How do I create a prewire drawing?

John Coffin

You first need to create a product in designMACHINE called Generic Head End Prewire. All of the outputs that will be required should be added to this product. Generic products also need to be in your product database with their required inputs. After you have these products created in product database you can create a new project. Create your rooms. …

My Virus Software is saying designMACHINE is infected.

Chris

Some virus software will trigger a false positive for viruses with our installer. We are working with them to resolve this issue. In the meantime, if you downloaded the installer from our website, then you can be sure that it is safe. You will need to create an exception for our installer or disable the virus protection during install.

designMACHINE System Requirements

John Coffin

Hardware and Operating System Prerequisite Operating System: Windows 10 or higher are supported. Apple Hardware and Linux are currently not supported. You can run designMACHINE using a third party virtual Windows environment such as Parallels, VMWare or Fusion. Hardware Requirements: Intel-compatible Pentium 4 or higher with a minimum of 800 GHz, At least 1GB of RAM (4GB recommended), Hard disk with …

What is designMACHINE?

Chris

Currently designMACHINE is software that builds block schematic drawings, cable schedules and label information without the need for the user to utilize or have any drafting skills.

How do make my wiring diagram smaller or larger to fit on the page?

John Coffin

There is a setting for scale. This may be used to make the wiring diagram smaller or larger to fit on the page. In Connection Center, click Drawing and select Drawing Preferences. There is a drop-down list next to the word “Scale”. Start with 75 when trying to make the drawing smaller. Start with 125 when trying to make the …

How do I update project items with the inputs and outputs from the product database?

John Coffin

In Connection Center click File and select Edit Project Items. In Edit Project Items, you can refresh all project items by clicking Update Products and selecting Refresh all items in the Project from the Product Database.  You can refresh one project item by right clicking on the item in the project item list (list on the right) and selecting Refresh item …

Where is Drawn by set?

John Coffin

In Connection Center click Drawing and select Drawing Preferences. Enter your name in the box to the right of Created By. Click the Save button to save changes.