Rack & wiring templates - AV Software Docs

Save a rack cabinet or wiring diagram once and drop it into any project from then on.

A rack you have built once, or a wiring diagram you reuse across similar jobs, does not need to be rebuilt every time. Save either as a template for your organisation, and it is one click away on the next project.

Save a template

From an existing rack plan, open a rack's menu and choose Save as template. Give it a name; the cabinet's height, width, and every item in it are copied into a reusable template.
From an existing wiring plan, choose Save as template the same way. The diagram's devices, ports, and connections are copied in, with any links back to the original project removed so the template is portable.
Or start from scratch: open Templates and choose New rack template or New wiring template to build one directly, without an existing project plan to copy from.

Use a template

In a project's rack plan, choose Add rack. Once your organisation has any saved rack templates, this becomes a split button: pick a template from the list to drop a full cabinet, already fitted out, straight into the plan.
In a project's wiring plan, create a new plan from a template the same way, either as a standalone plan or linked to a project revision.
A rack or wiring plan added from a template is an independent copy from that point on; changing the template afterward does not change plans already created from it, and changing the copy does not change the template.

Manage your templates

Open Templates to see every saved rack and wiring template for your organisation, with a quick look at its size (height, width, item count for a rack; device count for a wiring diagram). From there you can rename a template inline, duplicate it, delete it, or open it in the builder to edit it directly like any other rack or wiring plan.

Tips

A template is organisation-wide: anyone on your team can use or edit it, not just the person who saved it.
Duplicating a template makes a second independent template, useful for starting a variant of a standard rack without touching the original.
There is no limit tying a template to one project; the same rack template can be dropped into as many projects as you like.