Using VituixCAD

[trevordj]

OK. I now have pretty solid enclosure design using a Dayton DS215-8 woofer. See the attached screen shots. I have read over the instructions - several times - for using the main screen and am completely confused. How do I get my enclosure attached to my high pass filter to test the complete system. In addition, I have never figured out how to add actual driver data to replace the default Driver #1 in the cross over design window. Could anyone help?



GaryR

I can help you with that Gary. Vituixcad has a unique UI, but once you get used to it it is pretty logical to work with.

To get your simulated enclosure into the crossover editor you need to click on the button all the way at the top that has the arrow with SPL on it. The button next to it will export your simulated impedance file as well.









Save it somewhere and save the ZMA file as well (option 1). Alternatively, you can drop your ZMA directly into your crossover sim by choosing the driver in your sim at the bottom of the enclosure simulator.



Once you have either simulated or actual FRD or ZMA, adding them to your crossover simulation is easy. You can rename the default "Driver #1" just by clicking on it and typing whatever you want.



You can add another driver by clicking on the green plus sign next to the driver




Now you can add your frd file you saved in the enclosure simulator. Click on the file button

[trevordj]

Then just point to the file on your hard drive. Keep in mind that Vituixcad saves things with a txt extension (or you can choose frd which I always do). You may have to choose the filetype to make sure your file will show up if it is txt or frd.




Do the same with the ZMA file unless you added it via the other option above



Once you point to that frd and zma file you can hook a piece of wire from the amplifier to the speaker (add the speaker to the crossover and ground it if you haven't already). Then you should see your simulated enclosure frd in the six pack of images. Remember, for crossover design this does not have baffle diffraction simulated.

[trevordj]

Then, you should be able to see your simulated box in the crossover designer. You can do the same thing with your tweeter (using just free air parameters) and then start your sim. Make sure you are adding baffle diffraction to your sims until you actually measure. You can do this in Vituixcad as well but I find Jeff Bagby's Response Modeler better at doing that.

[GaryRoach]

Wow! Thank you trevordj. That treatise should cover my questions. I am still working through it. I think you should be rewriting the 2.0 manual. Thank you very much.

GaryR