Using these tools

A quick guide to each tab. Close this any time and come back to it from the "? Help" button.

Rig Map

• Drag components from the left palette onto the canvas — amps, cabs, switchers, power units, or the configurable Amp/Cab Selector and Switched Power Strip.
• Double-click any block to rename it right on the canvas.
• Drag a resize handle (bottom-right corner) to resize a plain block.
• Select a block, text, callout, or divider and press Cmd/Ctrl+C then Cmd/Ctrl+V to duplicate it.
• Click "Enable Connect Mode" and click two blocks to draw a cable — or drag directly from a jack on the Amp/Cab Selector or Power Strip to another jack for a precise, documented connection. The canvas tints dark blue and the button turns solid blue and reads "Disable Connect Mode" while it's active, so it's obvious when you're still in it.
• Every connection can be hidden from the map (uncheck "Show on map" in its Inspector) while staying tracked — open "Connections Log" to see everything, visible or not.
• Numbered Callouts feed the on-canvas Legend automatically — toggle the Legend on/off with "Toggle Legend."
• "Rounded Corners" / "Square Corners" toggles the corner style for all blocks on the wall.
• Amp Heads, Combo Amps, and Cabs: ten presets each, with a small F/B badge (top-left corner) to flip between Front and Back views. Wattage, Knobs, Speaker count/size, and Ω rating are all editable in the Inspector. Back view shows labeled jacks (power, standby, main/ext speaker out, FX send/return, reverb in/out, fuse) — choose Top or Bottom for where that row sits, and the title automatically swaps to the opposite edge so they never overlap.
• "▶ Build Demo" plays a short scripted walkthrough right on the canvas — adds a head, wires it to power and an 8x8 switcher, adds a cab, flips front/back, opens the Connections Log. Your own work (if any) is backed up automatically and restored when the demo ends or you click "Exit Demo."
• Display / Compute Station: screen size, computer, mount type (Fixed or Swing Arm), and swing reach are all editable in the Inspector — for documenting a wall-mounted screen and computer setup alongside the rest of the rig.
• Save/Load JSON keeps your work between visits; Export SVG gives you a print/share-ready file.

Pedal Board

• Drag a pedal footprint from the palette onto the board — ten common sizes to choose from.
• Double-click a pedal to rename it; drag its corner to resize if the footprint needs adjusting.
• Set Category, Polarity, and Current Draw (mA) for each pedal in the Inspector on the right.
• The total current draw for your whole board is shown at the top — handy for sizing a power supply.
• Pedalboards (mounting surfaces): ten sizes, PB-4 through PB-40, named for roughly how many pedals fit. Fully resizable — the name automatically updates to match the new size (e.g. stretching a PB-8 toward 16 pedals' worth of space relabels it PB-16) until you manually rename it, at which point it's yours to keep. Un-check "Name follows size" in the Inspector to lock a custom name in permanently, or re-check it to hand control back to the size.
• Isolated Power blocks: six starting presets (MTR, TheTides, Striker, Yoodoo, Blender, Weasel Audio) with jacks, voltage, mA per jack, and mount position/side — all editable per unit; treat the presets as reasonable starting points, not exact specs.
• Power blocks snap to the nearest edge of a pedalboard when dragged close to one — the Mount Side field updates to match, and moving the board carries any attached power blocks with it. Change Mount Side manually to re-snap to a different edge of the same board. Mount Position "Bottom" renders the block dimmed and dashed, for underside-mounted supplies. Un-check "Attach to pedalboard" for free placement.
• Click "Enable Connect Mode," then click two pedals or power blocks to draw a signal-chain cable between them (pedalboards themselves aren't wireable — they're just a mounting surface). The canvas tints dark blue while it's active as a reminder.
• Cmd/Ctrl+C / Cmd/Ctrl+V duplicates a selected pedal, board, power block, or text label.

Build a Circuit

• For wiring-level work — rotary switches, resistors, jacks, relays — drag components and wire port-to-port, or click "Enable Connect Mode" and click two components to wire them using each one's first port (a quicker, less precise alternative). The canvas tints dark blue while Connect Mode is on, and the button turns solid blue and reads "Disable Connect Mode" so it stays obvious.
• Toggle "Wires: Right-Angle / Curved" to switch how connections are drawn.
• Enclosures: ten real Hammond-style sizes and shapes (1590A through 2U Rack), each with editable Width, Height, Depth (mm), and Material in the Inspector — change any of those and the drawn size updates live. Enclosures render as a dashed, translucent container behind everything else, so components you place "inside" stay visible on top.
• Save/Load JSON and Export SVG work the same way as the Rig Map.