FrontDesigner libraries

I just Purchased FrontDesigner 2.0 http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/frontdesigner.html

I'm having a lot of fun with it, but sometimes it's hard to visualize a panel without knobs and switches. So I was wondering if anybody has developed a library of knobs, switches and what not?

Cheers,

elco
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Good question! Got that recently myself, although it's been a month and they still haven't billed me??

I hear ya. I think I finished my design (for now) but it was a real pain in the ass to put the text around the rotary attenuator for 3db steps of attenuation on a 12 possition rotary switch. I would think that kind of thing would be real common and was surprised when I perused the library not to see something to fill the bill. I ended up having to create 12 lines each with 30 degrees more angle than the previous, moving them so they were centered on the hole, putting a circle to represent the diameter of the pointer of the knob, all this so I knew just where to put the text for each step of the switch, then delete the circle and lines. At least I was able to group them to step across the faceplate for 10 preamps. The drafting tools could use improvement. But hey, by hook or crook I got it done and it is nice to have software to do it.

Kelley

[quote author="elco"]I just Purchased FrontDesigner 2.0 http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/frontdesigner.html

I'm having a lot of fun with it, but sometimes it's hard to visualize a panel without knobs and switches. So I was wondering if anybody has developed a library of knobs, switches and what not?

Cheers,

elco
:shock:[/quote]Can this software export to a cad file? (dwg extension)

It can only be exported to .bmp or .emf (enhanced meta file). You can then open it up in Corel Draw and convert to .dwg.

Cheers,

elco