 
Add more detail to your jobsites and create complex jobsites faster with the new Object Duplication feature.
In the 3D Lift Plan Designer, select the object you want to duplicate then click the "Duplicate" button located below the list of object properties. |
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Terex Inks Agreement with A1A For Lift Planning Application |
March 28, 2011 — Terex Cranes, Westport, Conn., has signed an agreement with A1A
Software, Fernandina Beach, Fla., to provide customers with a 3D lift planning application
for its cranes.
The agreement provides Terex customers with instant and efficient access to 3D lift
planning simulation for their business, in addition to the company’s existing Cranimation
program. It is applicable to Terex all-terrain, crawler, truck, tower, and rough-terrain
cranes, as well as Terex boom trucks.
Accessible from any computer and updated automatically, with no additional CAD software
required, this new web-based application provides fast, user-friendly access to
features including the construction of 3D jobsites and loads; the creation of detailed
rigging designs; simulation of cooperative, multi-crane solutions while monitoring
crane capacity from any angle; and much more.
“Available in over 162 countries, the 3D lift planning software provides Terex customers
globally the service of a ‘virtual’ test-drive of our cranes, to ensure they meet
their specific application needs prior to purchase or rental,” said Frank Bardonaro,
vice president and general manager, Terex Cranes North America. “The service is
free of charge for Terex customers and easy to use, with no need for special training.” |
Add any number of slings, spreaders, shackles, and more to create custom rigging designs.
First, select one of the 3D Lift Plan rigging designs. You can add custom rigging components to any of our rigging designs. Then on the "Rigging Details" page click the "Custom Rigging" button. You will be sent to a page where you can add your custom slings, spreaders, and snatch blocks. |
The new Tilt-Up Lift feature allows you to fix one edge of the load on the ground, enabling you to easily simulate tilt-up lifts. When planning your lift, click the "Tilt-Up" button on the left-side menu to set up a tilt-up lift. Then change the load angle and the crane will automatically adjust to the load.
 Our new Snatch Block rigging configurations display accurate representations of your snatch blocks and slings, calculating the sling angles and tensions throughout your lift.
 We have also added a Tilt-Up Panel object that you can lift with your crane or display on your jobsite. Any number of openings can be added so you can display your tilt-up panels accurately. |
 We have added several steel
beam structures to our library of 3D Objects. These will help you design complicated
jobsites in less time. You can find the beam structures in the "Beams and
Support" object category. |
 The 3D Lift Plan Designer is a two-dimensional jobsite editing tool which enables you to create more complicated lift plans in less time. You can also set the crane location and load location by clicking on the jobsite. |
 Basket and Choker hitches are now available. 3D Lift Plan calculates the leg height, sling length, and horizontal sling angles for single and double basket and choker hitch designs. |
 3D Lift Plan will automatically calculate Outrigger and Crawler Loads based on the weights and locations of the each part of the crane, including the current load and rigging weights. To view outrigger or crawler load details, click the 'Crane Loads' link on the left-side menu during the lift-planning process.
For more information,
View the Crane Loads tutorial |
 Upload any image for display on your jobsite, including 2D CAD drawings, Google Earth images, images from mapping programs or websites, or any photo or drawing you want displayed in your jobsite. You can also add images to the object you are lifting.
To display an image on the ground, add a new object to your jobsite and select the "Ground" object type (Corporate Account required). Then choose "Upload new image". If you have a license to access all 3D Objects on 3D Lift Plan, then you will also be able to display images on any box, cylinder, or sphere in your jobsite, or on your load objects. |
Add crane mats to your lift plans. You can modify the design to use mats of any size and 3D Lift Plan automatically calculates ground bearing pressure below the mat and the amount of stress being applied to the mat to make sure your design is sufficient. |
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The "CAD Export" feature now allows you to download a DXF version of your lift plans. |
3D Lift Plan now supports the display of images with BS Contact. An alternative to the Flux Player, BS Contact allows you to view orthographic (2D) Plan and Elevation views of your lifts. To use BS Contact, go to your Preferences page and modify your X3D Browser option. You should be prompted to download BS Contact when you open a lift plan. If not,
click here to visit the Bit Management website
Once you have BS Contact installed, you can select an orthographic viewpoint by right-clicking the BS Contact window and selecting one of the orthographic views from the Viewpoints menu. You can also select orthographic views as the default view for your lift plan using the "View" list box on the left side of the screen. To correctly display dimensions in Elevation view, check the "Draw Text for Elevation View" checkbox on the Dimensions page. You can adjust the y-offset values to position the dimensions where you want them and avoid overlap.
If you would like to continue using the Flux Player but print Plan and Elevation views, you can select BS Contact from the Options menu of the 3D Lift Plan Publisher. When setting the 3d image to print, right-click and select the Viewpoint you wish to display on the printout.
The trial version of BS Contact is fully functional, but displays the BS Contact logo over the 3d image. A license is required to remove the logo. |
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Advanced Rigging allows you to add any number of rigging components to your design, including shackles, master links, hooks, and lifting lugs.
You can specify weight, capacity, and size information for each rigging component, or choose items from rigging manufacturer catalogs. |
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By saving Snapshots you can return to any point in your lift. For instance, save a snapshot with the load placed on the ground, at a critical point, and at it's final location, then easily move between these points without needing to re-position the crane manually. Snapshot tools are located below the left side menu when creating a lift plan. |
 3D Lift Plan now supports cooperative multi-crane lifts. As the primary crane moves, the trailing cranes automatically adjust to accurately simulate your lift. Throughout the lift, the load on each crane is calculated. The lift radius and chart capacity for each crane is also displayed at every point in the lift. Tandem and trailing lifts are supported. |
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Now you can import the jobsite, load, rigging, and crane from a Lift Plan you have previously created. To use this feature, select the "Import Lift Plan" button on the "Lift Plan Settings" page, which is the first page you see after creating a new Lift Plan. |
Share your 3D drawings with clients and coworkers with the new 3D Lift Plan Viewer. Simply click the "Share" link on the left side menu when you are designing a lift plan and you can link anyone to a 3D drawing of your lift. Anyone viewing the page will see crane and load information along with any other details you want to display.
View a sample here:
Lift Plan Viewer - Sample |
You can now specify multiple front obstruction when creating a jobsite with the Quick Search feature, enabling you to create more detailed jobsites in seconds. |
3D Lift Plan allows you to print a worksheet and checklist to distribute to everyone involved in your lift. All the information about your lift is automatically filled out. You can also type any information you want on to the form before printing to ensure a clear and easy-to-read form.
The link to the Lift Plan Worksheet can be found on the "Print" page of the lift plan process. |
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You can download the 3D drawings of your Lift Plans and load them into any CAD program. After opening a Lift Plan, click the "Export" link on the left side of the screen, just below the "Print" link. 3D Lift Plan exports Lift Plans in VRML 2.0 format (*.wrl), which can be converted into any file format you need. |
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3D Lift Plan was featured in the July 2008 edition of the Crane Hot Line magazine.
Click here to read the article (PDF Document). |
 Now you can enhance your lift plans with detailed 3D Objects to create a realistic rendering of your jobsite. On the "Load Type" page, simply select the 3D Object option, choose the object you want to lift, then scale it to any size. To add a detailed object to your jobsite, select the "3D Object" shape on the Jobsite Obstructions page.
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Link-Belt News Release: |
Link-Belt unveils industry first Web-based Lift Planning tool |
Lexington, KY (March, 2008) - Unveiled at ConExpo 2008, Link-Belt Cranes announced
an industry first, web-based 3D Lift Planning tool. The online program gives Link-Belt
crane owners accurate, timely 3D lift planning capability anywhere in the world,
24/7. The 3D Lift Planning tool is a simple, straightforward and accurate lift planning
application available through Link-Belt Preferred, Link-Belt’s customer support
program.
The 3D Lift Plan application was designed to be highly user friendly with stepLifting
on top of a building that is under construction? Now you can easily show the
work-in-progress. Simply select the "ConstrBuilding" object type on the Jobsite
Obstructions page.-by-step
instructions. It requires no CAD programs, extensive updates or training. It’s accessible
from any computer location and offers safe, secure storage of any lift plan, complete
with metric or English units, load and rigging data and jobsite obstructions.
During the simulation, the actual lift is viewed with cutting-edge, high quality
3D graphics that create detailed jobsites complete with views of changing machine
configurations, load charts, landscape and site obstruction items. Once a plan is
set, an engineer-scale lift plan, complete with notes and logos can be printed from
any angle to document the Lift plan.
In recent years, Link-Belt’s Voice of the Customer (VOC) pursuits revealed that
users wanted one bucket in which to put all makes of their cranes. It must also
be current information, available at all branch, jobsite locations 24/7. It must
be 3D graphically accurate, printable with documentation and exportable to any CAD
program. 3D Lift Plan meets these objectives and makes it easy for the crane user.
Other industry Lift planning programs are CD based and must be manually updated
with new features and data at each location, individually. They generally require
software purchases and weeks of long training. And they generally focus on only
one manufacturer’s models.
3D Lift Plan is updated online 24/7 as needed. And it accepts all manufacturer’s
models and is simple, intuitive, requiring no special training to operate. In the
near future, 3D Lift Plan will feature 4 languages, tandem picks and various other
rigging and block configurations.
Link-Belt commissioned A1A Software, Jacksonville, Fla to develop this industry
first web based application called 3D Lift Plan. Link-Belt has cooperated with
A1A Software in developing the web concept and has supplied crane information for
all of its crane.
Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, with headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky,
is a leader in the design and manufacture of telescopic boom and lattice boom cranes
for the construction industry worldwide.
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