Hey!

Testing out the trial version of Stardraw to see if it will work for a project.  On the surface it looks great!

Couple things while testing.  If I build a rack and add gear, I can't see the rear panel details like the training videos show.  Also, if I save, then close Stardraw and reopen the file, the gear is in the inventory but I have to build racks again.  Are these bugs or trial version limitations?

Thanks!
Rich

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Rich Belgie - 9/17/2023 2:38:17 PM

Sorry but figuring stuff out, ha ha.

Anyway to bulk patch things?  Aka, router outputs 1-20 to switcher inputs 1-20?

Hi Rich,

No - connections are drawn individually.  If you don't see it in one of the movies at  https://www.stardraw.com/sd7/movies then it's unlikely to be functionality that's supported.

Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
Stardraw.com

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Rob Robinson - 9/17/2023 2:49:00 PM

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Rich Belgie - 9/17/2023 2:38:17 PM

Sorry but figuring stuff out, ha ha.

Anyway to bulk patch things?  Aka, router outputs 1-20 to switcher inputs 1-20?

Hi Rich,

No - connections are drawn individually.  If you don't see it in one of the movies at  https://www.stardraw.com/sd7/movies then it's unlikely to be functionality that's supported.

Thank you, about to revisit the videos.  Trying to get lines to stick to 90 degree angles.  I have one device connected where the lines stay in in 90's, but then added another where they're not 90's but straight point to point.  can't seem to change that.

Also, when likes are in 90's, can they be set to not overlap automatically?  Right now if I move it, the lines all turn at 90 degrees at the same spot and overlap

Hi Rich,

If you draw a Cable thus; click (on Start connection point) and click (on End connection point), then it is represented as a straight line.  A single, straight line cannot arbitrarily add segments to itself if you later move the symbols to which it's connected.

However, if you use click+drag to draw a Cable, even a 'straight' one, then internally it has 3 segments - 2 horizontal and one vertical (with no length) - so if you later move a connected symbol then the vertical segment comes into play and stretches as necessary, keeping the start and end segments horizontal.  See the movie "Cable Tool", #04 at https://www.stardraw.com/sd7/movies

Regarding overlapping Cables; this is by design and Cables will not automatically change themselves to avoid overlapping.  We feel it is better for the user to decide how their drawing should look rather than have an algorithm attempt to do it automatically as things WILL go wrong (e.g. if there isn't enough room to automatically space such Cables).  Also, in many cases it is valid for Cables to overlap e.g. you're paralleling a connection or representing a multicore.


Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
Stardraw.com

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Rob Robinson - 9/17/2023 3:16:53 PM

Hi Rich,

If you draw a Cable thus; click (on Start connection point) and click (on End connection point), then it is represented as a straight line.  A single, straight line cannot arbitrarily add segments to itself if you later move the symbols to which it's connected.

However, if you use click+drag to draw a Cable, even a 'straight' one, then internally it has 3 segments - 2 horizontal and one vertical (with no length) - so if you later move a connected symbol then the vertical segment comes into play and stretches as necessary, keeping the start and end segments horizontal.  See the movie "Cable Tool", #04 at https://www.stardraw.com/sd7/movies

Regarding overlapping Cables; this is by design and Cables will not automatically change themselves to avoid overlapping.  We feel it is better for the user to decide how their drawing should look rather than have an algorithm attempt to do it automatically as things WILL go wrong (e.g. if there isn't enough room to automatically space such Cables).  Also, in many cases it is valid for Cables to overlap e.g. you're paralleling a connection or representing a multicore.

Just saw this, ha ha.  Got it!  I did have to reboot the app to get it working but it's fine now

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Rob Robinson - 9/17/2023 2:49:00 PM

+x

 

Rich Belgie - 9/17/2023 2:38:17 PM

Sorry but figuring stuff out, ha ha.

Anyway to bulk patch things?  Aka, router outputs 1-20 to switcher inputs 1-20?

Hi Rich,

No - connections are drawn individually.  If you don't see it in one of the movies at  https://www.stardraw.com/sd7/movies then it's unlikely to be functionality that's supported.

Figured out what I was doing.  Clicking on an output, then clicking on the input of the next device to draw a cable just does straight line point to point.  Clicking and dragging off of the output to the next input will create the lines I want.  For some reason I had to reboot Stardraw to fix it, all good now