I've got the
template one for Omni however they only go upto 22U Racks, and not 42U that's a
bit disappointing
Edit: Well I made my own 42U one and it takes 3 pages to be usable, I guess that's why there was none included.
LOL, part that, and part that I did it off standard
stock at the shop I work at (which is also pretty typical of the other NYC shops), which tops out at 22. More of a touring/production bent than an install situation
If there's enough demand, I'm happy to add bigger sizes, but as you said (within limits of
page size) it's easy enough to add your own custom sizes.
I also don't know when/which version you downloaded, but last week I uploaded a couple updates to the
template set to include a
template with a
title block (including variables for
page/
canvas title, date printed, and
page number/totals) and tweaks to the stencils (the early version had untagged racks; I updated it to include a number strip for spaces alongside the rack to make designing and building a
bit easier, especially when you need to skip spaces). The latest version has separate master canvasses for 1"-1' for rack drawings as well as no scale for when I add a
stencil set for signal diagrams (unless anybody else has a set they want to contribtue before I get to do it!).
FWIW, OmniGraffle's no longer included with new macs, only OmniOutliner is. Also, the stencils work with both versions (although I don't know if the texture on the vent panels shows up right in the basic version, since you can only design the texture fills in Pro), but the
templates use Master Canvasses, which are a Pro only feature. I'm not sure how they'd import into the regular version, whether it'd just ignore them or flatten them out to the main drawing
canvas, which would be workable (but a pain).
It's worth noting that if you're a student, educational pricing for the Pro version is only slightly more than the regular version at normal price.
For the Windows users, check out Middle Atlantic's RackTools, as well as Microsoft's Visio. There are
templates a-plenty for signal flow diagrams, pit layouts,
etc. for Visio, I'm not sure about rack drawings as I haven't looked in a while. Many of these are in the resources pages at Richmond Sound's website,
http://theatre-sound.com
You can always find the latest version of my OmniGraffle set at
http://OneFromTheRoad.com/utils/omnigraffle
There's a zip file there with the
stencil (in the future, stencils),
template, and a readme with details on using it, and a history of the changes to the
stencil/
template.
--A
P.S.-Does anybody know of a decent freeware drafting font? OpenType is better, but TrueType is ok. I had one called Technical that came with CorelDRAW on my PC years ago, but it's long lost. I'm not entirely happy with the font I'm using for the
template now, but I like it to have some personality