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Jetbot Drawings - Schematic Line Drawings

Create schematic line drawings of your projects

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Jetbot Drawings can be used to create schematic line drawings of your project based on the information you provide. For best results, be sure to include a scope of work in your project.

🚀 QUICK START GUIDE 🚀

  • On the Drawings tab within your Project, click +Add Drawing to begin

  • Give it a name, select Schematic Line Drawing, select Rooms/Systems to be included, and enter notes

Jetbot will now create your drawing! Once rendered, you can make any desired manual edits.

  • Zoom, pan, and scroll through your drawing using your mouse or trackpad

  • Hover over an existing wire connection to highlight it for easier viewing.

  • Right click on a wire to change the wire type

  • Drag and drop devices or wires within the drawing to move them while keeping the wiring intact.

  • Add a wire connection by clicking on an open port on a device and dragging the wire to an available port on another device. (The wire will initially appear in magenta as an undefined wire type; right click on it to define the wire type)

  • Delete the existing devices or connections by clicking on the device or wire label, and then clicking the trash can icon.

  • Add OFE or custom items in the Builder of your project to account for an outside network or equipment already on-site. Add as much information as possible in the item description, including the number of ports on the device, for best results.

If Jetbot displays incorrect information about a device, right click on the device to report a model error, and Jetbot will correct it.

  • Modify your drawing to give additional instructions to Jetbot

  • Leave feedback!

While we are still working on building and updating Jetbot Drawings, we appreciate your help testing it out! Please report all of your findings and comments to us by clicking the "Report" button along the top of the drawing, or contact us in Support Chat with questions.

That's all you need to know to begin drawing with Jetbot! Read on for a more comprehensive and in-depth look at all of the available features.

Settings for Drawings

In Settings>Drawings, you'll have the ability to choose your preferences for the labeling of your drawings.

  • Device Labels - customize how each device is labeled on your drawings

    • Device Item Name (3 letter abbreviation of the product category followed by a number)

    • Functional Name

    • Brand

    • Model

  • Wire Numbering - customize the wire numbers, which are unique for each project

    • No Prefix

    • Single Prefix

    • By Cable Type

  • Wire Colors/Styles - customize the wire colors and styles for your drawings

    • Category

    • Speaker

    • Coaxial

    • Analog Audio

    • Control & Data

    • Security/Alarm

    • Fiber Optic

    • HDMI

    • USB

    • Power

Provide The Scope For Your Project

Jetbot will use all of the items in each room of your project to create your drawing, but since there are various ways that those items can connect, it is important to provide a scope of work to give it context. The scope should be fairly descriptive, but it doesn't need to be overly technical.

Scopes can be created for each room in the Builder (or for the entire project on the Discussion page). You can either enter this information yourself, or you can create a scope of work using AI.

Create Your Drawing

After the scopes have been provided, you can click on the Drawings tab within your project to open the Jetbot Drawings page, and then click "+Add Drawing".

In the window that pops up, you'll give your drawing a name, select Schematic Line Drawing, and select which Rooms and Systems you'd like to include.

You'll also have the ability to enter notes and special requests that should be accounted for when creating the drawing, though this is not required to begin. Once all information is entered as desired, click "Create", and Jetbot will begin creating your drawing.

Jetbot will create your drawing based on the equipment that you have entered in the Builder. It cannot add any additional equipment into the drawing without that equipment already existing in your project.

Understand Your Drawing

Once the schematic line diagram has been rendered, you'll receive a popup message from Jetbot that includes two types of notes on the design: critical and contextual.

The critical notes will appear at the top of the message in yellow text, and will address any issues that Jetbot has found with your configuration. This can include information on missing components, or suggestions as to how best to utilize the equipment.

The contextual notes will be written below the critical notes and will appear in white text. These notes include how the devices are connected and the expected functionality.

These notes can be referenced again at any time by clicking the "View Notes" button along the top of the drawing.

View Your Drawing

Drawings can be viewed using zoom, pan, and scroll shortcuts with your mouse wheel or trackpad. Jetbot should be able to sense what type of device you're on, but you can also set this selection manually by clicking the icons on the top menu bar.

Jetbot will remember and automatically retain your selection when you go in and out of various drawings.

If using a desktop computer with a mouse, select the mouse icon. You can zoom in and out by scrolling the mouse wheel over any area of the drawing.

If you're using a laptop, select the trackpad icon. You can use two-finger actions to pan around different areas of the drawing, or pinch and expand to zoom in or out.

Depending on your specific device, a specialty trackpad or mouse may function differently on the opposite setting, so be sure to check it out to find out what works best for you!

Modify Your Drawing

After your drawing has been rendered, you may want to have a few adjustments or edits made. You can do this by clicking the "Modify" button along the top of the drawing.

In the window that pops up, add additional notes and information to better direct Jetbot to your desired outcome.

You can continue to modify your drawing using these notes as many times as needed.

Reporting Model Errors

If Jetbot has made an error on a specific item within your drawing, you can report the changes that are required.

Right click on the item that you'd like to update to bring up the "Report Model Error" window to tell Jetbot what needs to be changed.

You can add notes for the team and specifically reference:

  • Needs research

  • Missing ports

  • Extra ports

  • Incorrect placement

  • Incorrect port placement

If this is a custom item of yours, the model will be updated in your database permanently. If this is a Jetbuilt item, we will change it for this drawing then place it into a queue for verification before up updating the Jetbuilt database.

Manually Edit Your Drawing

It is also possible to make manual adjustments to your drawing rather than using the Modify function.

To change the wire type of an existing wire connection, right click on the wire and select a new type from the menu.

To move a device or a wire, click on it and drag it within the drawing to move it while keeping the wiring intact.

Add a wire connection by clicking on an open port and dragging the wire to an available port on another device. (The wire will initially appear in magenta as an undefined wire type; right click on it to define the wire type)

You can delete the existing devices or connections by clicking on the device or wire label, and then clicking the trash can icon.

Any changes you make can be undone by clicking the Undo or Redo buttons along the top.

Once you're satisfied with your edits, click the Save button to save your changes.

Please note: Saving manual edits to your drawing will disable the ability for Jetbot to modify the drawing. This limitation is temporary while we continue to work on improving this feature, but for now, please keep this in mind when saving manual changes.

Final Version

When you are satisfied with your results, the drawing can be marked as the Final Version. This will let Jetbot know that you are happy with the drawing and this configuration will be referenced when creating other drawings.

For example, let's say you do a drawing for an executive conference room and an AV rack. Those are two different rooms in your project and they will show up side-by-side in this drawing.

However, this AV rack may also serve other rooms that aren't displayed in this drawing. By marking this drawing as the final version, Jetbot will then know which ports on the AV rack are already being used by the executive conference room, and will not use those ports to connect to devices in other rooms.

Now, when you do a drawing for one of those other rooms, Jetbot will only use open and available inputs on the AV rack. Essentially, this allows for multiple drawings to take place without duplicating which ports are being used.

All drawings can be saved as a DWG, PDF, be sent directly to the Files tab of your project, or be emailed to your client.

Submit Feedback

While the drawings feature is in beta and not yet completed, we appreciate your help testing it out! Please report all of your findings and comments to us by clicking the "Report" button along the top of the drawing.

In the window that pops up, you can enter notes to send to our team. Let us know if you are seeing irregularities or discrepancies with the drawings you've created, or just to share positive experiences where Jetbot exceeds your expectations.

We are working hard to supply Jetbot with information for every item in the database, and most items are already included! However, there may still occasionally be a few items with which Jetbot is not familiar (like custom items you've created), and you may receive this message:

Jetbot will work to research these new items in the background, and they will be added to the knowledge base for future use. While this is happening, you can continue working in other areas of your project, and you'll receive an email and a Radar notification once the drawing is ready.


We hope that helps! Please reach out to Support Chat with any questions!

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