Hardware Manager is used to price Accessories and Construction Items. The Manager can be accessed from the Catalog/Drawing Properties and located on either the:-

• Pricing > Materials/Hardware page

Pricing > Materials/Hardware  -  Click to Expand

This tutorial will refer to this page. It is strongly recommended that you use the Form button when provided and not the Table button, to make changes.

Handles and Hinges will be discussed in separate topics.

OR

• Hardware > Managers page

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Hardware > Managers page -  Click to Expand

 

Tutorial 1 Pricing Cabinet Accessories

To illustrate the functionality, we will add four Adjustable Legs to a Floor Standard cabinet and then price.

 

Step 1 Cabinet

On the Hardware > Hardware page of a cabinet in your drawing add an accessory.

• In this example, use drop list to select Adjustable Legs and enter 4 in the quantity edit box.

Use drop list to select Accessory item, in this example Adjustable Legs, and enter quantity  -  Click to Expand 

 

Step 2 Hardware Manager

 Now we will assign a cost price to the hardware item.

• Open the Hardware manager by clicking on the adjacent Form button.

Pricing > Materials/Hardware page  -  Click to Expand

• Select the hardware item using the drop list, which in this example is Adjustable Legs
  • Note that this hardware item was created as an Accessory Type which corresponds to the cabinet (Step 1).
  • Pricing for Construction Items is done in the same way.

Use drop list to select hardware item  -  Click to Expand

 

Step 3 Cost Hardware Item

• Cost the hardware item
  • Enter per item Cost as $3.50
  

  Enter Pricing details  -  Click to Expand

 

Step 4 Test Result

Test the results by running a Quantities By Category report, as shown.

Hardware Item

The calculation is the number of items i.e. 4 multiplied by $3.50. Therefore the cost of Adjustable Legs on this cabinet would be $14.00

 

Tutorial 2 Pricing Construction Items

The Hardware category at cabinet level allows you to select the associated Construction Items, as shown in Step 1.

To illustrate the functionality, we will a number of Construction Items to a Floor Standard cabinet and then price.

Step 1 Cabinet

On the Hardware > Hardware page of a cabinet in your drawing add an accessory.

• In this example, use drop list to select a variety of Construction Items
  • as shown, we have selected Buffer Pads, Cams, Catches, Cover Caps, Fixing Dowel and Screws
• and enter 1 in the quantity edit box made available for each.
  • exception, we have left Screws with a zero quantity

Use drop list to select Construction Item/s -  Click to Expand 

 

Step 2 Hardware Manager

Now we will assign a cost price to the hardware item and an optional costing for the time it takes to perform the process.

• Open the Hardware manager by clicking on the adjacent Form button.

Pricing > Materials/Hardware page  -  Click to Expand

 

Step 3 Select Item

• Select the hardware item using the drop list, which in this example is Buffer Pads
  • Note that this hardware item was created as an Construction Item Type which corresponds to the cabinet (Step 1).

Use drop list to select hardware item  -  Click to Expand

 

Step 4 Cost Item

• Cost the hardware item
  • Enter per item Cost as $1.00
• Click Apply
  • This will save changes but the Form will remain open to select and cost more hardware items.

 

Step 5 Repeat

Repeat Step 2 and Step 3 for other Items.

When completed, click OK to save changes and Close the Form.

 

Step 6 Test Results

Test the results by running a Quantities By Category report, as shown.

The calculation is the number of items i.e. 1 multiplied by $1.00.