KITCHEN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE

Manufacturing : Specific Features and Benefits


Customise Materials: Users have complete control over material attributes (thickness, colour, finish, board size etc) and can customise these to match their particular business needs.Materials are all managed within an intuitive environment.User can even apply different finishes to different parts of the material.This is important to ensure data contained on the cutting lists is accurate, correct materials pricing selects (linear metre rate relative to board size), correct use of materials in the optimisation process, accurate pricing for outsourced services (lacquering of doors etc), etc.
User Defined Questions: Users can create and define questions that require information to be included about various element that are configured and need to be included in the the bill of material (BOM).This is important to ensure that every aspect of the project is captured and reduces errors and ensures that all relevant information about the project is contained in a central file.
Easily Manage Edging: As with materials, users can easily select from any number of colours, finishes and edging thickness.Edging is applied via an intuitive 3D environment making it easy for users to visualise the edging location.
Associate Images With Hardware: Users can include an image for the various hardware items used in their projects.These images can be included in the picking lists and commercial quotations.This assists staff identify the correct hardware items for a project and clearly illustrates the agreed items with the customer avoiding confusion and possible conflicts later.It also provides an easy reference point if repair are required during the warranty period.
User Designed "Program Language": Users can create their own variables and use these variables to control certain characteristics within a cabinets.A simple example could include a variable called kicker_height with a value of 145mm.We could use then use this variable to control the position of the end.Variables are not required but that can be used if a users wants to introduce them.If a variable is used, it can easily be reviewed, modified or deleted from within the variable dictionary.
In addition to variables, users can create conditioned instruction sets and import data from other mechanisation programs.
Customise Construction Settings: Users have total control over their selection of cabinet manufacturing method.Details are presented in an intuitive 3D environment and parts can be easily introduced, modified or deleted.Components can be assigned unique values or linked to user defined variables.
Easily Create Curved Cabinets or Components: Cabinet and component shapes are managed within the cabinet editor environment.Users can easily nominate a component within the cabinet editor and apply a shape via a graphical editor.Modifying a component (shelf, end, back etc) to include a radius, curved cut out etc is easy.For example, you could highlight an end and apply a circular cut out so the leading edge of the end is in the shape of a C, copy it and replace the opposing end.Automatically the component is available for machining.Furthermore, a detailed and dimensioned drawing is available for the part complete with the specific angles.
Developing standard and custom cabinetry is within easy reach of all users and available in a visual design environment.There is no need to spend hours working out complicated mathematical formulas!
User Defined Cabinet Types: Users can configure and number cabinet types (floor, wall, tall, bench, etc).Cabinet types can be associated or grouped with other cabinets and these cabinets or cabinet groups assigned specific capabilities.For example, you could create type call Base and a group called C1 and then nominate that this group is only capable of being modified in certain ways.
Configure and Manage All Non-Design Elements:User have complete control over every item / article used in the manufacturing process regardless of whether it is visible in the 3D design environment. For example you can control the volume or price of glue used to support a specific component.
User Definable Characteristics for Special Articles: User are capable of assigning specific characteristics to special articles within their projects; plinths or legs, worktop addition, crown list etc easily.
Customise Construction Setting While Designing: Users can access the construction setting for either a series of cabinets or an individual cabinet during the design phase.This enables the designer to modify certain attributes.Any modification are highlighted in the B.O.M and can be reviewed by the production team.

Automatic Introduction of Machining Data: User do not need to manually introduce machine data.The program automatically assigns machine instructions based on your configuration.User can also easily review this data in the Cabinet Editor.Within the cabinet editor the machine data (drill holes, routed components, cam and dowels etc) are all visible.User can also manually enter in machine data if they wish to override the existing code.This features enables a business to be in total control of their machining environment and removes the need for users to introduce the machining data once the cabinetor component has been developed.
Customise Machining Data:Like most areas of TeoWin, users have the ability to add, delete, modify or review the machining data.This is very important if your business modifies a particular manufacturing method.For example, you may choose to use legs with clip on kickers, instead of building the kicker structure, and subsequently need to modify your machining functions.
Visualise the Machining:In addition to being capable of viewing the various machining functions in the 3D cabinet editing environment, users can also access a detailed view of a component complete with the exact measurements between each machining step.You will also see a representation of any angles / curves and their associated value.This is extremely important for your production team as they may like to review a component prior to it being send through to production.
Associate Drilling to Various Equipment: It is possible to nominate which machine will perform a particular function.For example, you could nominate that a hinge will be drill by a machine that has been supplied by the hardware company.
Associate Machining Data to Certain Parts: Machine data can be associated to particular intermediates and finished product. For example a particular finished product could be assigned a machining function like drill, zippers, arches, cuts, channel, specialfunction hinges and handles etc
Automatic Insertion of Bench Tops:Bench tops are automatically assigned to a project.User can also build and introduce any number of pre-build bench top configurations if they want to.Users can easily modify the characteristics of the worktop: material, sides or profiles, joins, cut outs for sink and cookers etc.For example you may like to add a masons mitre and associate this to a particular position on the bench top.Increasing the overhang of a bench top where a breakfast bar is located is simple; click on the bench top and drag the edge to a new position.Print out an automatically dimensioned bench top view complete with internal angles, cut outs, illustrations of the profile or edging, notations etc and fax it to your bench top supplier.
Automatic Processing of Changes in Measurements:Users can automate the modification of the either individual, types or grouping of cabinets.These modification automatically flow through to the various components, dressings etc.
User Definable Characteristics of Doors:User have total control over the positioning of their doors, door gaps, overhangs etc.Furthermore, it is possible to define the relationship between the door, hinges and handles.Machining data is automatically associate to the various hinges and handles.

DXF Generation:Each component that requires machining can be exported as a DXF file an imported into AutoCAD or other CAM application supplied by the company supplying your CNC machine (Woodwop, Biesse Works, Alpha CAM, Aspan etc).
Component Mechanical Drawings:Users can output a drawing for each component with a machining function applied to it.This is ideal for Quality Control and enable users to have a paper / computerbased record for production staff who do not have access to TeoWin.
Cabinet Mechanical Drawings:User can access a print out an illustration containing the various machining functions contained within a piece of furniture in one detailed plan.This plan include the specific measurements to scale.
Technical Representation of Inserted Objects:Sinks, cook tops, columns etc are all automatically inserted and contained with the DXF files.This includes specific details like the precise cuts, inside measurements etc.

Accurate Cutting Lists:The cutting lists are precise and based on your specific construction method, material characteristics, hardware etc.The reports selection is comprehensive and the details contain specific information to make it easier for you shop floor; right down to details on what needs to be carried out on items that require special modifications.
Highlighting of Specials:Both the order entry and manufacturing reports detect and highlight cabinets that are not consistent with your standard manufacturing settings.In addition to being highlighted, details of the special requirement, down to part level if required) are illustrated.This is important as some time special requirements are missed and this leads to error during installation that costs businesses considerable time, money and scheduling efficiency.
Distinguish Between Stock and Non-Stock :Cabinet components can be nominated as either stock or no-stock so that only those materials which need to be cut are included on the cutting lists.Stock items will be included on the picking list.
Images with Reports:Production reports can be set-up to include images of the cabinet.These images are dynamic and represent accurately characteristics of the cabinet reducing error and confusion.For example, if a four drawer cabinet was designed with multiple drawer front colours and different handles, this would be visible in the image contained on the report.
Grouping of Parts:The bill of materials can also be configured to group parts that require specific tasks to be performed.For example, you could group together parts that required a specific machining function like drilling hinges into the end panels.
Ordering of Jobs:Jobs can be ordered based on location, material type, date etc.This enables users to have greater control over when data is moved into the production environment.For example, if you ordered your jobs based on material it could improve your material utilisation as components from various jobs would be grouped together based on the material type.

Barcode Printing:Barcodes can be configured and printed so that the can be included on the cabinet components. The details contained on the labels can be configured by the users.
Connection to Beam Saws Machines:TeoWin can be integrated directly to your beam saws controller or to existing beam saw optimisation software like Ardis, Altendorf CATS, Cutplanner etc.
Connection to P2P or Flat Bed Routers:TeoWin can be integrated through to existing G-Code generation software supplied with your P2P or Router like Woodwop, Biesse Works, Alpha CAM, Aspan etc