Step 6 – Save the Cabinet as a Product

 

To make the cabinet usable in other assemblies or visible in the Kitchen Planner, you have to create a product datasheet in 3DCloud for the top-assembly.

❗ The 3D model in this datasheet is the base_cabinet.BMA file.

Create a Base Cabinet Datasheet

Click New Product in the Products list to create a datasheet.

General Information

1. Give a name to the product: select a language in the drop-down list and then, enter a name. Repeat this step for each language. This is an internal name; it will not be displayed to the customer.
2. Define an internal reference for the product that will be used in Assembly Editor. This reference is different from the product reference displayed in the Kitchen Planner.
3. Link the product to a product type, i.e. Base cabinets.
4. Link the product to your Brand.

Product Information

1. Define a period of availability. These dates always overwrite the dates set in the catalog.
2. Choose a language to use in the Kitchen Planner.
3. Enter the commercial description and a short description of the cabinet.
4. Define tags to ease the classification of the base cabinet in the Kitchen Planner.

Product Representation

1. Click Upload a 3D model to search for the root.BMA file on your drive.
2. Add a bitmap picture of the base cabinet by clicking Upload a picture. It will be used as thumbnail in the product list in 3DCloud and in the Kitchen Planner.

Technical Information

For our base cabinet, specify the following information. They will have an impact in the Kitchen Planner. Keep the default specifications for the other fields.

• Target position: OnFloor
• Height from floor: N/A
• Manip mode: Rotate, Translate.

The manipulation mode only applies to the whole product you will insert in the Kitchen Planner (i.e. a top-assembly). Select the first two modes for the base cabinet.

Variable Dimension

This time, we will enable the Visible and Editable parameters when specifying the width and the options of the base cabinet in order to make them visible and editable in the Kitchen Planner.

Settings	View in the Kitchen Planner
	![Product representation](/img/tutos/tuto1/kitchenplanner/
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1. Check the Visible and Editable options to allow the customer to edit the cabinet in the Kitchen Planner and choose between two possible sizes.
2. Select width in the ID drop-down list (or create it if need be).
3. Enter a label for the ID in the Display name field. Capitalize the first letter to avoid confusion with the ID.
4. Select Discrete length (mm) in the Type list to specify a choice of values.
5. Enter 600 and Size A for the first possible value.
6. Enter 800 and Size B as second possible value.
7. Click Validate to save the variation.

Fixed Dimensions

Repeat the proceeding to specify the height and the depth of the base cabinet, but leave the first parameters disabled.

Height	Depth

worktopOption

➡️ See Appendix 2 for the list of possible parameters for a base cabinet.

The worktopOption enables the customer to choose a worktop style that is generated by the Kitchen application automatically.

1. Check the Visible and Editable options to allow the customer to edit the worktop in the Kitchen Planner.
2. Select worktopOption in the ID drop-down list (or create it if need be).
3. Enter a label for the ID in the Display name field. Capitalize the first letter to avoid confusion with the ID.
4. Select True / false in the Type list because it is a boolean.
5. Enter True as default value.
6. Click Validate to add the option.

Opening Side

Declare the opening side of the door front in the datasheet of the top-assembly too, because a side parameter has been defined in Assembly Editor.

1. Click Add an option.
2. Click Create new and enter side. Click the cross to validate the new ID.
3. Enter Side in the Display name field.
4. Select Discrete variation in the Type drop-down list.
5. Enter -1 and Left as first possible value.
6. Enter 1 and Right as second possible value.
7. Enter -1 as default value.
8. Enable the Visible and Editable parameters on the top of the screen.
9. Click Validate to save the option.

Now, the parameters and options are the following:

Product Replacement

Add a Product replacement option to create a choice of handles in the Kitchen Planner.

1. Enable the Visible and Editable option to allow the customer choose another handle in the Kitchen Planner.
2. Click Create new and enter handle in the text field.
3. Click the cross to add it to the ID field.
4. Enter Handle as display name.
5. Click Add products to open the list of all the products available in the database.
6. Enter the exact name of the first product in the search field, or use a generic word followed by an asterisk to reduce the list.

1. Select our three handles, i.e. white_round_knob01 , metal_round_knob01 and metal_handle02.
2. Click Validate.
3. Select white_round_knob01 as default product.
4. Click Validate.

You can define a product replacement for the front too, if at least one other front datasheet already exists in 3DCloud or if you want to prepare this possibility. In this case, select the black molded door both as possible and as default product; you may add more products later.

The base cabinet now has the following replacement possibilities:

Save

Click Save to upload the model and its datasheet in the 3DCloud storage. Click Products to see the new product in the list.

When the product is successfully added, the 3D model column displays Yes in the product list.

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Add the Base Cabinet to a Catalog

To make the base cabinet usable in Assembly Editor, you have to link it to a catalog.

1. Click the Products catalogs tab and search for your catalog.
2. Click Add products to open the list of all available products.
3. Select the base cabinet in the list.

1. Scroll down and click Validate to add the product to the catalog.

The base cabinet is now listed in the catalog with the other products.

And it is listed with the other products, with the good catalog reference: