Our free tools are built by the engineers who use them. Calculators and charts need no signup; downloadable templates ask for a name and email. Use them to organize project information and support preliminary engineering checks.
Check a GPON or XGS-PON link against ITU-T class budgets: splitter ratio, fiber length, connectors and splices, design margin, with a pass/fail verdict, receiver-overload check, and maximum reach. Shareable result links for design reviews.
Open the calculator →NESC Rule 250B screening for a proposed fiber attachment: district wind and ice loads versus wood pole capacity by class and species. A first-pass utilization estimate before you order the stamped pole loading analysis.
Open the calculator →Look up minimum wood pole dimensions, setting depths and horizontal class loads by species group, class and length.
Open the charts →Match a fiber number to its tube and color, then carry its strand identity into the splice record.
View Chart →Organize roadway evidence, work activity, permit conditions and review records in a free, fillable PDF for traffic control planning.
Get the Template →Record pole observations, groundline findings and measured clearances in a free, fillable checklist with space for photographs and review notes.
Get the Checklist →These tools produce screening-level engineering estimates and are not a substitute for a stamped analysis or a construction-ready design. When a project needs the real thing, that's our day job: pole loading analysis ($45 to $75 per pole), FTTH design, and fiber network design from an in-house team of 600+ engineers. Active in 24 states. Available across all 50 U.S. states. Questions or a tool you'd like to see next? info@draftech.com