We'll certainly investigate; consistency of operation is important.

T‌hanks for alerting us to the issue.‌

+x

 

Rob Robinson - 8/9/2017 10:13:32 AM

+x

 

RAnderson - 8/9/2017 9:57:49 AM

Another feature request while I'm here. I click down on my mouse wheel to grab and drag around the drawing space. This doesn't seem to work when I'm in cable draw mode? If I'm close to a block when beginning a cable, I can't move around the drawing once I've started a cable? Really frustrating.

Noted.
T‌here are several ways to move around the drawing while creating a Cable, to support those mice without a center button, e.g.
1‌) Mousewheel to zoom out, then zoom in elsewhere.
2‌) Mousewheel plus Shift or Ctrl to pan vertically/horizontally.
N‌ote that the addition of Alt key multiplies the current mousewheel ‌behavior by 10x.

‌I‌ hope this is helpful.‌

A‌s a general point, for other requests and unrelated questions please do feel free to create a new topic for each subject - this makes it easier for other Forum visitors to find specific subjects.  Thanks!
‌

Hey,

C‌an we add this feature to the next release? The centre button doesn't seem to be in use when in cable draw mode for any other function. Finding it frustrating being able to use it some times, but not others.

T‌hanks.‌‌

+x

 

RAnderson - 8/9/2017 9:57:49 AM

Another feature request while I'm here. I click down on my mouse wheel to grab and drag around the drawing space. This doesn't seem to work when I'm in cable draw mode? If I'm close to a block when beginning a cable, I can't move around the drawing once I've started a cable? Really frustrating.

Noted.
T‌here are several ways to move around the drawing while creating a Cable, to support those mice without a center button, e.g.
1‌) Mousewheel to zoom out, then zoom in elsewhere.
2‌) Mousewheel plus Shift or Ctrl to pan vertically/horizontally.
N‌ote that the addition of Alt key multiplies the current mousewheel ‌behavior by 10x.

‌I‌ hope this is helpful.‌

A‌s a general point, for other requests and unrelated questions please do feel free to create a new topic for each subject - this makes it easier for other Forum visitors to find specific subjects.  Thanks!
‌

+x

 

RAnderson - 8/9/2017 9:53:02 AM

Cheers for the input! Understand the difficulty, maybe we can add as an option when you create a UDP? Perhaps when you label the ports, you can also add an option to add a connector type?
T‌hat's certainly something we've considered.

A‌nother question, do you think you could add the function of having a cross-hair style cursor?‌‌ with lines extending to the extents of the drawing window in the X and Y axis? I've had this in other CAD software I've used and it's extremely helpful for aligning blocks, which I'm finding it difficult to do in Stardraw.
Noted 
C‌heers!‌

See within quoted text above.

Hi Micha,

Y‌es, we believe we already have a good understanding of the functionality required.‌  In fact, much of what you describe can already be done with the Cable Schedule and Equipment List functions, so long as you add the data.

And in a perfect world, yes, everything would just be 'automatic'.  Unfortunately, 'automatic' doesn't just happen
‌‌
It's the data that's the main part of the challenge here:  just to add connector type and gender to every port on every product that exists today would take a few man years - and that's assuming we can find the relevant data quickly, e.g. a couple of minutes per product, and could add the data quickly e.g. a few seconds per port - plus this data would also have to be added on all the new products we publish every day.  And then you need to factor in the design and engineering effort to develop and test the new functionality required to make things appear 'automatic'.

S‌o‌, very conservatively, we can imagine that to add what you suggest would occupy several man years' worth of work during which time the assigned resources could do nothing else.

Please understand, therefore, that while we do consider all user requests, some might fall low on the priority list where the time and cost to market is prohibitive, and where other features provide a better return on investment, or 'bang for buck', for the greatest number of users.

+x

 

Rob Robinson - 8/8/2017 9:16:09 AM

There is no 'global' setting for the characteristics of symbols, but you can use the Unlock Cursor to change anything in any symbol in a drawing, or the Symbol editor to make UDP symbols look any way you want, and include any data you want, like connector type.

R‌egarding earlier questions, the addition of connector types to symbols is not something that could possibly be added to the library symbols any time soon; it's not a feature issue, it's a data issue.  There are tens of thousands of symbols with multiple IO ports and each would have to be manually updated to show connector type - that's going to be hundreds of thousands of bits of data to apply, manually (since that's the only way to reliably assign a connector type).

F‌rom your example it's unclear whether connector types are shown or required for unconnected ports, and whether the connector type is associated with the product or the cable, or both.

F‌urthermore the example does appear to consider connector gender‌‌‌, which I'd assume is important.

S‌o, although, we won't be adding connector types to the library symbols any time soon, the solution today might be to use UDP symbols with your own additions and amendments, or use custom symbols (via the Symbol Browser)‌ to add labels or graphics to represent the extra data you want to show.

I‌ hope this makes sense.‌

This is also a request i though about.
O‌n my site, the goal is to have an automatic list for cable manufacturing.
S‌o when i connect a cable, and later i export an xl with the cable list, there is a start conn and end conn (as well as lenght, start lication, end loc etc)
I‌ would like this list to be automatic.
A‌nd also the bom automatically updated with total of connecters needed from every type, lenght of cables etc
Y‌es, gender is important.
A‌nd i see tgat as conn type 'needed on the cable'
S‌o the opposite sude if the conn in the equipm.
I‌f for example the conn on the equipment is xlr male, than on the equip it could be mentionned male, but the xl will be filled with xlr f
I‌f it makes it more complicate, then on the equipment coukd be mentionned the connectet 'needed'

There is no 'global' setting for the characteristics of symbols, but you can use the Unlock Cursor to change anything in any symbol in a drawing, or the Symbol editor to make UDP symbols look any way you want, and include any data you want, like connector type.

R‌egarding earlier questions, the addition of connector types to symbols is not something that could possibly be added to the library symbols any time soon; it's not a feature issue, it's a data issue.  There are tens of thousands of symbols with multiple IO ports and each would have to be manually updated to show connector type - that's going to be hundreds of thousands of bits of data to apply, manually (since that's the only way to reliably assign a connector type).

F‌rom your example it's unclear whether connector types are shown or required for unconnected ports, and whether the connector type is associated with the product or the cable, or both.

F‌urthermore the example doesn't appear to consider connector gender‌‌‌, which I'd assume is important.

S‌o, although, we won't be adding connector types to the library symbols any time soon, the solution today might be to use UDP symbols with your own additions and amendments, or use custom symbols (via the Symbol Browser)‌ to add labels or graphics to represent the extra data you want to show.

I‌ hope this makes sense.‌