trevorgooch Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 @Scott C. Parker TLDR: where is the breakout output length set? IE - 6ft breakout, or staggered? Context: I'm trying to make a virtual twofer to track power loads thru pass thru. I can name the twofer such that I can not count it in my eq lists - I want to make sure that I'm correctly accounting for cable needed. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Scott C. Parker Posted October 10 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 10 1 hour ago, trevorgooch said: where is the breakout output length set? IE - 6ft breakout, or staggered? The breakout length function has yet to be implemented, so there is no data field for the lengths yet. 1 hour ago, trevorgooch said: virtual twofer to track power loads thru pass thru. Power loads need to use a distributor device to track power. When you use the included or duplicated and customized versions of two-fers, you can both track power and show them in reports as distributors. What this means for 1 hour ago, trevorgooch said: correctly accounting for cable needed. is that the current tool doesn't subtract the lengths of the tails from the needed jumpers yet. It's being worked on. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Scott C. Parker Posted October 10 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 10 AH! I figured out a workaround for now. You can subtract slack from the cable. In the cable configuration and/or the cable worksheet slack column, you can add a negative number, which will change the cable. In a worksheet, you can select all the cables attached to two-fers or breakouts and place a negative number in the slack data field. You'll need to update and then/reload the cables via the manage cable parts dialog to force a cable refresh. Quote Link to comment
trevorgooch Posted October 10 Author Share Posted October 10 22 minutes ago, Scott C. Parker said: You can subtract slack from the cable. That totally works for me for now. A true1 twofer called "True1 Pass Thru" with slack adjustments seems like a solution. I'll let you know how it works out! 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Scott C. Parker Posted October 17 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 17 I'll be talking about this during the Nov. 7 Coffee Break. 3 Quote Link to comment
Administrator JuanP Posted October 17 Administrator Share Posted October 17 10 hours ago, Scott C. Parker said: I'll be talking about this during the Nov. 7 Coffee Break. You can register for our Coffee Breaks here: https://www3.vectorworks.net/service-select-coffee-break 1 Quote Link to comment
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