A radical change in the design process

“ iTOWERS Designer is to a Tower Designer what a CT Scanner / MRI is to a Neurosurgeon”

Geometry Wizard Pattern Library

3D Geometry of a With thousands of patterns

300 m tower can now be readily available for
created in minutes multiple optimization studies

Automatic Drawings and Reports generator

Can help you do away with a

drafting team and secretarial help

Automatic loads generator Automatic effective lengths Optimization engine

Calculates and applies wind loads A relief from the Optimization across various
and wire loads automatically laborious inputs for patterns, basic dimensions, weight,
the designer type, shape and cost of steel

Unique opportunity for engineers Expedite project implementation

Exclusive versions to equip Prevents Prototype

the designer for Transmission Line and failure
Microwave tower engineering

Being used A
by Powerful tool
Global Leaders for
in the Electric
industry Utilities

iTOWERS Designer is developed by a team of dedicated

Structural Engineers with Tower Design experience and extensively validated in a live
and practical design environment

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 Optimization while ensuring safety Design Checking

Avoid failures of Proto - Testing Upgradation & Maintenance of Microwave Towers

iTOWERS Designer uses unique modular design concepts Drag & Drop of patterns
combined with powerful tools and database that allow Interactive Design Calculator
compact data input, makes it easy to change tower Model verification - cross sections, elevations & plans
configuration, provides realistic modeling and analysis,
Deflected shapes & stress diagrams
iterative optimizations and in full compliance to all codes of
practice. And it does so very quickly. Where in otherwise Business Advantages
takes an engineer days to complete the geometry of a
iTOWERS Designer integrated software will save your
single tower, iTOWERS Designer does the task in minutes.
business time and money. Why? Because iTOWERS
iTOWERS Designer saves Tower Engineers the confusion Designer covers the full spectrum of tower design. It is:
and expense of using unrelated software tools from
Fast Flexible Comprehensive
different vendors to accomplish what should be related
tasks – Tower geometry generation, Load calculations, This means, for the first time, you can have the luxury of
Structural analysis, Graphical verification, preparation of creating a final – complete – tower design while still in the
Design reports and Drawings. preliminary bid stages. This gives you much greater
iTOWERS Designer has been extensively validated in a accuracy for costing and in proposal development. As a
live and practical design environment. result, you incur less risk and can gain an edge on the
competition.
iTOWERS Designer is designed to live and grow by allowing
the user open access to database to add new patterns, With iTOWERS Designer software, multiple design
sections etc. alternatives are a matter of a few key strokes – not hours
of re-doing. You sharply reduce design cycle time and
High Specificity & High Sensitivity
produce an optimal design – saving time and money.
iTOWERS Designer is specific to Tower Design and
In addition, at all stages of design, bills of materials,
Engineering. It is a tool that helps you with precise
comprehensive reports and design drawings are
understanding of structural behavior of the tower for
automatically generated – saving time, which saves money.
every sensitive change in design parameters.

High Productivity iTOWERS Designer provides your structural engineers with

a full library of transmission line tower patterns for
iTOWERS Designer, with its unique features of design and automatic, fast and easy generation of tower geometry.
optimization is like adding a team of expert designers to And it does so accurately – saving more time and eliminating
the design staff. Over-night!
costly “re-do’s”.
Versatality Electric Utilities have found iTOWERS Designer especially
Open-ended and code independent. Fully adaptable effective to:
to changes in design codes.
Standardize the design of their transmission
Total Respect to fundamentals line towers
3 dimensional geometry including redundants Check tower contractor’s submissions to ensure the
Sub-structuring Technique most cost-effective design
Member classification
Check the towers for Upgradation and Maintenance
Analysis and design of multiple body and leg in order to study their effectiveness to work under
extensions in one go
different mechanical and environmental conditions
Optimization
Upgrade to higher wind pressure

Intuitive Graphical User Interface Upgrade to higher kV

Tower Specifications Upgrade to new set of loading conditions

Tower Template
Replacement of missing/ corroded sections

Design checking for change of code of practice

IMI’s dedication to research and development has

established it as a global leader for Transmission Line Towers and Microwave Towers
in developing software programs

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 Tower Specifications

This user interface enables the user to

specify all the input specifications at a
single location. All the codal provisions
pertaining to various international
standards are built-in in a library and
user can just click the appropriate
standard / code of practice and the
corresponding provisions are
automatically passed on to the current
Tower.

Project details, Client details

Configuration & Voltage
Conductor & Groundwire
Standard for design
Standard for material (member, bolts)
Angle sizes
Design requirements

iTOWERS Designer contains open-ended database of angle sizes, steel & bolt properties, conductor & groundwire
properties. User can modify the existing data OR add their own data to these database and update the database as
required using this interface.

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 Powerful and Intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Extensive on-line graphic support gives clear visual appreciation of tower design throughout the design process. The user
friendly environment facilities the user to interact efficiently to supply input parameters, to execute the software and to
view various reports / drawings.

Graphical Input Generator

Interactive Graphics
Pattern Library (Global / Local) with redundants
Drag & drop of patterns

Interactive Design
Design Calculator

Display
3 dimensional Model verification
Cross sections, Elevations, Plans
Deflected shapes
Stress diagram
Viewing with Zoom, Pan, Rotate

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 Database and Libraries

iTOWERS Designer makes continuous

references to flexible database. Powerful
library of patterns in general use aids quick
and error-free generation of tower
g e o m e t r y. U s e r c a n e a s i l y a d d n e w
patterns to the library.
iTOWERS Designer provides a
comprehensive database of internationally
available steel sections. Assembled sections
are automatically derived from basic sections.
User can easily update and expand the
database.
Database of various international
design standards for
Steel and bolt properties
Conductor /Groundwire
properties
Design specifications
Section database
(Angle sizes)
Pattern library

All Powerful Model Generator

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iTOWERS Designer facilitates interactive menu driven on-screen model generation with simultaneous 3D display. Sub-
structuring technique allows the user to easily compose various tower combinations with body extensions and leg
extensions.

Easy Geometry generation tools

Drag & Drop of patterns
Multiple duplications
Pattern Generator
Various configurations
Vertical
Horizontal
Triangular base
Rectangular & Square base
Body Extensions, Leg extensions
Tower Combinations

Automatic Loads Generator

Body wind loads for various tower combinations

are automatically calculated and applied on the
tower. Also, Conductor & Groundwire loads can
be automatically generated in line with various
international standards.(IEC 826 ; IS:802-1995)
Apart from automatic loads generation, user
may specify any additional loads, if required.
Automatic Loads Generator
Body wind loads
Conductor & Groundwire loads
Wind loads
Self weight
Broken wire loads
Temperature Loads
Ice Loads
Earthquake Loads
Broken wire combinations (Conductor/
Groundwire)
Loads generation as per IEC:826,
IS:802-1995
User defined loads

Analysis Engine

iTOWERS Designer facilitates 3Dimensional finite element analysis of multiple tower combinations (body extensions & leg
extensions) in one go. Moreover, user has the facility to analyse the complete structure including redundants.

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 Design Engine

Member design is automatically performed for

the critical force out of various load
combinations and various tower combinations,
in line with various international design
standards. Effective lengths, which are
required for member design, are automatically
calculated by the software, thus reducing
enormous time needed for input data.
Moreover interactive design calculator
facilitates the user to view the design results,
instantaneously, for any modification of input
parameters.

Tower Design
Design as per various national &
international standards
IS
Euro code
AISC
ASCE
BS:5950, BS:8100
Egypt
Interactive Design calculator
Automatic effective lengths for member
design.

Optimization Engine

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Optimization is the underlying theme of all the iTOWERS Designer modules. iTOWERS Designer performs optimization
across all the possible alternatives duly considering various cost factors.

Optimum member size selection

Optimization across various steel grades (MS/HT/SHT)
Optimization across various section shapes
Equal & Unequal angles : Single, double back to back, double channel, double star, quadruple star, quadruple box
Pipes
Optimization across various patterns
Optimization across various tower dimensions
Base width, hamper width, top width
Panel heights
Various cost factors
Material procurement cost factor
Shape cost factor
Steel grade cost factor

Automatic Reports Generator

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 Automatic Reports Generator

Extensive reports are generated, automatically, as a logical result of the design process itself. No secretarial help is
required to generate reports. iTOWERS Designer also has facilities to generate design reports in various formats.

Sag and Tension calculations

Load calculations

Member design calculations (Group wise / Member wise)

Member forces (Group wise/ Member wise)

Nodal displacements

Foundation forces (Transformed / Vertical)

Various report formats

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 Automatic Drafting Engine

Unlike the conventional software approach of

using computers as drafting machines,
iTOWERS Designer provides for automatic
extraction of drawings as a logical
consequence of the design process. Design
drawings are generated in ready-to-submit
format including dimensions, member group
names, joint numbers etc. User can also
export drawings into AutoCAD format, if need
be.

Automatic Generation of the following Drawings

Single line diagrams with all design details, elevations, plans and cross sectional views
Dimensioning
Member group names
Joint numbers
Body wind load diagram
Load Trees

Training

iTOWERS Designer is highly intuitive and any designer with basic understanding of Tower Design process
can quickly learn with the help of user manual and tutorial, delivered along with the software.

System Requirements

iTOWERS Designer runs on Pentium II or above with 128 MB RAM and 250 MB free disk space, Windows NT with
service pack 5 or above OR WINDOWS 2000, IE 5.0

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 Partial List Of Installations

iTOWERS Designer is being used by global leaders in Transmission line field including
biggest utilities and tower companies

International
Italy
ABB T & D SpA, Milano.

Spain
EUCOMSA, Utrera (Sevilla)
(ABENGOA Group company).

Mexico
COMEMSA, Queretaro
(ABENGOA Group company).

Australia
POWERLINK, QueensLand.

Korea
Hyundai engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., Seoul.

Egypt
THE EGYPTIAN CO. FOR METALLIC CONSTRUCTION (METALCO), Cairo.
ALBABTAIN POWER &TELECOMMUNICATION, Cairo.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ALBABTAIN POWER &TELECOMMUNICATION, Riyadh.
ARABIAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, Jeddah.
SAUDI ELECTRIC COMPANY (SOA), Abha.
SAUDI ELECTRIC COMPANY (CRB), Riyadh.
ZAMIL STEELS, Dammam.
Al Salam Industrial and Trading Est., Jeedah.

National
Delhi
Hyundai Unitech Electrical Transmission Ltd, New Delhi.
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, New Delhi.
(One of the biggest grid corporations in the world).
Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi.

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 Maharashtra
KEC International Ltd, Mumbai.
(Second largest tower manufacturing company in the world).
Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, Mumbai.
BAJAJ ELECTRICALS Ltd, Mumbai.
KEC International Ltd, Nagpur.
Associated Transrail Structures Ltd, Mumbai.

Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh State Elec. Board, Hyderabad.
Advanced Radio Masts Ltd, Hyderabad.
Tata Projects Ltd, Hyderabad.
ICOMM, Hyderabad.
Aster Teleservices Private Ltd, Hyderabad.

West Bengal
TATA International Ltd, Kolkatta.
West Bengal State Electricity Board, Kolkatta.

Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board, Lucknow.

Rajasthan
Rajasthan State Electricity Board, Jaipur.
Man Structurals Ltd, Jaipur.

Gujarat
Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, Gandhinagar.

Orissa
Hirakud Industrial Works Ltd, Hirakud.

iTOWERS Designer - The road map to future expansion

iTOWERS Designer can be further expanded to Automatic Detailing, Project Management and Maintenance
of the total infrastructure of telecom operators and electric utilities with the help of iTOWERS Detailer and
iBASE, the other revolutionary products of IMI Software. For more information,
please visit our website. www.imisoft.com

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