netmap.show · guide

The guide

Task-first pages, straight from the app's own Guide · each one is a sheet in the register

Every page starts from a job you actually have — patch a node, calibrate a printer, publish the book — and walks it in the app's own order. The same material ships inside netmap under Guide.

netmap start screen with recent-show cards, Load demo, and the What's New panel
G-1015 min

Start your first show

Load the demo, read how the tabs connect, export the book, then open a blank title block of your own.

Plan
3D rack render orbited to a three-quarter angle with faceplates on
G-1026 min

Draw rack elevations in 2D & 3D

Devices with a Rack and an RU become to-scale elevations — front, rear, 3D flight cases, containers.

Build + Ship
VLANs tab: the color legend with per-VLAN subnet and IP start schemes
G-1037 min

Plan the IP scheme & VLANs

One VLAN legend rules the book — colors, subnets and IP starts that drive the planner and the audits.

Plan + Patch
MVR / Patch tab with the 3D fixture plot on: the imported rig orbited in 3D, fixtures colored by universe
G-1046 min

Import an MVR plot

Pull the plot straight from Vectorworks — fixtures, universes by position, conflict checks, GDTF footprints.

ToolsAdd-on
Looms tab with the stock loom library and the loom editor showing member legs
G-1054 min

Build looms & stamp them in

A stock loom library: spec it once, stamp both ends, every leg lands in the cable schedule. Free for all tiers.

PatchFree
Labels tab with an Avery 5520 sheet preview, VLAN color bars and a calibration profile
G-1065 min

Print cable labels

Lightwright-style labels on die-cut stock — Avery + OnlineLabels presets, VLAN color bars, printer calibration.

ShipAdd-on
Publish tab with the live slug preview, PIN, expiry countdown and publishes list
G-1075 min

Publish the book to the crew

The whole book at netmap.show/publish/you/show — PIN optional, 3D orbit, no install, and the crew works from it.

ShipStudio
Guest IPs tab: the Suggest free ranges control, and reserved guest IP pools grouped by VLAN and colour-coded, each row either open or assigned to a visiting LD
G-1086 min

Take guest sign-ups

Reserve IPs, universe chunks and dry lines for visiting LDs, print the handoff chart, and let them sign themselves up.

Patch + ShipStudio
G-109
G-1095 min

Map the venue & measure fiber

Drop the venue drawing in, set the scale, route the fiber the way it really runs. Every trunk gets a measured length.

PatchFree
G-110
G-1104 min

Draw a rack's internal wiring

A ConnectCAD-style wiring diagram per rack, drawn from the cables and ports you already entered. Nothing new to maintain.

PatchFree
G-111
G-1116 min

Cloud backup & two machines

Every save lands in your account. Open the same show on the studio machine and the tour laptop, and let netmap tell you when one of them moved it.

ShipStudio