A1A Software, LLC
A1A Software develops specialized technology for the crane, rigging, and heavy construction industries. Best known for 3D Lift Plan, A1A provides powerful tools for crane selection, critical lift planning, rigging documentation, ground bearing pressure calculations, and lift simulation. Led by President Tawnia Weiss in Fernandina Beach, Florida, 3D Lift Plan features one of the industry’s most extensive OEM crane load chart databases, with more than 1,700 load charts, including sponsored data from Link-Belt, Manitowoc, and Tadano. The A1A Product Suite expands lift planning capabilities with 3D Lift Plan App, SketchPad, Rigging Designer, Jobsite Designer, and Lift Vision, along with additional web-based crane and load chart tools. iCraneTrax delivers complete fleet management, dispatch, and telematics. A1A also offers iFleetTrax, its next-generation fleet management platform designed to bring CRM, scheduling and dispatch, accounting, quoting, invoicing, resource & document management, reporting, maintenance, and more into one connected system. Today, 94 of the top 100 U.S. crane companies rely on 3D Lift Plan, making A1A Software a trusted technology provider throughout the lifting industry.
Software Built by People Who Understand Equipment
A1A Software pairs equipment-operations knowledge with serious technology: a development team spanning computer science, engineering, mathematics, telematics integration, and 3D graphics. Because 3D Lift Plan is cloud-based, every user is always on the latest version with no downloads or updates, and free weekly online training keeps teams sharp. Crane data comes from actual OEM load charts, not sales brochures, so plans are accurate enough to be used as engineering documentation, and realistic 3D graphics make the same plan a powerful sales tool for bids and proposals. Different subscription levels fit everyone from a single boom truck operator to national fleets.
Success Story
2,700 Lift Plans and Counting: A Power User's Story
On a recent tower crane dismantle in San Diego, the crew needed to verify that a luffing jib build-up could pass through a gap in trees, clear a bridge across the street, and avoid scaffolding, all within a 2-foot margin...
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What our clients say about us
"3D Lift Plan is by far the best program I have ever used for its simplicity and ease of use."
"The accuracy of 3D Lift Plan assures our clients that the cranes selected will perform the tasks required safely and efficiently."
Frequently Asked Questions
3D Lift Plan is cloud-based crane lift planning software for crane selection, critical lift documentation, rigging design, ground bearing pressure, and lift simulation, accurate enough for engineering documentation and visual enough to win bids.
The world's largest OEM load chart library in lift planning software: more than 1,700 charts covering brands from Altec to Zoomlion, with sponsored OEM data from manufacturers like Link-Belt, Manitowoc, and Tadano free to their customers. If a crane isn't in the library, A1A can add it.
No. 3D Lift Plan runs in your web browser, so plans are accessible anywhere with an internet connection and updates are automatic, no downloads required.
Stand-alone, app-based tools that open up parts of the lift planning workflow to different roles: SketchPad for jobsite data gathering, Rigging Designer for custom rigging plans, Jobsite Designer for CAD-level site detail, Load Chart Viewer, Crane Search, and Crane Loads Calculator.
iCraneTrax is A1A's fleet and business management software for crane and equipment rental companies, combining sales, dispatch, fleet maintenance, and telematics data in one application.
Yes. A1A offers free weekly online training for 3D Lift Plan users, and subscription levels scale from individual operators to national fleets. Bootcamp training is hosted at A1A Software Headquarters in Florida where students will receive certifications upon completion.
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