Note For a demonstration of the following steps, click the Show Me button.

Holding down the the Alt key while modifying or drawing connectors gives you full control of positioning vertices of a connector and also allows you to modify or draw the connectors diagonally.

    Connecting a Cable Inside the Rack

1. In the Symbol Explorer, click the Cables folder.

Click the Power symbol while pressing and holding the Ctrl key; click twice on the drawing sheet to the left side of the rack to place two power cables. Right mouse click to reset the command.

2. Select both power cables, and click the Line Color button. Change the color of the power cables to red.

3. Click one of the cables so that it is highlighted.

4. Move the pointer to one of the power connector end points (black square dot). Press and hold while you move the mouse to modify the connector.

5. Press the Alt key while you drag the connector end point to the first of the two PowerHub 7000 Power Supplies. Release the connector when the drop point (red circle) and the M-Power Socket tooltip appear.

6. Use the mouse to modify the other end point of the connector cable to connect to the first outlet of the rack mount power strip. Release the connector when the drop point (red circle) and the F-Power Socket tool tip appear.

7. Continue modifying the connector until the alignment appears correct.

   Connecting Cable from Patch Panel to Wallplate

1. Scroll the window to the right side of the rack.

2. In the Cables folder of the Symbol Explorer, click the Cat-5 Twister Pair symbol while pressing and holding the Ctrl key.  Click four times to the right side of the rack to place four cables.

3. Select all of the Cat-5 cables, and change their color to blue.

4. Modify each of the four blue Cat-5 cables, one at a time, pressing and holding the Alt key while you modify the cables.

5. Use the mouse to modify the end points to connect from the 1100 CAT 5 Modular Patch Panel 32-Port to the top mid-point (key point) of the wallplates.

When you connect to key points, there are no tooltips displayed.

One end point of each Cat-5 cable is connected to the patch panel, and the other end point is connected to the top mid-point (key point) of the wallplates.

   Connecting  Cable from Wallplate to MiniTowers

1. Scroll the window left and below the 3-port wallplate.

2. In the Cables folder of the Symbol Explorer, click the Cat-5 Twister Pair symbol while pressing and holding the Ctrl key. Click three times to the right side of the rack to place three cables.

3. Select all of the Cat-5 cables, and change their color to blue.

4. Click one of the blue cables.

5. Use the mouse to modify the end points to connect from the 3-Port wallplate to the top mid-point (key point) of the three minitowers. Release the connector when the drop point (red circle) and the F-RJ45 tooltip appear on the wallplate.

Press and hold the Alt key while you modify the cables.

6. Continue modifying the connector until the alignment appears correct.

When you connect to key points, there are no tooltips displayed.

  Connecting the Printer to the Tower Server

1. Zoom the area around the DesignJet Printer and the Tower Server.

2. Use the mouse to modify the free end point of the Printer Cable to connect to the top of the Tower Server.

3. Continue modifying the connector until alignment appears correct.