There is some pretty complex math on the Rack shape in the Equipment Rack stencil. This math is compounded by the new adjustable top and bottom pieces.
Most 19" racks are the same except for the height, width and top and bottom plates. If you know the number of rack spaces you could automatically draw draw 99% of the 19" racks out there.
This rack shape was my first attempt to automate this process because I did not want to try and draw every freaking combination of racks in the world. In SI6 when we expand the database to track different kinds of information we will include top, bottom and number of units as part of the data structure. At this point you have to manually enter them in the Visio UI.
So after looking at this shape it looks like I f'ed up on the connection point formulas. They should start at the top of the bottom plate but they start at the bottom of the rack.
I will see if I can fix and get back to you.
Adam
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