Category Archives: Drafting

Covering a Switch

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I went to mount the electrical disconnect/emergency combiner in the Vanagon and lets just say that I didn’t leave the cleanest hole. To fix this I modeled up a quick bezel and put it out there for everybody.

This is a neat product for those of us running multiple battery systems in our projects. It allows you to disconnect both battery systems at the same time or combine them in an emergency situation.

I ended up mounting this right on top of the drivers side under chair compartment, where I’ll be keeping the majority of the auxiliary battery system connections.

Should fit the following Blue Sea Systems e-Series switches:

  • 11001 – Selector 3 Position
  • 5510e – Dual Circuit
  • 5511e – Dual Circuit Plus
  • 9001e – Selector 4 Position
  • 9002e – Selector 4 Position
  • 9003e – Single Circuit ON-OFF
  • 9004e – Single Circuit ON-OFF

https://www.printables.com/model/1357807-blue-sea-systems-e-series-battery-switch-bezel

AutoCAD Zoom Extents Issue

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So I’ve discovered a minor issue with AutoCAD doing a zoom extents on a layout tab (paper space), where the zoom would inexplicably move the whole drawing over towards the right and sometimes up for no reason. Every time you would zoom extents the drawing would move farther to the right. I’ve verified this issue in both AutoCAD 2012 and 2013. A simple REGEN would fix the issue but eventually it would creep back in.

Here’s the Permanent solution:

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Go into the Options in AutoCAD > System Tab > Layout Regen Options > and select the Regen when switching layouts radio button > Apply

And now you’re set, now whenever you’re switching tabs AutoCAD is performing a REGEN.