Dear Sir,

I was looking for a feature of "Simulation Run" of the Block Schematic that I have created in Stardraw. I was unable to find it.
If this feature is available then please let me know, how to use it and if it is not available then, I want to put in as a request to add this feature as it will help me and probably help everyone to run and analyse are designs and gives us a error free design or indicates us if there is any error in the design.

Best Regards,
Abhishek Yadav
Design Specialist
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E: abhishek@accessonline.io
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Hi Abishek,

Thanks for your post.  With regard to error-checking or simulation of the connections between and compatibility of the products in your system, no, this is not something for which Stardraw Design 7.3 has been developed. 

Such functionality would require not just an intimate knowledge of every product in the library (and User Defined Products too), but also intimate knowledge of how every product might interact with every other product and, of course, the connection method between them.  The scope and scale of the product library today makes this an impossibility.

The function of Stardraw Design 7.3 is to assist AV professionals in the documentation of the systems they design.  We believe those AV professionals are pretty smart and we do not currently envisage adding functionality to check or interpret the system designs they create. 

I hope this makes sense.

Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
Stardraw.com

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Rob Robinson - 7/29/2019 10:40:46 AM

Hi Abishek,

Thanks for your post.  With regard to error-checking or simulation of the connections between and compatibility of the products in your system, no, this is not something for which Stardraw Design 7.3 has been developed. 

Such functionality would require not just an intimate knowledge of every product in the library (and User Defined Products too), but also intimate knowledge of how every product might interact with every other product and, of course, the connection method between them.  The scope and scale of the product library today makes this an impossibility.

The function of Stardraw Design 7.3 is to assist AV professionals in the documentation of the systems they design.  We believe those AV professionals are pretty smart and do not currently envisage adding functionality to check or interpret the system designs they create. 

I hope this makes sense.

Hi Sir,

Thank you for clearing my understanding as I can understand with respect to the scope and scale of the product library today, it it kind of impossible. 
But I would like to request for a general simulation feature for example: which can gives us idea, if any connection did not connected properly or gets missed out, basically the factor of human error. In that case if any kind of warning or some kind of message would come. It will be of immense help. Because many a times, it happened that, when we export out the data, we found some connections got missed out and we did not get any connection information over that.
It is a request/suggestion to add this general simulation feature in the Stardraw Software, if possible.

Best Regards,
Abhishek Yadav
Design Specialist
M: +91-9739059742 | T: +18473063777
E: abhishek@accessonline.io
W: www.accessonlineinc.com
 

   

Hi Abishek,

Regarding whether a connection is 'missed out', it would be impossible to tell;  this requires a human-level of understanding as to the purpose of the system; Stardraw Design 7.3 cannot predict what your system is supposed to do so cannot tell if something has been missed out.

Regarding connections, we believe there are already enough cues and checks for your purpose.
1) In the Drawing view of a Block Schematic, when a Cable is connected to a Symbol there is a blue handle that marks the connection.  These handles are displayed whenever the Symbol or Cable is selected so if you select everything and you see that there is no blue handle where a Cable appears to connect to a Symbol then you know it is not connected.
2) Export of the Cable Schedule is another existing check; if the collection of "From" or "To" product columns are empty then the Cable is not connected at one end.  The Cable Schedule is, therefore, an overview of the connection status of all Cables in the entire Project.

In some cases it is valid for a Cable to have one floating end, so it would not make sense to display an error simply because a Cable is floating at one end.

In summary, then, I believe Stardraw Design 7.3 already has visual cues in the Drawing view to help you identify the presence or absence of connections, and an overall report - the Cable Schedule - that gives Cable status across the Project.  We cannot know how things are supposed to be, we only know how they are and I believe current functionality already provides a simple solution for your needs.

If you think I've missed the point or fail to understand the particular issue you face please feel free to email a sample project file to techsupport@stardraw.com and we will be happy to investigate; this may show something up in your workflow which may be revealing.

I hope this is helpful.


Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
Stardraw.com

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Rob Robinson - 7/29/2019 12:26:59 PM

Hi Abishek,

Regarding whether a connection is 'missed out', it would be impossible to tell;  this requires a human-level of understanding as to the purpose of the system; Stardraw Design 7.3 cannot predict what your system is supposed to do so cannot tell if something has been missed out.

Regarding connections, we believe there are already enough cues and checks for your purpose.
1) In the Drawing view of a Block Schematic, when a Cable is connected to a Symbol there is a blue handle that marks the connection.  These handles are displayed whenever the Symbol or Cable is selected so if you select everything and you see that there is no blue handle where a Cable appears to connect to a Symbol then you know it is not connected.
2) Export of the Cable Schedule is another existing check; if the collection of "From" or "To" product columns are empty then the Cable is not connected at one end.  The Cable Schedule is, therefore, an overview of the connection status of all Cables in the entire Project.

In some cases it is valid for a Cable to have one floating end, so it would not make sense to display an error simply because a Cable is floating at one end.

In summary, then, I believe Stardraw Design 7.3 already has visual cues in the Drawing view to help you identify the presence or absence of connections, and an overall report - the Cable Schedule - that gives Cable status across the Project.  We cannot know how things are supposed to be, we only know how they are and I believe current functionality already provides a simple solution for your needs.

If you think I've missed the point or fail to understand the particular issue you face please feel free to email a sample project file to techsupport@stardraw.com and we will be happy to investigate; this may show something up in your workflow which may be revealing.

I hope this is helpful.

Hi Sir,

Thank you for the information, I think I can co-relate that the existing cues and checks given in the Block Schematic are enough to draw a fine design. Also, I don't have any issue in my designs as such, it was a suggestion I wanted to put forward because I realized it could have been a major and important development in the Stardraw Design 7.3. 

Thank you so much for the support and clearing my understanding.
 
Best Regards,
Abhishek Yadav
Design Specialist
M: +91-9739059742 | T: +18473063777
E: abhishek@accessonline.io
W: www.accessonlineinc.com