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An integrated CAD capability allows the user to design window, door, and curtain wall products with complete geometric freedom. Special capabilities permit the designs to accommodate the unique requirements associated with vinyl, aluminum and wood construction. Thermal IG’s with complex glazing algorithms provide dynamic switching available to the order entry personnel. Grill design and generation combined with auto-alignment provides complex model assemblies including shaped grills to produce BOM’s for the entire design. A full 3D animated product can be displayed from the design. TDL (True Divided Lites) are easily created with our unique sash subdivider architecture. An extensive library of common mulled configurations allows designers to quickly combine products. The integrated multi-level designer function extends the library to allow design-on-the-fly capability to the engineering department and also to order entry people including distributor, dealer and permitted customers. Architectural Details of the latest product designs are available for export to architects and other users in both DXF and DWG formats. Details include the entire model(s) as well as the profiles used in the product construction. Architects and other users of third party CAD systems can take advantage of the export capability to include your products into their designs. Product catalogs including re-configurability capability can be made available to architects over the internet allowing them to access you products, re-configure them with your restrictions, download them with point-and-click including drawing details and include them in their building plans. Once the building plans have been approved, the retained configurations are available to be quoted by the manufacturer, distributor, or dealer without further engineering effort. Engineering, cost and price changes can be with scheduled dates for them to take effect Advantages of the product design capabilities provide benefits to the manufacturer as well as other stakeholders. Engineering time is reduced as architectural details are available for the latest products on demand. Access is restricted through an extensive security system that grants access on a need-to-know basis. By providing architects with tools to integrate you products into their plans, you extend the loyalty program from distributors and dealers to include these major decision influencers. Architects benefit by having access to the detailed information required in their plans. By importing the DXF’s or DWG’s directly into their third party CAD drawings, they eliminate the need for redrawing the products, as well as providing quicker response to their clients. |
