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New user here, how do I design a rear panel? I like to have my connector cutouts in the back of a 19" chassis. Do I order my 19" chassis kit as usual, and send in the back panel for fabrication? Or can FPE make standard rear panels such as ones from Techmar, Bud, or Schroff that bolts right on? TIA!

Posted By: Stanley on Mar 28, 2018 07:30PM Category: Front Panel Designer

Seems to install OK but when launched keeps saying "cannot be opened because of a problem".
Here is the error report:

Process: FrontDesign [299]
Path: /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/MacOS/FrontDesign
Identifier: de.Schaeffer-AG.FrontDesign
Version: 6.0.1 (0)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [132]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2018-03-25 13:10:33.961 +0900
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F2560)
Report Version: 10

Interval Since Last Report: 34689938 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 4223
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 7
Anonymous UUID: 701FDB51-C3B3-10DB-A496-6323C8773E1B

Crashed Thread: 0

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/lib/liblzma.5.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/MacOS/FrontDesign
Reason: image not found

Binary Images:
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0x102915000 - 0x1029a3ff7 +libTKLCAF.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKLCAF.7.dylib
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0x104463000 - 0x1044f4fff +libfreetype.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libfreetype.dylib
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0x104563000 - 0x1045c1ff7 +libTKMesh.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKMesh.7.dylib
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0x104dfd000 - 0x104feeff7 +libTKXSBase.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKXSBase.7.dylib
0x1050ef000 - 0x105282ff7 +libTKSTEPBase.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKSTEPBase.7.dylib
0x1053f1000 - 0x105467ff7 +libTKSTEP209.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKSTEP209.7.dylib
0x1054cd000 - 0x105579fff +libTKSTEPAttr.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKSTEPAttr.7.dylib
0x105613000 - 0x105874fff +libTKSTEP.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKSTEP.7.dylib
0x105a25000 - 0x105d80fff +libTKBool.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKBool.7.dylib
0x105e7b000 - 0x1061bdfff +libTKIGES.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKIGES.7.dylib
0x106313000 - 0x106343fff +libTKTObj.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKTObj.7.dylib
0x10636e000 - 0x1063a9fff +libTKStdL.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKStdL.7.dylib
0x106402000 - 0x10669bff7 +libTKFillet.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKFillet.7.dylib
0x10672f000 - 0x106764fff +libTKBinXCAF.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKBinXCAF.7.dylib
0x10678f000 - 0x1067c8fff +libTKXmlXCAF.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKXmlXCAF.7.dylib
0x1067f2000 - 0x106868fff +libTKVRML.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKVRML.7.dylib
0x1068ac000 - 0x1068c4fff +libTKSTL.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKSTL.7.dylib
0x1068d4000 - 0x10698cff7 +libTKXDESTEP.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKXDESTEP.7.dylib
0x1069e6000 - 0x106a12ff7 +libTKXDEIGES.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKXDEIGES.7.dylib
0x106a27000 - 0x106a38fff +libTKXmlTObj.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKXmlTObj.7.dylib
0x106a4b000 - 0x106a5cfff +libTKBinTObj.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKBinTObj.7.dylib
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0x106be4000 - 0x106c41fff +libTKMeshVS.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKMeshVS.7.dylib
0x106c75000 - 0x106d6eff7 +libTKOpenGl.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKOpenGl.7.dylib
0x106dd3000 - 0x106ddfff7 +libTKXMesh.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKXMesh.7.dylib
0x106de6000 - 0x106f0dff7 +libTKFeat.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKFeat.7.dylib
0x106f51000 - 0x1070e3ff7 +libTKOffset.7.dylib (0) /Applications/FrontDesign.app/Contents/Frameworks/libTKOffset.7.dylib
0x107157000 - 0x10715cfff com.apple.agl (3.2.1 - AGL-3.2.1) /System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework/Versions/A/AGL
0x7fff60cc4000 - 0x7fff60cf894f dyld (210.2.3) /usr/lib/dyld
0x7fff8439c000 - 0x7fff84491fff libiconv.2.dylib (34) /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
0x7fff8508a000 - 0x7fff8509cff7 libz.1.dylib (43) /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x7fff8689b000 - 0x7fff8699bff7 libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib (52.6.4) /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib
0x7fff8bfd4000 - 0x7fff8bfd5ff7 libSystem.B.dylib (169.3) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x7fff8e2d7000 - 0x7fff8e311ff7 libssl.0.9.8.dylib (52.6.4) /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib
0x7fff8f703000 - 0x7fff8f81b92f libobjc.A.dylib (532.2) /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib

Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.26 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.47f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x014F, 0x4A4D313036364B534E2D3447202020202020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x014F, 0x4A4D313036364B534E2D3447202020202020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17)
Bluetooth: Version 6.1.7f5 15859, 3 service, 13 devices, 3 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: FUJITSU MJA2160BH FFS G1, 160.04 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0x26500000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0238, 0x04600000 / 3
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 3

Had no problem at all up to 5.1.1 version.

Posted By: O.T on Mar 25, 2018 06:30AM Category: Front Panel Designer

The 3D add on in version 6.0 is great, but much more useful with the ability to export as a 3D file. Any chance this is coming?

Posted By: Colin Mann on Mar 15, 2018 08:11PM Category: Front Panel Designer

Looks like people have asked for this in the past, but a way to specify holes types and X,Y coordinates would be awesome. I agree you can import holes via the DXF command, but you can't assign threads or countersinks to them. Having to manually specify hole x,y especially with non symmetric parts gets very tedious.

Posted By: Nick Anderson on Mar 15, 2018 01:26AM Category: Whishes

the download wont install and comes up with an error saying cant find dynapdp.dll

Posted By: Bob Miller on Mar 12, 2018 12:24AM Category: Front Panel Designer

I have 4 screw holes, I need them spaced 95.02 mm by 42 mmapart. After three hours of futzing with this inane interface, I still cannot achieve that. How is it done?

Posted By: Scott Hamilton on Mar 11, 2018 02:18AM Category: Front Panel Designer