Cabinet Vision 2020

[Lorriane Nasuti]

Ah ok. Thanks DaveR. I am new to sketchup and trying out some new processes and hoping that it will work. So looks like I have to buy before I can try with sketchup pro in order to check if it will be a smooth process. Have you done this before with cabinetvision? Did you have any issues with the file when it was in Sketchup?

I see. As far as the drag and drop thing, you can certainly do that either using cabinet components from the 3D Warehouse or by making your own components and saving them into a library or local collection.

Hmm I never thought of that. I was only showed how to draw them up with lines and push-pull. That would definitely save time. I will have a look at some of the options in 3D warehouse. As you can see, I am a real Newbie to sketchup!

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Cabinet vision is a drawing program for cabinets that runs on windows 7 or 8. I do not have a mac yet, but looking at a 15" MacBook Pro with retina. If I get a Mac I would need to partition the hard drive through boot camp and install windows and then load Cabinet vision. I am not sure if this is a stupid idea. I am under the impression that Mac's tend to outlast PC's.

If you look at current MacBook Pro specs here: -pro/specs-retina/only the most expensive model (right-hand column and US$2600) appears to have the discreet graphics and recommended VRAM. I do not know a lot about the Iris graphics but MacTracker shows it can have "up to" 1GB but it is shared with main memory (intregrated graphics).

I think you best action at this point is to contact the developer and ask if the program will run on Intel Iris integrated graphics. Otherwise you will be spending a LOT more for a top-end Mac whose video specs are equalled by a much less costly Windows laptop that can have a big 17-inch display.

Okay, so here's what's going on with estimating and Cabinet Vision. Craftsman Engineering just came out with a couple of new packages for Cabinet Vision that'll likely change the way you use Cabinet Vision for estimating. And I mean that in the best way possible.

I can hear most of you saying to yourself, "Don't kid yourself, Bruce. I don't use Cabinet Vision for estimating. We use a spreadsheet because...". And that sentence usually ends with "because that's the way we've always estimated". And then that's sometimes followed by, "I wish I know how to use the Bid Center in Cabinet Vision".

And I also wrote this for the guy in the shop who has to listen to the boss grumble endlessly about how estimating is just a big thorn in his side. Get ready for a raise from the boss because you, my friend, can tell your boss that you read about how Craftsman Engineering is making it real easy to estimate cabinet jobs using Cabinet Vision without having to draw any walls or layout rooms or spend hours drawing up jobs.

Just to break it all down, the Cost-Plus Bid Center is a package for Cabinet Vision that essentially loads up the Bid Center in Cabinet Vision with a bunch of rate tables. And the rate tables are pre-built so you don't have to figure out how to make your own rate tables. It's called the Cost-Plus Bid Center because it uses a cost-plus approach to product costing. That's perfect for what we do in the cabinet business.

And then there's the Estimator's Toolbox. The Estimator's Toolbox is that name I've given to an object catalog. It comes included with the Cost-Plus Bid Center in addition to some other reports and things.

The thing that makes this catalog special, in my humble opinion, is that...well a couple of things. First, is that it includes all kinds of cabinet types that aren't otherwise found in "Custom Cabinets" for example. OK, I'll give you one....there's no base microwave cabinets in Custom Cabinets. But the Estimator's Toolbox has three of 'em. Speaking of bases, there's probably a hundred different variations of bases in the Estimator's Toolbox. I've never bothered to count 'em all up.

Back to the Cost-Plus Bid Center for a sec. I mentioned some reports and other things. I've also included some reports that are handy for Q/C'ing your bidding and to send out with the job later when you're ready to ship the job. I call these the "Send Loose Reports".

The "other things" are some Pseudo Material Schedules. These material schedules are handy to use for those clients who haven't made up their minds yet about which materials they want. I think that's about 90% of all customers! Think of Pseudo Material Schedules as Good, Better and Best options for estimating. You'll have to decide in your own shop how you want to set pricing for these "pseudo materials". For example you might want to include paint grade materials in the Good category and exotic hardwoods in the Best category but that's all up to you. It just makes it easy to switch between pricing options.

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Seriously, now. Can anyone tell me how to use the Bid Center in Cabinet Vision? I'll bet my pointy toed boots that the Bid Center feature in Cabinet Vision is it's least used and most under rated feature.

Just the name "Bid Center" is so wrong. The name "Bid Center" implies the feature will help you figure out a bid for a job...before you draw up the whole job. Is it just me? If you have to draw up the whole job before you can get good numbers out of the Bid Center, then why don't they call it the "Did you make any money on the job you built...Center". Because it's pretty darned good at giving you numbers AFTER you've drawn up a job. I know I'm speaking for you, too, when I say I would like to use the Bid Center for bidding and estimating before I have to spend hours and hours drawing up a house full of cabinets.

I didn't mean to get you all riled up there. The good news is that I've been noodling on this for quite a spell now and I think I got this Bid Center thing all figured out. I gotta a real nice solution regardless of the kind of cabinet business you run...commercial or residential. The Cost-Plus Bid Center data set add on for Cabinet Vision is an estimator's toolbox. At it's core, the Cost-Plus Bid Center is a collection of seeded rate tables and catalogs designed to help you build professional estimates and project reports. And it's exclusive to Cabinet Vision and the Bid Center. The beauty of the Cost-Plus Bid Center is you can use it today - right outta the box. Think about that for a spell. You don't have to set up the darn thing. You just install it and you can start producing estimates lickity-split. ( That means right now, for all you greenhorns )

I completely understand that, for the most part, commercial cabinet shops have a very different estimating workflow than residential shops do. And I completely understand that there are different kinds of estimates. For example, residential shops get asked all the time, "Can you give me a ballpark estimate to put cabinets in that house there?" And related to that kind of "estimate" is the "Hey, what's your price per linear foot for cabinets?". That's my personal favorite - NOT.

But can Cabinet Vision and the Cost-Plus Bid Center give me detailed, room by room, estimate of a flush inset job with white oak and shaker doors and dovetail drawers with crown molding and granite counter tops and ( I'm running out of selectors )... without drawing up the whole thing? Yep.

OK then...what if the darned customer changes their cotton-pickin' minds and they want flush overlay instead. Can Cabinet Vision and the Cost-Plus Bid Center do that? Yep, again! In about 3 seconds.

With the Cost-Plus Bid Center, you no longer have to spend hours or days drawing up a project to finally discover the price to bill a customer. And what happens if the client rejects your estimate...you've spent all that time drawing up the project.

Where the Cost-Plus Bid Center really shines is that it unleashes the power of Cabinet Vision's Bid Center to enable you to create complete estimates and project reports in minutes without first drawing up projects.

Commercial shops sometimes have estimating departments full of people pouring over blueprints and extracting every nuanced detail of a commercial project. It's tedious, stressful and time consuming. And, most often, the time spent on estimating is not billable time. With the Cost-Pus Bid Center, commercial shops no longer have to depend on third-party software or pages of spreadsheets to produce accurate, detailed commercial estimates. Using the Cost-Plus Bid Center can literally save you hundreds of hours of drawing time on those "Won Bids".

Residential shops on the other hand, especially custom residential shops, have a much more "sales-centric" approach to their estimating workflow. A customer for custom residential cabinets might go through several "rounds" of estimating before their contract is signed. There might be some sort of ball park estimate, and then another detailed estimate before the project is started. And there might be yet another estimate after the plans are drawn up. And, as the job progresses, there could be revisions based on change orders or new information. The Cost-Plus Bid Center gives you the tools to manage all of these estimating scenarios efficiently and quickly.

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