Rack Layout Symbol Wizard

When you choose the add or edit a Rack Layout symbol in the User Defined Product Wizard, the Rack Layout Symbol Wizard appears. This wizard allows you to generate Rack Layout symbols quickly and easily, just by entering some values into data fields, rather than drawing the symbol you need.

Step 1 - Define Product Dimensions

Use the editboxes to set the dimensions of your product and select the Unit of Measurement from the dropdown for each dimension.

In this dialog it is quite usual to 'mix up' measurement units because of the way that Rack standards have evolved.

Most singlespace rackmount products are 19" wide.
Depth is usually measured in whatever unit is geographically appropriate, e.g. inches in the USA, millimeters in Europe etc.
Height of rackmount products is usually measured in Rack Units (RU or U)

When you've set the product dimensions click on Next>. This creates a basic Rack Layout symbol for your UDP.

If you wish later to add more sophisticated graphical elements to your UDP symbol you can use Symbol Edit mode.

Step 2 - Wizard Complete

When you have completed the Rack Layout Symbol Wizard you will return to the symbols page of the UDP Wizard.

The indicates that a Rack Layout Symbol has been created for the UDP.

If you wish to change the symbol, click on Edit the Rack Layout symbol. This restarts the Rack Layout Symbol Wizard and populates it with the data you have already defined for this symbol. You can use this technique to change the symbol at any time by rightclicking on the UDP in the Product Browser and selecting Edit Product to start the UDP Wizard.

To delete the Rack Layout symbol, click on the .

Click on any of the links to add a new symbol for the UDP, or click on Finish to close the UDP Wizard.