The Engineering Library

Why it matters

A good rack spec or load type takes time to get right. Once it is right, you want it in every scenario and every future project for that client, unchanged, with a record of when it changed.

In plain words

The Engineering Library is a shared shelf of templates for one client. A template saved there can be used from any scenario of that client. Templates are versioned: saving a change creates version 2 and keeps version 1 exactly as it was, so a design built on version 1 can always say which version it used.

What goes in it

Template	Saved from
Rack specs	The Rack library's Save to library.
Load types	The Load types page's Save to library.
Equipment	Real machine datasheets, in place of the indicative catalogue figures.
Vehicles	A copy of a design vehicle with its datasheet values edited.

In Warehouse Studio

• Save: on a rack spec or load type, click Save to library. A changed template offers Save as v2 (and so on).
• Use: in the Rack library, the Preset list groups templates under Library · … beside the built-in AU standard presets. The Load types page lists them under Engineering library.
• Trace: a rack spec made from a template records which template and version it came from.

The copilot can save to the library, list it, and build from a template too: "Use the library's 'Selective 5 high' spec in Reserve."

Try it

Save the rack spec you made in Part 2 to the library. Create a new scenario in the same project and find it in the Rack library's preset list.

Words you just learned

Template · version · Engineering Library.