CM-Cabinets Library User Guide
Pricing Hardware Accessories & Construction Items

Hardware Manager is used to price Accessories and Construction Items. These include:-

Hardware Manager

The Manager can be accessed from the Catalog/Drawing Properties and located on either the:-

Pricing > Materials/Hardware  -  Click to Expand

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

Click to view

Hardware > Managers page -  Click to Expand

Hardware > Managers page -  Click to Expand

Pricing/Markups page

Ensure you have the Hardware category ticked and any other required Categories.

  • To designate the Sell price you need to set the Level Markup percentages
    • Note: This is applied after any markup set against the Cost discussed in this tutorial.
Pricing > Pricing/Markups page   -  Click to Expand

Pricing > Pricing/Markups page   -  Click to Expand

* Labour category must be enabled if labour costing for hardware items is required. See Tutorial Pricing Labour for Hardware Items

 

 Tutorial 1 : Cabinet Accessories

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

This method can be used when pricing legs included for machining purposes on the Hardware > Legs page at either Drawing or Cabinet level.

Note that machining is not associated when legs are added on the Hardware > Hardware page of an individual cabinet.

 

Step 1 Cabinet

On the Hardware > Hardware page of a cabinet in your drawing add up to 10 accessories.

  • In this example, use drop list to select Adjustable Legs and enter 4 in the quantity edit box.
Select Accessory item using drop list and enter quantity  -  Click to Expand 

Select Accessory item using drop list and enter quantity  -  Click to Expand 

Pricing for Construction Items is done in the same way - see Tutorial 2.

 

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

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, except that Type is Construction Item.
Use drop list to select hardware item  -  Click to Expand

Use drop list to select hardware item  -  Click to Expand

A Supplier can be allocated here, especially useful if you want to report by Supplier - See Tutorial 3 below.

 

Step 3 Cost and Markup Hardware Item

  • Cost the hardware item
    • Enter per item Cost as $3.50
  • Markup [Optional]
    • This markup is applied prior to any drawing based markup - Click on image to view associated table.
    • See Step 4 for example of use.
Enter Pricing details  -  Click to view associated Table

Enter Pricing details  -  Click to view associated Table

 

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

Step 4 Add Optional Markup

A markup value can be entered as a number e.g. a number entered as 10.2 would be 10.2%

This Markup will be included in the cost price

 

Test Result

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

Hardware Item

The Markup of 10.2% will be applied to the Cost of Adjustable Legs on this cabinet would be $14.00 + $1.44 = $15.44

        

The above report shows only pricing details pertaining to this tutorial.

Rounding during the calculation process can cause amounts to increase by a few cents.

To calculate Sell price set Markup Percentages per category on the Pricing > Pricing/Markups page.

 

 Tutorial 2: 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 up to 20 Construction Items.

  • 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 

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

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

Use drop list to select hardware item  -  Click to Expand

A Supplier can be allocated here, especially useful if you want to report by Supplier - See Tutorial 3 below.

 

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.

The report shown above only shows relevant information pertaining to this tutorial.

To calculate Sell price set Markup Percentages per category on the Pricing > Pricing/Markups page.

 

 Tutorial 3 : By Supplier

Hardware items, including Runners and Handles, can be associated with a supplier and priced accordingly.

Step 1 Create Suppliers

Create Suppliers using the Supplier Editor button on the Hardware > Managers page, .

Click to view example of Suppliers Properties

Click to view example of Suppliers Properties

 

Step 2 Hardware Manager

Now we will assign a supplier to the hardware items that we created and priced in Tutorial 1 and Tutorial 2.

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

    Pricing > Materials/Hardware page  -  Click to Expand

    Pricing > Materials/Hardware page  -  Click to Expand



  • Select the hardware item using the drop list, which in this example is...
    • Cutlery Tray (Accessory) - Supplier is CabMaster
    • Adjustable Legs (Accessory) - Supplier is AccessoriesRUs
    • Buffer Pads (Construction Item) - Supplier is ConstructionRUs

Step 3 Cabinet

On the Hardware > Hardware page of a cabinet use drop list to select a variety of Accessory and Construction Items and enter quantities.

  • In this example, we have selected Cutlery Tray x 1, Adjustable Legs x 4 and Buffer Pads x 20
Use drop list to select Construction Item/s -  Click to Expand 

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

 

Step 4 Report Test

Important: Ensure that the Use Report option is enabled on the Reports > Hardware page and/or Reports > Other (Quantities report).

Click to view Reports > Other

Click to view Reports > Other

 

Test the results by running a Hardware Report Group (Supplier), as shown and a Quantities report - Click on image to view reports.

Click to view Report

Click to view Report

 

See Also