Flexible DIN Rail Shape

[Thomas Winkel]

My most complicated shape ever is a DIN Rail
Hiding geometries based on the width was easy.
But setting up the formulas to draw the last long hole when it's cut took hours of my life.
It wasn't worth the effort, but I wanted to demonstrate that it could be done.
* Scaling 1:10 (we do not use drawing scale)
* Max length: 200mm (-> 2m)
* User fields are only helper formulas for formulas in Geometry 1. They do not affect the other holes
* Only the last hole can be cut, not the first one (could be done with a control).

[Yacine]

Noice indeed. Bienchen!
You moved the critical hole to the end. Smart smart.

[hidden layer]

aargh - this is so fantastic - I would have taken this for the terminals I made recently but they're 1:1.
Damn!

but in the end - no one see the DIN-rail after devices are shapped in 

thank you!

hl

[Yacine]

"Reihenklemmen"?
Germany is ranking #3 after the US and Russia in the forum.

[Thomas Winkel]

Thanks for your comments

...but they're 1:1

Feel free to adapt it to your needs.
Years ago we discussed internal what scaling to choose in our project.
1:1 requires to set the drawing scale appropriate for each page.
Finally we decided to scale our mechanic shapes and let the pages 1:1.
Main reasons were:
* Easier for the user
* Possibility to mix different scalings on the same page (e.g. schematics and mechanics)

but in the end - no one see the DIN-rail after devices are shapped in 

So true, for that reason it wasn't worth the effort...

Attached another experiment using custom dash type.

Greetings from Paderborn

[zhuravsky]

One more variant

[Thomas Winkel]

Ah, using fill pattern, nice.
Behaves better than the dash type variant.
And much easier / faster to implement as formulas in the geometry section.
Thanks for sharing.

[zhuravsky]

If somebody needs I had somewhere also some shapes for Rittal, made with custom fill patterns. Let me know...

[hidden layer]

Hi,
I made them (#2) for my personal purpose.
maybe I made the "mistake" to locate the connection point to the position where the terminals are latching on the top of the DIN-rail...the middle would be easier to maintain for the rails presented here.
Feel free to download, modify and improve them. After that we'd like if you share them with us
I guess Thomas' shapes are made to support a company-workflow with ability to create lists etc. not sure if he'd share it...but in this forum there are some very interesting discussions about how to create wire (or terminal) lists. I hadn't the time or necessity to adapt one because for this I have E-PLAN.

cheers!

[Thomas Winkel]

Are the DIN Rail components, like the terminal blocks and fuse holders, part of a library that is downloadable or are they your own personal created shapes?

These shapes are part of our Visio based ECAD tool.
I cannot publish them now.
Maybe I will publish some demo shapes later this year together with the software.

I think your shapes are very convenient.
Are the cables hand drawn with connection points at the shapes?
We don't have any support for cables in mechanic view, only in schematic view. But I like the idea.

[Thomas Winkel]

If somebody needs I had somewhere also some shapes for Rittal, made with custom fill patterns. Let me know...

How about an open source shape database as community project here at Visguy?
With preview, search, filter and stencil generator?

[Yacine]

Thomas,
there have been plenty attempts to do so.
All the community based stuff fell asleep.
Only the individual projects are reliable.
Surrogate's shapesheet site
Nikolay's commercial and free tools

versus the open project
last I recall are our projects on GitHub.
You're welcome to contribute.

[Thomas Winkel]

last I recall are our projects on GitHub.
You're welcome to contribute.

Which projects? Do you have ha link?

[Surrogate]

How about an open source shape database as community project here at Visguy?

We have same thread few years ago: Sharing space for Visio Shape

Which projects? Do you have ha link?

There you can find link for this project: Visio-Resources

[wapperdude]

Didn't know a DIN rail could be bent.  Much demand for such?  😆😆😆

Never mind.