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thanks for your time. Currently downloading/installing..

The download web page shows version 6.0.51 but onced downloaded, when i start it, it shows version 6.0.36.. ?

OK thanks for the explanation. Now i know why it is a fixed template... this enclosure had fans cutout that were too close to the top and bottom, so we had to add cuts to the top/bottom edges in order to fit them (see picture).. that must be why... Only surface finish can be changed. Metal is fixed ...

Hi Matt, We already have a 1U rackmount product that Protocase designed for us in the past (200mm depth). Since we only had the standard 3D files (.step, ..) we couldn't design our new one based on it from PD. So i started from scratch with a 5-Sided Enclosure + Seam Welds Template with 1U 400mm dep...

I've searched through the online documentation and this forum but didn't found answer to it. I managed to add a PDA file to my personal library through the Library Manager. When a start the NEW project, i see it listed under Personal Template but all properties of it are fixed (except for MetalFinis...

thanks, that's what i thought.

just be sure of the alignment in the part editor to insure it's properly align since i cannot check measure in the face editor afterward..

I have made a small pannel with FreeCAD and imported it (.STEP) to create a new personnal library item and added cutouts and nuts to it. When this pannel is added to my design at the backface of the front, the face editor only show the outline of this item and the 3D preview only the pannel without ...

I've managed to continue my project without freeze by doing small changes at a time in the face editor.

If the freeze occurs again, i'll post the debug.0.log ...

Thanks Matt,

I finally managed to do it like you said and grouping them together to have a middle point to center.

Experiencing same kind of problem : when in the face editor, it sometimes lock up waiting forever (leave it for hours before KILLING the application). Then when i re-open, major mis-alignment of the cutout/graphics and the top cover is vertical instead of horizontal... I have to save a lot of files ...