Neara project to replace Google Satellite views
Import terrain data and terrain image overlays from DXF filesData in a DXF file can be used to generate terrain contours, or rendered as an image to use as a terrain overlay in a project
Import and work with DXF objects
Export DXF dataExport Plan and Profile views and data, Custom Report data, and uploaded objects, as DXF files
Troubleshooting import from DXF files