Limit-switch NAMUR plates stamp in Ideogram V4, six credits
The switch-box fascia is the SKU; Ideogram V4 (6cr) stamps the NAMUR / ATEX line you actually print, and actuator-rod travel already shipped — this leftover is the cover, not the cylinder, so do not let Veo invent a contact diagram.
The switch-box fascia is the SKU; Ideogram V4 (6cr) stamps the NAMUR / ATEX line you actually print, and actuator-rod travel already shipped — this leftover is the cover, not the cylinder, so do not let Veo invent a contact diagram.
A NAMUR box is a cover, a shaft, two or four switches, the conduit entries you actually machine. Buyers match the mounting interface and the rating on the plate: VDI/VDE 3845, 2×SPDT, Ex d, the ATEX line you will stand behind in a submittal. Stroke on the cylinder is a different listing. Actuator rods travel in Kling after the cylinder photo is yours already bought the rod on the photographed barrel. This page is leftover fascia. Do not restage the iron.
The cover is leftover from the rod
Photograph the box you ship. Square to the lid. Conduit entries in frame. Shaft boss readable. That still is the print. Text-to-video will invent a cousin enclosure with a cleaner paint job and a second gland. The buyer is matching a cover, not atmosphere.
Manufacturers already have a plant-floor surface. That page is the factory. This page is one switch box. Do not rewrite the plant tour as a talking contact lesson, and do not replace this SKU with a generic “pneumatic actuator” paragraph. The rod post owns stroke. This leftover owns the plate.
If the still would fail a submittal — wrong entry clock, a sister plant’s badge, an inductive flag on a mechanical SKU — stop. Motion will not restamp NAMUR. Argue about identity at image prices.
Keep people off the plate. A constructed millwright walking “how you should wire this SPDT” is a presenter you did not hire. Empty box, authored type. Leave the mouth off the fascia.
Beacons, solenoid valves, and the actuator body are neighbouring leftovers, not this cover. Do not grow a strobe onto a box that ships without one. Do not hang this fascia on a cousin cylinder so the generate has “context.” The rod post already has the barrel. A second gland, a third conduit, a painted-on 4–20 mA flag — those are claims. Photograph the entries you machine.
Ideogram V4 stamps NAMUR / ATEX
When the listing is the plate — a cutsheet corner, a series lockup, eight to twelve words that have to read at thumbnail size — that is a stills job.
Ideogram V4 is the catalog row for words in the frame: text-to-image, 6 credits, posters and logos listed, accurate text rendering. audio is null. No duration. Resolution is unset on this record — do not invent a 4K badge. Quote the string. "NAMUR" and "2×SPDT" and the ATEX line you actually print are the brief, not “a switch box with some lettering.” Case, alignment, how many lines. Proof at 100%. A wrong character is a different rating. A paraphrased Ex line is a forged certificate.
One job for the type. Interface plus contact plus atmosphere is enough. Do not also ask for a full wiring table, a customer PO, and a URL in the same pass. Extra strings are where the miss lands.
If the photographed lid already carries a readable nameplate, keep the photograph. Ideogram is for the graphic you do not have yet. Do not regenerate a lockup you already shot so the generate can “clean it up.” Clean-up that rewrites ATEX is a different plate.
Do not prompt Ideogram to draw a contact diagram inside the lid. A diagram is a claim about terminals. If you need that schematic, overlay the line you typed, or composite a drawing you already published. A generated SPDT cartoon is not your wiring.
Product video does not typeset contacts
AI product video is reference-to-video around the real object: two or three clean angles tell the model what must not change — lid, glands, shaft boss, colour — while camera and scene are allowed to move. That tool exists so the box in the ad is your box. It is not a typesetter. Fine text is the first thing any generative model loses. Zoom to 100% on the pack shot and read the NAMUR line before you ship.
Use product video when the still is already honest: plate readable, entry clock matching the drawing. Prompt only the camera. A slow orbit that keeps the lid. No new glands. No extra beacon. If you find yourself writing “add rod stroke and restyle the cylinder,” you have left the cover and gone shopping for the actuator post.
On-screen copy that is not already in the metal — a CTA, a series nickname, a “request the wiring sheet” line — is add a text overlay to a video. One authored line, whole clip, top / center / bottom. It does not transcribe. Type the string. Do not ask Ideogram to bake a CTA you will change next week, and do not ask the video model to paint a contact diagram into the lid.
Inspect the midpoint of any move. Ends can be held by a still. The middle is where a generator grows a second conduit.
Do not let Veo invent a contact diagram
Veo 3.1 is native audio, official 4K tier, 4 / 6 / 8 second clips, 40 credits. It will draw a red box and letter a terminal map that looks like an LED window. That map is not in your drawing. Native dialogue will also invent a line about “how you should spec this switch.” A constructed technician on a wiring beat is the pattern you do not want on a fascia plate. Keep lips out. Keep type out of the generate.
Prompting “close-up of a NAMUR box, contact diagram on the lid” is how the model picks a diagram from the average of every enclosure it has seen. Average is not your book.
The test: if a buyer asked “which ATEX line is this,” could you point at the same string on screen and on the plate you print. If the model chose the line, the clip is not a listing. Do not overlay a true line on a false lid and call it the box. Photograph this cover.
The rod already travelled. This leftover is the fascia. Stamp it. Skip the diagram.
FAQ
Can I prompt the NAMUR line into Veo and skip Ideogram?
No. Veo is a short cinematic clip with native audio. It will invent a contact diagram and a voice. Stamp the line with Ideogram V4 at 6 credits, or keep the photographed plate. Animate after.
The lid photo already shows the nameplate. Do I still run Ideogram?
No. Keep the photo. Ideogram is for type that is not in the file yet. Overlay any CTA. Send the real box into product video only after you have read the plate at 100%.
Is this the same as the actuator-rod post?
No. That post is stroke on the photographed cylinder. This page is the switch-box cover: NAMUR / ATEX as letters. Do not merge them in a generate.
Why not generate a millwright explaining the wiring?
Because contacts are a drawing you publish, not a mouth. A constructed technician is a second asset you do not need. Hold the fascia. Caption a human only if a real human is speaking.