Tekla Xpower is designed to support network management throughout a network’s entire lifecycle, starting from the planning phase. During the planning phase, the network designer can:
- Create one or several alternative plans for network investments.
- Transfer the network to a separate program for calculations to ensure the correct performance of the planned network.
- Determine the detailed material and work costs of the construction project.
- Print out illustrative work maps and material lists for the construction teams.
To support the planning process, Tekla Xpower:
- Uses a geographical map as a basis of all network plans. This allows the designer to focus completely on planning the network, since the system automatically creates a network model based on the network object locations.
- Provides on-line topology coloring functions to simulate the effect of different feeding situations. This avoids the need to separately create or maintain a connectivity model.
- Supports a long transaction method to ensure flexible management of multiple alternative plans over a long time period.
- Supports the documentation of the district heating and cooling network location by storing the exact locations of pipes and cross-sections of the pipe routes.
- Includes an interface to Grades Heating, a district heating network calculation system by Process Vision Oy. Through the interface, the designer can perform any needed network calculations.
To ease the use of external consultants, secure remote access to all relevant planning data can be provided over the Internet.