jazwa
Add numbering / naming option to patch panel
It would be great to have the option to set a numbering and or naming for each of the panel ports. Would be cool if it was configurable, so either:
- Numbering (auto):
1,2,3,4,5,6,... - List of text:
["LAN", "EXT", "RASPI"]
I am happy to open a PR, if you tell me where the best spot for this would be :)
Yea, this would be very useful.
We're probably about to make some changes to the default patch panel: https://github.com/jazwa/rackstack/pull/35#issuecomment-2692344825 and this should actually free up some space for lettering.
If I were to add it it would probably be as an argument here: https://github.com/jazwa/rackstack/blob/179c0e530f774c3e80d4e23a7419dd98865fb64c/rack-mount/patch-panel/patchPanel.scad#L11
and make the changes within that function
Only thing I'm unsure of is how legible the printed part would look like
Getting started on my own print and was looking for this feature.
In regards to legibility, a common printing technique would be doing a color swap in order to make the text stand out. You could ether have the letters extend beyond the top layer height of the bracket (emboss) and swap colors for the lettering, or the opposite (deboss) but this would have a couple layers be a different color, which sometimes isn't an issue. My printer for example can do multi-color on the same layer and would work fine too.
Either way, labels would be great!
