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title: 🧵 How to Add Ducts, Manage Cabling, and define IDFs
description: Draw ducts, add risers, and automate cabling across multi-floor projects with centralized IDFs and live switch assignments.
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# 🧵 How to Add Ducts, Manage Cabling, and define IDFs

## Draw ducts, add risers, and automate cabling across multi-floor projects with centralized IDFs and live switch assignments.

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### 🧵 Step 1: Enable Wiring and Ducting Mode

- Open the **Visibility Menu**
- Turn on **Wiring**
- This enables ducting tools for your project

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### 📏 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

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### 🖧 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

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### 🔁 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**

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### 🧾 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

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