Penn Elcom Offers DXF Functionality Upgrade to Panel Designer

	"This release truly empowers customers and expands their ability and autonomy in creating individual rack panels," says Platt.

Penn Elcom has launched a significant upgrade to its Panel Designer software, enabling customers to design and order custom 19" rack panels.

A key feature of this latest upgrade enhances the platform's DXF upload functionality, allowing users to upload custom shapes, connectors, and device cut-outs not available in the existing library, which can now be incorporated into their rack panels.

The company has manufactured over 35,000 individually tailored panels for customers in 65 countries since 2019. This upgrade further enhances Panel Designer's accessibility by combining the speed of a web-based tool with the precision of custom engineering, the company says, helping system integrators and rack builders deliver individual solutions more quickly and efficiently.

Even before this upgrade, Penn Panel Designer already had a comprehensive library of connector cut-outs and was known for its intuitive "no-CAD-required" interface and operation.

In addition to the enhanced DXF functionality, other new features are offered.

A series of new informational icons and data overlays that provide real-time size specifications for cut-outs, ensuring hardware fits the first time, reducing errors and ensuring compatibility before production.

SoftwareThe Panel Designer interface is accessible to those without formal CAD training and seriously reduces the time taken from conception to production.

"This release truly empowers customers and expands their ability and autonomy in creating individual rack panels," says Penn Elcom sales director, Rob Platt. "Completely unique panels can be designed, ordered, and delivered to meet exact requirements, without needing input from anyone else."

Numerous customers have weighed in on the upgrade:

"Panel Designer makes ordering very easy, and the quality of the products is always top-notch!", comments Dean Rowbotham, from Sheffield-based D R Guitars.

Jack Franklin, from flight case specialist Nomad Cases, enthuses, "The software is intuitive and precise, making it quick to create accurate, professional rack panels. A real time saver!"

For Absolute Casing's Sam Robinson, it is "simple, efficient, effective and delivered in a timely manner. It's our go-to for custom panels," and he adds that the logo upload process is "amazingly straightforward" and the new DXF tool is "the most innovative thing I've seen for ages!"

Aramus Raynier, from the London-based lighting rental company, Colour Sound Experiment, states, "Penn Elcom's Panel Designer enables us to move from a concept to a completed working panel quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively."