The paper presents lightning protection zone visualisation for transmission lines and structures. Different methods used for protection zone evaluation are discussed. A software tool realised by applying AutoCAD and programming languages AutoLISP and Visual Basic is demonstrated. Some of the software tool possibilities are illustrated for concrete calculation examples.
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