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Tendrils Cables
Patch Planner
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Step 1
Upload a screenshot of your rack
Grab a PNG, JPG, or WEBP screenshot from ModularGrid (or your own photo) and drop it here. You'll drag your mouse from jack to jack to lay cables on top of it, just like patching a real rack.
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Cable colour
Cable type
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No cables yet — pick a colour, then click and drag from one jack to another.
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Canvas background
Pick a flat colour for the space behind your racks.
Add rack
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Splitter
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Help
Drawing cables Pick a colour then click and drag from one jack to another. Hold down the shift button to keep the cable path straight. The wire will smooth out after being drawn and snap to the next longest length in the cable lists.
Cable types Right Angled, Stakkas (Stackcable), Straight Barrel, Right Angle To Straight, Splitters, Mutants (3.5mm to 1/4") and RA 1/4" each have their own plug shapes, colours and lengths.
Splitters Draw a Splitter like any other cable — after drawing, you'll be asked whether it's Mono or Stereo. To connect a second cable, pick a RATS or Straight cable and start drawing from one of the splitter's female ends — it'll snap into place automatically. A RATS cable always plugs in with its straight end.
Editing Click on a cable head to select it, drag an end to change the connection or grab a bezier point to reshape the wire. Double-click to remove points. Copy & Paste to duplicate cables. Delete to erase the selected cable.
Scale Click the ruler icon, then click two points a known HP distance apart and add a cm value for accurate cable lengths. 1HP = 0.5cm
Racks Drag a rack by its header to reposition it. Click the picture icon on the header bar to replace the rack image. Add rack lets you patch between two or more cases.
Canvas background Lets you choose a flat colour or a wallpaper image under your racks.
Shortcuts D draw ·
E edit ·
C colour ·
T type ·
S swap ends
⌘/Ctrl C copy ·
⌘/Ctrl V paste ·
⌘/Ctrl Z undo ·
⌘/Ctrl ⇧Z redo
⌘/Ctrl +/- zoom in/out
Option/Alt + scroll — zoom in/out
Saving and buying Save patch downloads the current layout as a file; Load patch opens one you saved earlier. Add to cart sends the shopping list to Shopify — variations that are out of stock are not added.