Miner & Miner's 8.3 ArcFM™ Solution Now Available for Utilities
Enhanced solution for energy and water/wastewater utilities provides additional functionality
Fort Collins, CO -- Miner & Miner (M&M) announces the release of the ArcFM Solution 8.3 for electric, gas, and water/wastewater utilities. This latest version expands existing functionality and offers the broadest GIS enterprise solution for utilities on the market.
The 8.3 ArcFM Solution incorporates ArcFM, Designer, ArcFM Viewer, Conduit Manager, and Network Adapter solution components. It is certified against ESRI's ArcGIS 8.3 and 8.2 family of products. The 8.3 ArcFM Solution is M&M's ninth major release on the ArcGIS 8 platform. This release also includes new online Help features significant to the user community.
The following updated components of the ArcFM Solution include:
ArcFM 8.3
ArcFM 8.3 is a complete enterprise utility solution for modeling, editing, managing, and maintaining facility and land base information for electric, gas, and water/wastewater utilities.
ArcFM 8.3 includes enhancements to Map Production that provide a fully exposed API (application programming interface) which allows for greater flexibility in developing automated mapping and plotting solutions. In addition, users now have the ability to organize map sets into map books. ArcFM now supports tracing for water distribution networks. Several additional ArcFM tools have been added to ArcCatalog to better support configuration management and business rule definitions.
Designer 8.3
Designer 8.3 is an integrated environment for preparing construction work sketches and job cost estimates. It also provides an automated means to update the baseline corporate GIS database.
Designer 8.3 introduces many more enhancements, among them the ability to copy designs. Users may select whether to copy the new design to an existing work request or a new one, whether or not to include compatible units, and how many copies to make.
The Extended Data Manager offers users a generic editor to create, maintain, and configure data specific to their work management system.
Additional Structural Analysis functions have been added, including cross arm loading and ruling span calculations. These allow users to add cross arm framing to their support structures.
Overall improved workflow and management of compatible units have also been addressed.
Network Adapter 8.3
Miner & Miner's Network Adapter 8.3 provides utilities with a convenient, seamless interface between the ArcFM solution and third-party modeling & planning applications or analysis engines. As feeders are modified, planners can quickly analyze the network with analysis software and display the results directly in the GIS workspace.
Network Adapter 8.3 now includes a framework for exporting to a format compliant with the MultiSpeak 2.0 model.
“Miner & Miner provides users with a state-of-the-art solution for utilities,” said Mike Daniels, Miner & Miner VP of Product Development. “The 8.3 ArcFM Solution provides utilities with functionality that our users identified as vital and critical to their business functions. It makes for a powerful solution.”
About Miner & Miner
Miner & Miner (M&M) is a world leader in the development and implementation of GIS software for utilities. M&M ArcFM Solution and extended services assist electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities in increasing productivity, lowering costs, and improving services by allowing them to effectively manage spatial information. Founded in 1946 as a full-service electrical engineering firm, M&M has been a business partner of ESRI since 1987. This partnership has enabled M&M to become the world's leading developer of ArcGIS applications for the utility industry. M&M services include implementation and customization of software to fit the needs of individual utilities. For more information, please visit www.miner.com.
About ESRI
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS software with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI also provides consulting, implementation, and technical support services. In addition to its headquarters in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1,400 business partners. ESRI's goal is to provide users with comprehensive tools to help them quickly and efficiently manage and use geographic information to make a real difference in the world around them. ESRI can be found on the Web at www.esri.com.
Designer, Responder, Conduit Manager, and Network Adapter are trademarks of Miner & Miner, Consulting Engineers, Inc. ESRI, the ESRI globe logo, GIS by ESRI, ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcFM, ArcFM Viewer, ARC/INFO, ArcIMS, www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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