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Hello Greg,

Thank you for contacting us regarding Front Panel Designer.

The hole that you need for a DVI coupler will depend a bit on whose parts you are using and what their datasheet calls for, but generally this will be a rectangular cutout and two drill holes.

What you might find really helpful would be to check out our tutorials available here.

If that is not helpful, feel free to send us an e-mail with more information about your specific part and we can provide more detailed assistance.

Kindest Regards,

Paul Birkeland

Customer Service Manager

Posted By: Paul Birkeland on Feb 15, 2012 04:18AM

Hello Dave,

Thank you for contacting us with your inquiry.

We do offer a material that is anodized on the front surface and chromated on the back. This selection is available in the Materials drop down menu in our software.

Feel free to let us know if we can be of any additional assistance.

Kindest Regards,

Paul Birkeland

Customer Service Manager

Posted By: Paul Birkeland on Feb 15, 2012 04:21AM

Hello Paul,

Thanks for pointing that out to me. The chromated back will work well since it mates with the conductive coating on the connectors that I am using. However, I would really prefer a black anodized front surface that would match the rest of the black enclosure. Is there any chance of getting a black version of the chromated panel?

Thanks,

Dave Davenport

Posted By: David Davenport on Mar 12, 2012 06:55PM

Hello again Dave,

While we do not have any plans to offer the anodized/chromated material with a black anodized finish, we have successfully powder coated just the front side of several anodized/chromated panels black.

This service is available upon request, and it would meet the needs of having both a conductive finish on the rear and a black surface on the front, as well as adding the bonus that the edges of the panel are also coated black.

If we can provide any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Kindest Regards,

Paul

Paul Birkeland

Front Panel Express

Customer Service Manager

Posted By: Paul Birkeland on Mar 12, 2012 07:11PM

Hello again Paul,

I think that powder coating the panel will work for me. I will get into the details of how to get the lettering on the powder coat when the time comes.

Thanks again, you have been a great help,

Dave

Posted By: David Davenport on Mar 12, 2012 09:42PM

Hello Kenneth,

Thank you for contacting us with your production inquiry.

There is indeed a technique to accomplish what you are looking for, but it's kind of the opposite of what you have indicated.

Since we are not able to add more material to the sheet than is already there, you would need to add a cavity to the back side of the panel that would mill away all but the shape of the protrusion that you would like.

More information on the cavity tool can be found in our video tutorial here.

Do note that, depending on depth and size, these cavities can take quite some time to mill, and consequently be somewhat expensive.

If you have more specifics on your application, feel free to e-mail us and we may have some alternative methods that meet your goals.

Kindest Regards,

Paul Birkeland

Customer Service Manager

Posted By: Paul Birkeland on Jan 30, 2012 05:44PM

Hello,

I just went through our forum posts and noticed that you never got an answer from us. My apologies for that.

We had a new release in February that you might want to give a try. Please let us know if the problem still occurs after the update. If so, our software developers would very much appreciate your help in this matter by providing the crash-causing dxf file (please email to info@frontpanelexpress.com to my attention)

I am sorry for the inconvenience and hope we can resolve this issue shortly.

Best regards,

Diane

Posted By: Diane Haensel on Mar 26, 2012 04:27AM