MediaArtsDad Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 The modular / rack frame tool is very useful, but have run into an issue with devices that are multi-slot and horizontal slot frame. I create a frame that is 3 horizontal slots, 1 vertical row. I have 2 devices, one that is 2 slots wide, one that is a single slot wide. The single slot device drops into place as expected. The double slot device occupies a single slot width and the shape changes size to be 2 slots tall. Bug or is there no way to make a device 2 modules in width? I have tried rotating the device 90 degrees and swapping the width and height measurements and several other tricks. Any help? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Conrad Preen Posted September 2, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 2, 2020 Hi Jeff, I think the first question is "how big a deal is this?". One simple workaround would be to set the number of slots to 1 and leave a gap to the right. Wonder if the Use Symbol option would work? If you created a symbol for these particular cards? Of course we could add an extra parameter Number of Slots Horizontally. But is this going to improve ConnectCAD? Just a few random thoughts... Conrad Quote Link to comment
MediaArtsDad Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Is it a show stopper? no. Does it keep the documentation from being accurate? some. Can I work around it? sure, it is just a few extra steps. But those extra steps add up, so can we mark it as a feature request? Several places I see this being helpful, such as the current rack mounting functionality only supports full width or half width. There is often rack adapters for equipment that mount 3, 4 or more pieces wide. The above example of the BMD ATEM Television Studio HD / Teranex converters and rack shelf for example. The modular tool should support these modular rack mounts. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Conrad Preen Posted September 2, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 2, 2020 Extra steps adding up... Ok, you just persuaded me 🙂 and yes point taken about the full width, half width thing. Though in these cases there is usually a rack shelf that can be effectively modeled as a rack frame. Conrad Quote Link to comment
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