Topic: manufacturer element size and cabinet layout

What is the best criteria to be used when drawing manufacturer elements for cabinet layouts ? For example, from the standard collection, Schneider GV2P is drawn with 120x200 (mm ?) size (actual size 45x90 mm) while LC1D is drawn with 45x85 (actual size 45x77 mm). When placing them on the same folio, they look like in the attached picture.

Also, in the project I am working on, I have a 700mmx850 mm cabinet mounting board, should I change the folio scale to make all the elements fit ? Is it possible not to use a template to have an infinite space board ?

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Re: manufacturer element size and cabinet layout

Sorry but I have not discovered how to add more than one picture. This is what I mean by dimensions.

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  • scorpio810
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Re: manufacturer element size and cabinet layout

Hi
I know but you can change it look this video :

https://youtu.be/EN4vstYDOlQ

https://youtu.be/4xT0E9YqHwg

"Le jour où tu découvres le Libre, tu sais que tu ne pourras jamais plus revenir en arrière..."

Re: manufacturer element size and cabinet layout

I see. Is the element editor and the formatting used qet exclusive ? Or are there any other programs using this same drawing format ?

From reading the posts I notice that 10 px is the distance between 2 dots on the grid. If I assume 10 px = 10 mm to keep dimensions relationships, that means for a thermal breaker I would need 45 px by 90 px, is it possible ? I also noticed that actually .elmt are xml files, in order to generate a library, is it possible to think of a basic xml structure and then somehow programatically modify the xml files ? No that I am a programming genius and would know how to do it, but I was wondering if I should try the dxf import approach or learn something different.

Thanks for your help.