Deck height is one of the most important aspects of a power design. Throughout your design, your deck height should always be consistent. In DIRTT Power Components, you can look in the Distance to Floor column to check the AFF height for splitters and other components. From within DIRTT Power Components, you can select power components so that you can change their height in ICE 2D.
1.In DIRTT Power Components, find the product category for the item that you want to view, and double-click it.
The dynamic view displays additional information about the items in the selected product category. Now, you see products organized by power tag.
2.To view the individual products in your file, double-click an item.
The individual product view opens. In the Distance to Floor column, you see the deck height for the products listed in the DIRTT Power Components Dynamic view. In this example image, most splitters have a deck height of 12' 11". However, one splitter has a height of 15' 5". You would want to adjust the splitter height so that it is consistent:
3.If you want to sort the items by height, click the sort icon.
4.In the Sort dialog,
a.In Column Sort By, choose Distance to Floor.
b.In Order, choose Ascending or Descending, and click OK.
5.In DIRTT Power Components, select an item that you want to change, CTRL + click to select multiple items.
6.Click select.
In ICE, you see the item(s) selected.
7.In ICE 2D, right-click, and choose Move.
8.In the Move dialog, to change the deck height, update the Z distance.
In DIRTT Power Components, the deck height updates. In this example, all the splitters now have a height of 12' 11":
9.In ICE 3D, check your cable paths to ensure that cables aren't looping higher or lower than they should be.
10.If cables are looping higher or lower than required, repeat steps 1-9 to check and adjust the cable connector height.
Caution: Because DIRTT Power Components does not show the actual cable height, you may also have to further adjust the cables in ICE to reach the desired height.
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Topic last updated on 3/16/2023.
