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Designer handbook

MDCX ships two Designers that share physics and solution identity: Liquid Cooling (cold-plate) and Immersion Cooling (tank). This page is the operator guide — open a published solution code, configure, then hand off to TCO or USD packages.

1. Which Designer

LineOpenPublished codes
Liquid Cooling /design/liquid L1240C45SUR150 (L1240C45)
Immersion Cooling /design/immersion I400C45SUT50 (I400C45) · I400C40ST50 (I400C40)

Draft codes (L1800C45DR220, L450C20DR150) appear as Coming soon on marketing pages only — Designers do not load draft profiles on the public site (D-19).

Minimum required query field: code (D-14). Alias is optional convenience.

If both code and alias are present, code wins. Chrome always shows Alias first, SKU ID small underneath (D-13).

3. Calculation path

One path only — do not invent parallel calculators:

  1. UI updates store state
  2. Store holds inputs (IT, cooling, site)
  3. Engine calcAll(input) produces the snapshot
  4. Physics shared package @mdcx/physics supplies pure formulas

3D and charts read the engine snapshot only. Catalogs load from monorepo city-data/ and gpu-data/ via adapters.

4. Recommended workflow

  1. Pick a solution on product matrix or marketing overview.
  2. Run TCO for site economics (city, quantity, utilization).
  3. Open Designer from the TCO next-step CTA (carries ?code=).
  4. Tune racks / tanks / climate assumptions; review thermal and power tabs.
  5. Download reference USD packages from the product page when needed — see USD output spec.

5. Limits & claims

Related: Product matrix · USD spec · Standards · L1240C45 page · I400C45 page