Creating a Cable Diagram Drawing from the Sheet Set Manager
Cable Diagram drawings specify equipment, equipment inputs/outputs, signaling, terminals and cable information. You will notice in the example that there is a much greater degree of detail than in a Concept Drawing, and all of the information can be connected to the database. Diagram Drawings are created from the Diagram Subset of the Room (Sheet Set Manager).
1. Open the VidCAD Main Menu from the Start > Programs > VidCAD pulldown menu or your desktop icon.
2. From the VidCAD Main Menu, select the Room in which you will create the Diagram drawing, and then click “Start.”
3. If this is the first time this Room has been opened, you will see a “vidc_data.dwg” file open with a Sheet Set Manager with your Room name. If it is not, skip to step 7.
4. Double click the “Table of Contents” drawing to activate the Sheet Set (Room).
5. The Table of Contents diagram drawing is opened with the name of the sheet set (Room 1) as the plotting tab name and a drawing with the same name listed on the main menu. When you open the Room in the future, this drawing will automatically open.
6. From the Sheet Set Manager, right click on the “Diagram” subset and select “New Sheet.”
7. In the New Sheet window, enter the sheet number and sheet title, then select “OK.”
8. The new sheet now appears on the Sheet Set Manager.
Warning: You are not in your Diagram drawing yet!
9. To open your new Diagram drawing, double click on the “01-Diagram” sheet on your Sheet Set Manager.
10. The Layer Diagram Controls window will now appear and list all available Safe Drawing Area Guides that match the paper size you can plot this drawing to. Select a guide and then select “Ok.”
Note: Each Safe Drawing Area represents the maximum drawing area for a specific paper size in full size (3/64) and half size (3/32).
11. The Safe Drawing Area for the paper size you selected now displays.
12. Click the “Save” button. You are now ready to begin inserting equipment into your Concept drawing.