Draw rack elevations in 2D and 3D
Sheet G-102 · from the in-app Guide · updated 2026-07-03
The short version
- Give every device a Rack and an RU — the elevations draw themselves, to scale.
- Flip 2D | 3D for a rotatable flight case; drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.
- Mark a saved rack a Container and it pulls as one unit on every summary.
01Elevations come from the device list
There is no separate drawing step. Racks are built automatically from each device's Rack / RU / RU-height / mounting on the Devices tab. Open a rack from the Racks landing page to edit its elevation; the flat 2D view shows front and rear together, to scale.
02The 3D view
The 2D | 3D toggle swaps the flat elevation for a rotatable render — drag to orbit, scroll to zoom, Frame re-centers, Fullscreen fills the screen. The View menu toggles cosmetic panels (doors, vents, blanks), universe numbers, and the flight case itself. Faceplates use a library photo when one exists and a drawn vector faceplate when one doesn't.
Double-wide cases are one setting — width "2 (wide)" gives two 19" bays in one case, front L|R and rear mirrored. Custom case depth, wheels, and your shop's case logo are all supported.
03Build a touring container
A container is the shop term for a prebuilt case that pulls as one unit. Mark a saved rack as a Container in the rack library, and every rack you build from that template comes in locked: its gear shades grey in the device views (it travels in the container, not pulled on its own), the drawings get a CONTAINER badge, and the Pull / Prep Summary rolls the whole thing up to one line. Drop a show-specific add-on into a container and mark it pulled separately — it un-shades and lists individually.
This is how the next show starts where the last one ended: the container, its gear, and its switch-port assignments come back in one click.
04Custom I/O panels land in the rack too
The panel maker builds Middle Atlantic UCP panels (drag plates and connectors into a frame) or fully custom punched plates — the shop-standard 22×4 is one click. Each networked connector carries its VLAN as a coding ring on the faceplate, and every panel gets its own build sheet in the export: faceplate drawing, connector schedule, parts list.
05What prints
Rack elevation sheets (front + rear, to scale), per-rack build pages your crew can pack from, I/O panel build sheets, and the Weight & Power sheet with per-rack totals for trucking. The touring rack build sheet is not a side effect — it's the deliverable.