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| − | Using the [[Face_Editor#Draw_custom_paths | '''Path''' tool]], you can make just about any vent cutout you would like, and can use the [[Face_Editor#Using_the_grid | '''Grid''' tool]] to place many of them quickly.
| + | Here are two ways to make a standard vent slot with rounded ends. If you use the [[Face_Editor#Using_the_grid | '''Grid''']], you can place (and evenly space) many of them quickly.<br><br> |
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| − | #Start a new file (from the 3D View, choose '''File''' > '''New'''), select the plain rackmount, and click '''OK'''.
| + | ''To make a vent slot using the grid''<br> |
| − | #:[[File:1ventslot.jpg|500px]]
| + | #Turn on the grid. |
| − | #In the 3D View window that opens with the rackmount displayed, click the '''Select a Face to Edit''' button [[File:2SELECT A FACE TO EDIT BUTTON.jpg]], then click anywhere on the front cover.
| + | #Draw a rectangle and make it the size you want it to be. It will snap to the grid lines. |
| − | #:The Face Editor opens, displaying the face of the front cover.
| + | #Draw a circle at each end of the rectangle, and let them snap to the top and bottom of the rectangle. |
| − | #Open the cutout library by choosing '''Cutout Library and Fasteners''' > '''Cutout Library'''.
| + | #[[Face_Editor#Path_editing:_Using_the_Trim_and_Merge_tools_to_create_cutouts | '''Merge''']] the three objects. |
| − | #In the Library Manager window that opens, click the '''New Item''' button. | + | <BR> |
| − | #:[[File:3vent-slot-cutout4.jpg|500px]] | + | ''To make a vent slot without using the grid'' |
| − | #In the New Library Item dialog that opens, enter the following values and then click '''OK'''. (Note that inches is the UOM.)
| + | #Draw a rectangle and specify its '''Width''' and '''Height''' in the [[Face_Editor#Managing_object_properties | Properties panel]]. |
| − | #:'''Name''': Vent Slot (or any name you wish)
| + | #Draw a circle at each end of the rectangle, and make their '''Diameter'''s the same as the '''Height''' of the rectangle. |
| − | #:'''Width''': 1.0 (this is the default)
| + | #Click the '''Measure''' tool, select the center of the rectangle and the center of one circle, change the '''distance''' to "0.0", then repeat this step for the second circle. |
| − | #:'''Height''': 0.1
| + | #[[Face_Editor#Path_editing:_Using_the_Trim_and_Merge_tools_to_create_cutouts | '''Merge''']] the three objects. |
| − | #:'''Origin Placement''': Click the center dot. | + | <BR><BR> |
| − | #:[[File:4vent-slot-cutout5.jpg|300px]]
| + | '''Note''': You can make a vent cutout of any shape using the [[Face_Editor#Draw_custom_paths | '''Path''' tool]]. |
| − | #In the Face Editor toolbar, click the '''Size''' button [[File:5Size-button.jpg]] and then click the '''Grid''' button [[File:6Grid-button.jpg]].
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| − | #In the Grid Size dialog that opens, enter the following values and then click '''OK'''.
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| − | #:Width: 0.1
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| − | #:Height: 0.05
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| − | #:[[File:7vent-slot-cutout6.jpg]]
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| − | #The grid for the new item is displayed. By default, it is displayed in the lower left corner of the Face Editor screen. Click the '''Pan''' button, drag the grid to the middle of the screen, then click the '''Draw''' button.
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| − | #:[[File:8vent-slot-cutout7a.jpg|500px]]
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| − | #Now draw the bottom edge of the slot. Click the Path button [[File:8APath-button.jpg]] in the left-hand toolbar, then click on the grid at -.4, -.05, and then again at +.4,-.05.
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| − | #:[[File:9vent-slot-cutout8.jpg|300px]] | |
| − | #Now draw the right edge of the slot. First, click the '''arc''' button in the right-hand context toolbar, then click on the grid at +.4, +.05. | |
| − | #:[[File:10vent-slot-cutout9.jpg|300px]]
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| − | #Click the '''Snap To Grid''' button [[File:11SNAP_TO_GRID_BUTTON.jpg]]to turn off the automatic snapping, then click on the grid at +.45, 0.
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| − | #:[[File:12NEW_STEP_10_B.jpg|300px]]
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| − | #Now draw the top edge of the slot. First, click the '''line''' button in the right-hand context toolbar, then click the '''Snap to Grid''' button in the Face Editor toolbar.
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| − | ##Click on the grid at +.4,-.05. | |
| − | #:[[File:13NEW_STEP_11B.jpg|300px]]
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| − | #Now draw the left edge of the slot. First, click the '''arc''' button in the right-hand context toolbar, then click on the grid at -.4, -.05.
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| − | #:[[File:14NEW_STEP_12.jpg|300px]]
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| − | #Click the '''Snap to Grid''' button to turn off the snap, then click on the grid at -.45, 0.
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| − | #:[[File:15NEW_STEP_12B.jpg|300px]]
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| − | #:The slot drawing is complete.
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| − | #In the Face Editor toolbar, click the '''Accept Changes and Close''' button [[File:13AACCEPT_CHANGES_AND_CLOSE_BUTTON.jpg]]. The screen returns to the Library Manager, with the slot selected. | |
| − | #:[[File:16NEW_STEP_13.jpg|300px]]
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| − | #With the vent slot still selected, click the '''Place Item''' button.
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| − | #:The Face Editor is displayed, with the cursor in a shape simulating the slot.
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| − | #In the right-hand context panel, change '''Rotation''' to 45 degrees.
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| − | #Click anywhere on the enclosure.
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| − | #:A cutout of the slot is added to the face, at the 45-degree angle.
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| − | #:[[File:17NEW_NEW_STEP_16.jpg|300px]] | |
| − | #In the Face Editor toolbar, click the '''Cut''' button [[File:18CUT_BUTTON_IN_TOOLBAR.jpg]], then the '''Grid''' button, then the '''Size''' button.
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| − | #In the Grid Size dialog that opens, enter the following values and then click '''OK'''.
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| − | #:'''Width''': 0.2
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| − | #:'''Height''': 0.2
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| − | #In the Face Editor, move the cursor to wherever you want to place the first slot in the cutout, then click the '''Paste''' button. Repeat this a number of times on one side of the enclosure at equal intervals that look nice.
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| − | #:[[File:20placing_cutout_at_equal_intervals_that_look_nice.jpg|300px]] | |
| − | #Now make a mirror image, using a -45 degree angle, on the other side of the enclosure:
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| − | ##Select a cutout.
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| − | ##Click the '''Cut''' button.
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| − | ##Click the '''Paste''' button.
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| − | ##In the right-hand context toolbar, change '''Rotation''' to -45.
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| − | ##Copy as needed to match the first set.
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| − | #:The vent is now complete.
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| − | #Click the '''Accept Changes and Close''' button. The vent is shown in the 3D View.
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| − | #Choose '''File''' > '''Save'''. If you have not yet named the enclosure design file, do so now.
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| − | '''Note''': You can save a template of the complete vent to use again in other enclosure designs: | |
| − | #Click the '''Edit''' button from the left-hand toolbar and then select the vents.
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| − | #Right-click the group of vents and click '''Group''' in the right-hand context menu.
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| − | #Click the '''Add to library''' button. | |
| − | #In the dialog that opens, name and save the group comprising the vent design.
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| − | You can now choose this vent design from the Cutout Library to add to any enclosure.
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Here are two ways to make a standard vent slot with rounded ends. If you use the Grid, you can place (and evenly space) many of them quickly.
