Multi-Asset Functionality

optioneer enables you to go beyond simply looking at "an electricity line" or "a pipeline" instead, infrastructure assets are modelled to the level of specific installation types such as trenched vs specific trenchless methods, or overhead line vs underground cable asset types may be combined and automatically selected depending on how you tell optioneer to prioritize the "placement" of different asset types all this allows more detailed cost estimates, technical review and environmental impact assessment from the very start of development asset specific technical limits technical drs calculate where it is possible to place an asset, i e where no go zones are avoided angle change limits are satisfied minimum / maximum elevation and slope limits are satisfied spanning requirements are satisfied for ohl, this refers to minimum or maximum distance between structures, as well as the span over a "span layer" is below the maximum span distance for underground assets, this is minimum length of construction method asset prioritization where multiple assets are configured, it is likely the there will be overlaps in their possible locations this is where prioritisation comes in, which is done in 3 ways as described below preferred layers any overlapping locations are prioritised based on their "go zones" and order of priority if an asset is within a "go zone", always prioritise that asset otherwise, place the asset with the highest priority as set in the design rule, instalation priority component start end distances inside global parameters, start end distance parameters can be configured these can enforce the placement of specific assets within the start and end of an option minimum distances if there are any trenchless assets (hdd, auger bore, microtunnel) which have a setback or minimum distance configured extend asset placement of each trenchless asset by setback distance join any overlapping trenchless assets, such that the entire stretch that has an overlap is replaced by the higher priority asset if any trenchless stretch is below minimum distance, extend it so that minimum distance is met remove any overlaps, keeping the highest priority trenchless asset