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Its funny how some of my best thinking is done when I am doing totally unrelated tasks. While I was cleaning out my garage and mini-van on Sunday afternoon I slowly started working out how to handle ceiling mounted light fixtures, almost unconsciously before I was aware that I was working on...

Version 0.9.1c - 02.19.2019 - Enabled the ability to draw low voltage outlets, load centers and light fixtures with any wall geometry (removed the dependency on the Medeek Wall extension). The plugin is now fully independent of the Medeek Wall extension and can function as a standalone extension.

Tutorial #1 - Extension Overview: Footnote: The bug encountered at the 16:00 min. mark has been identified and corrected.

Version 0.9.1 - 02.16.2019 - Enabled the ability to draw switches with any wall geometry (removed the dependency on the Medeek Wall extension). I've been blasted with emails the last couple of days requesting that I make the plugin work with any walls, so I figured I might as well see if I can...

Version 0.9.0b - 02.15.2019 - Added additional Carlon and Raco octagon boxes into the Light Fixture module. Per customer request I've added some additional electrical boxes. The full list of junction boxes available for light fixtures is: Junction Boxes: Carlon (B518, B520, B620H), Raco...

Pulling the global settings together: Outlets tab: The estimating piece will be after I release the BETA. I'm almost ready to put this new plugin out there but I'm waffling on whether to spend some additional time on the draw tool and see if I can't make the plugin work with any (wall)...

First look at the output of the Light Fixture Module: The plugin allows you to drop your own light fixtures into the library sub-folder so you can have as many custom light fixtures as you like (and I don't need to spend anymore time modeling things up). The fancy ext. wall lantern shown...

Perusing the selection of electrical outlets and boxes at my local Ace Hardware this morning it became painfully obvious that I should have added the option for "amperage" to the outlet parameters. Standard and Decora outlets now are available in 15A or 20A: I've never actually seen this...

First look a the output of the load center or service panel module:

The inside of these boxes and the breakers are very simple and low poly. The idea is mostly to convey the number and location of breakers and overall dimensions:

Tomorrow I will finish modeling up some typical load centers (breaker boxes) like the one below (200 Amp, 40 Spaces): I'm not going to put any special logic into this module yet, just a simply positioning and selection. However at some point it would be really cool to use the plugin to setup...

Various combinations of QuickPorts yields a number of possible 2D symbols: I've tried to stay with conventional symbols as much as possible. Please let me know what you think on this.

The low voltage module is working pretty good now. I just need to wrap up the 2D symbols and then we will see if I can put together a few typical load centers, and then its out to the public for some BETA testing. A 2-gang, 12 port low voltage box is probably your worst case scenario: Each...

Added the advanced option which will allow for a horizontal mount of any receptacle: First look at the the following: GFCI, USB, Simplex, Horizontally mounted Duplex I will also extend this same functionality to the switch module so that they can be mounted in any orientation.