How to create additional basic elements and materials that can be priced and listed in quotes or manufacturing preparation when assigned to cabinets or arranged individually
Basic logic
- For something to appear priced in any list, it must have a material, as that is what can be priced.
- Another condition for it to appear in the lists is that it must be arranged in the room. Cabinets can be arranged in a room, and they are always made of basic element(s).
- Supplementary elements are all assigned to the same neutral basic element, so we cannot assign different materials/prices to them.
- A basic element can only hold one material, so we can only price supplementary items if we create a separate basic element for each.
- Another method is to create a basic element without a texture that can be priced and assign it to the supplementary element’s cabinet file, as described below.
The material assigned to the basic element can be fictional or concrete. In the former case, you can choose between several specific priced materials; in the latter case, the basic element can only hold one material, but two steps can be skipped.
Process of creating a basic element
Creating a fictional material
We must decide if we want to use multiple materials with different prices for our element or just one. If we want to use just one material, start with step 2.
- If we want multiple materials, we must create a fictional basic component. You can start with your own group or create the new material in existing fictional material groups. Technically, it doesn’t matter where the new material is created, so do it where it’s most practical.
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Name the fictional material (the name doesn’t matter, the concrete material will appear in the lists).
- Select a Unit of measurement.
- Choose a Type. This will matter in the manufacturing preparation element list, where elements are displayed based on these types.
- The Allowance can remain at zero in this case.
- You don’t need to specify Size, Unit price, or multipliers here; those are enough for the specific material.
Press the New material button once done.
To overwrite an existing material, use the Modify button.
More detailed information about material management can be found on the knowledge base's Basic component page.
Creating a concrete material
Create one or more concrete materials. This material will appear in the lists with the name given here.
- If you didn’t create a fictional material, it’s enough to create the material type in the middle column; you don’t need to create specific materials in the right column.
- Here, you can also specify a size, which will appear in the list, but this will not affect visibility in the planner.
- Here, you can also specify a size, which will appear in the list, but this will not affect visibility in the planner.
- If you want to create multiple materials for this element, you must add several concrete materials to the material type.
- The specific materials created here can later be assigned to other fictional materials or basic elements.
- The specific materials created here can later be assigned to other fictional materials or basic elements.
- If you want a separate header in the material summary, create a new material group where you will create these materials. The name of this group is optional.
- When creating the group, check the Direct selection box.
- When creating the group, check the Direct selection box.
1. Creating a material type
- Name the material. This name will appear in the lists.
- Select a unit of measurement.
- Choose a type. This will matter in the manufacturing preparation element list, where elements are displayed based on these types.
- The allowance can remain at zero.
- The size specified here will appear in the lists.
- It’s recommended to set a unit price here if you don’t create a specific material, as the program will calculate with this.
- Set the price multipliers here; they will also apply to the specific materials.
Press the New material button when done.
To overwrite an existing material, use the Modify button.
2. Creating a concrete material
- You can create multiple specific materials for a material type.
- Enter a name and price, and create the specific material.
- You can add comments, manufacturers, and product codes to your material, which will appear in the lists if set, but they have no other relevance.
Press the New material button when done.
To overwrite an existing material, use the Modify button.
Creating a basic element
Once the material you want to assign to the basic element is ready, create the basic element. You can read more about basic elements on the Knowledge base’s Basic elements page.
- It’s recommended to create the basic element in the "Other" category or a custom group created for this purpose. In the middle column, you only need to enter the name of the new basic element, then click the New basic button. Additional settings only need to be specified for sub-elements.
- Your basic element can have multiple sub-elements, each assigned a different material, and by placing the basic element in a cabinet, all sub-elements will be included. A sub-element will automatically be created with the name of the basic element.
When creating a new basic or sub-element, a warning window may pop up, which you can safely ignore. Just save the file, and the warning will disappear.
- Sub-elements don’t need any properties set in the right icon column since they will be entirely "invisible." Only the material needs to be assigned in the field below the list.
- You can copy a hinge into a sub-element and rename it, as these are only included in the cabinets for listing purposes. Hinges can be found as sub-elements of fronts in the basic materials and do not have their own material.
Important! After finishing with the basic element, press the save button in the top left corner. This may take a few minutes; wait for the "spinning" to stop, then you can exit.
Creating a cabinet
Place the basic element into a cabinet. You can create a new cabinet entirely or place it in an existing one (such as a supplementary item). This is how you can make a supplementary item priceable, for example. In this example, we’ll create a new cabinet.
- Open the Cabinet editor.
- Insert the element you created into the empty cabinet using the third icon on the right side. Find your basic element in the basic element groups.
- At the top, select the basic element group where your element is located.
- At the bottom, find and select your basic element.
- Click the Insert button to place the basic element.
- In the bottom right corner of the cabinet editor’s 3D viewer, you can select the bounding box size. These values can even be set to zero, and the cabinet frame will be this size in the room. Since the cabinet won’t have a texture, it can be placed anywhere in the room with any bounding box size.
- Save the cabinet using one of the save icons in the top left corner. Save the cabinet in one of the folders within the ...Data\butorok folder. The folder structure here matches the cabinet groups in the planner. Where you save the cabinet in the cabinet editor is where it will appear in the planner.
- Open the Cabinet database and, in the identification tab, set the cabinet to appear in the manufacturing preparation and on the price list.
If you didn’t create a fictional material but directly assigned a material type to the basic element, you can now arrange the cabinet, and it will appear in manufacturing preparation and on the price list, depending on how you set it in the previous step.
Setting change of material
The final step is the change of material, or the creation of changes of material if we have created a fictitious material.
- Go to the manufacturing preparation Change of material page.
- Click the Settings / details button.
- On the right, change the current text (likely "cabinet material") to what you want to call the current material substitution.
- Then, on the right, enter the name for the specific material and press the New option
button.
- An "empty" material substitution will be created where you define which fictional material is replaced with which specific material. For the selected option at the top, define the specific material substitution at the bottom, as shown in the image.
On the "red" side, select the fictional material, and on the right, choose the specific material, then press the New change button.
- You can add more substitutions for the same material by only changing the right side in the list and adding a new substitution with a different specific material. Substitutions can be copied and pasted using the usual buttons from already defined substitutions, then selected and modified.
- Exit the material substitution settings with the back button, then select the new substitution on the left. You’ll see as many options as you defined in the settings with the same name.
Now you’re done, and you can price and arrange your element, and in material substitution, you can assign multiple specific materials to it for different rooms.
If you created your material in the Other materials group, it will automatically appear on the manufacturing preparation material summary page. If you created it in a separate group, assign that group to one of the material summary groups. You can also create a new group. Read more about this on the Knowledge Base’s Settings / Material summary page.
You can also assign the cabinet to a separate group for the price list if desired. You can read more about this setting under Groupings on the List settings page of our knowledge base.
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