🧵 How to Add Ducts, Manage Cabling, and define IDFs

🧵 Step 1: Enable Wiring and Ducting Mode

• Open the Visibility Menu

• Turn on Wiring

• This enables ducting tools for your project

📏 Step 2: Draw Ducts and Risers

• Click on Ducting, then:

  • Define your duct type

  • Set either a story height or a specific vertical height

• Begin drawing:

  • Hold Shift to draw straight lines

  • Double-click to finish the drawing

• For multi-floor projects:

  • Use the Add Riser option

  • Place risers at the locations where vertical cabling is needed

🖧 Step 3: Add IDF Room and Switches

• Go to Hardware → IDF

• Add a new IDF room:

  • Give it a name

  • Add a switch, including:

    • Number of ports

    • Total PoE power

• Place the IDF in your floor plan

• The cabling is auto-routed through the defined ducts

🔁 Step 4: Customize Switch Assignment (Cross-Floor)

• Click on an AP that needs to connect to a switch on another floor

• View the cable length

• Open Manual Switch Assignment

  • Select the switch on another floor

  • Click Update

• The system recalculates the cable path and total length

🧾 Step 5: Check Bill of Material

• Go to your Bill of Material

• See the total cable length and related hardware counts updated in real time