Lift Planning Software truck-mounted and knuckleboom cranes to rough-terrain, all-terrain, truck, and large crawler cranes.
Our crane library includes more than 1,700 OEM load charts from many leading manufacturers, including Link-Belt, Manitowoc, Tadano, and others.
That gives customers a lot of flexibility, especially when they operate mixed fleets.
Newest Developments: One of our biggest focuses is continuing the transition from the traditional web-based 3D Lift Plan platform to the A1A Product Suite.
The newer applications are designed to provide a more modern experience across computers and mobile devices.
We are also continuing to expand Jobsite Designer, including the new Asset Importer, which lets users bring their own 3D Computer-Aided Design( CAD) models into jobsite designs, as well as 3D Lift Vision, which can simulate lift plans in virtual reality( VR).
CRANIMAX CRANEbee lift plans are precise, fully visualized in 3D, and can be transferred seamlessly into CAD environments.
CRANIMAX CRANEbee
General Description: CRANIMAX CRANEbee is an advanced 3D lift planning and site-simulation software that supports the entire planning process.
From a library of more than 470 crane models and millions of configurations, it automatically determines the right crane setup for each operation.
CRANIMAX says all results are precise, fully visualized in 3D, and can be transferred seamlessly into CAD environments.
Key Features and Benefits: CRANIMAX says one of CRANEbee’ s major benefits is the ease, speed, and accuracy with which it searches for the right crane and configuration based on a job’ s actual requirements.
Another is its ability to compute the exact ground-bearing pressure, and immediately update the calculation as parameters change. Mat planning is also integrated.
A third important feature is CRANEbee’ s ability to coordinate lifts involving up to eight cranes, and synchronize all simultaneously as the load is moved or rotated.
The RHL configurator allows rigging to be assembled visually, in real time, using predefined components. The finished rigging can be transferred to the crane, ready for use.
According to CRANIMAX, CRANEbee can import many file formats, including IFC, STEP, DWG, DXF, PDF, common image files, and even 3D site models from drone data.
There is no limit on the number of imported objects, and all can be scaled, positioned, and integrated to ongoing plans.
The company says the finished plan can be transferred to AutoCAD with a single click or exported as IFC, STEP, DXF, or 3D-PDF files.
LiftPlanner Software, LLC
Jim Meehan, president of LiftPlanner Software, discussed key points about his company’ s lift planning program.
General Description: LiftPlanner is a CAD-based, multi-manufacturer lift planning system used across North America for engineered lift studies.
It provides a full 3D environment for modeling cranes, rigging, loads, and jobsite constraints with engineering accuracy.
The software is used for feasibility evaluation, communication, and documentation of complex lifts.
Key Features and Benefits: Lift- Planner offers full 3D visualization of cranes, rigging, loads, and site conditions, which can all be integrated directly into AutoCAD for accurate modeling.
The system features detailed rigging libraries and geometry tools, and allows annotated drawings, lift sequences, and animated lift paths for clear communication that facilitates pre-lift engineering, feasibility studies, and safety reviews.
Types of Cranes: LiftPlanner works with cranes of many brands and types, including crawler cranes with variable-position counterweights( VPC) or auxiliary counterweight trays, wagons, or frames.
It also works with boom trucks, all terrain, rough terrain, carry deck, lattice boom crawler, and telescopic boom crawler cranes, as well as tower cranes, gantries, and multi crane lifts.
In addition, it can be used with platform trailers and other transporters.
That flexibility makes it suitable for mixed fleets and diverse project requirements.
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