pete10uk Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Evening all I'm after some reasonably priced software for a minimum requirement of virtually populating a 19" rack to help with planning, with the ability to print / PDF from it. I know there are some pretty heavy programs out there which will do just about anything but at a heavy price as well. The main thing it must be Mac comparable or on iOS. Just after something to populate a rack with drag and drop for proposal preparation and possibly to be able to pop cabling on there as well for illustration purposes. I'd just like something which looks better than an excel or word knock up. I did think they'd be an app for that but can't see one! Any pointers appreciated. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonemorf Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I use Visio for rack layout designs, there are loads of manufacturer templates for kit to go in, but obviously being Microsoft, its not free nor cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 https://www.draw.io/ browser based Visio clone , racks and components are under More Shapes > Networking. Relabel as appropriate ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete10uk Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Thanks lonemorf I'm after a solution which will run on a Mac. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 draw.io and commercial gliffy.com are browser based, platform independent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete10uk Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 https://www.draw.io/ browser based Visio clone , racks and components are under More Shapes > Networking. Relabel as appropriate ;-) Thanks for this, Looks pretty reasonable for free and a good place to start, but it only seems to let me populate from the top and I need an 8u piece of equipment which doesn’t seem to exist. I'll give it a bit or a trial. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 For this kind of thing I use omnigraffle on Mac, it isn't a dedicated 19" drawing package but it is a drawing package with all the proper grid snapping / dimensions / line snapping to custom points that you'd need. Can't remember the exact price point but it isn't groundbreaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete10uk Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 draw.io and commercial gliffy.com are browser based, platform independent Thanks for your input. I've had a quick look at gliffy.com, again it seems pretty straight forward to use and this lets you select where you populate and the u size which is nice, but it won't let me edit the label, just gives an option hide it. I can always add text but if I'm dragging and dropping things could get messy. A nice simple option to consider. Cheers draw.io and commercial gliffy.com are browser based, platform independent Thanks for your input. I've had a quick look at gliffy.com, again it seems pretty straight forward to use and this lets you select where you populate and the u size which is nice, but it won't let me edit the label, just gives an option hide it. I can always add text but if I'm dragging and dropping things could get messy. A nice simple option to consider. Cheers A Quick update. I've now figured out how to change the label by double clicking the actual equipment not the label. This seems a quick solution to my immediate requirement. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 TBH find Gliffy easier to get on with generally :-) but in in draw.io , can stretch and compress rack and components to any U size. Always loads from top but can shuffle after loading the rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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