In the assembly mode the panel on the right holds three PDF buttons. They build the document right in the browser, from the very model on screen.
Which document to pick
- Full PDF — cover, specification by material, assembly drawings for every product and the step-by-step instructions. This is the document for the shop floor and the fitter.
- Product PDF — the same, but only for the selected product: cover, specification and its own step-by-step assembly.
- Short PDF — an overview of the products and the part tables. No step-by-step assembly. This is the document to show the customer.
What is inside the full PDF
- The cover — the order name, the large title, a general view of the model and the table of parts on the drawing: product, position, part, quantity, size, material. If there are many rows the table continues on the following sheets.
- Product layout and top view — the exploded scheme and the plan. These two sheets appear only when the order holds two or more products: for a single cabinet they carry no meaning.
- Panel specification — a separate block for each material: position, part, quantity, length, width, thickness and product. Identical parts merge into one row when the name and all three dimensions match — and the dimensions are compared rounded to a whole millimetre, so 500.2 and 500.4 land in the same position. Merging by position number is impossible: positions are numbered within a product, so “pos. 1” of two different cabinets are different parts.
- For every product — a landscape assembly drawing with callout numbers (if there are more than ten parts the drawing is split into pieces), then a sheet of parts and hardware with the part table and the hardware and fasteners section.
- The step-by-step assembly — one landscape sheet per step: the picture, the number and title of the step, the list of the step parts with sizes and the fasteners line.
What is inside the short PDF
The first sheet is the product overview: a general view and a table of product, size and number of parts. The last column counts the parts standing in the model; if several identical parts are stored in the order as one position, it shows 1 rather than their quantity. Then come the products-and-parts sheets: two blocks per page, each with a numbered scheme of the product and the part table of that block. There are no step slides here — that is exactly what makes the short one short.
How generation goes
- A new tab opens with a spinner showing the current stage: cover, scheme, top view, panel specification, this or that product, assembling the PDF. Do not close the tab — the finished PDF opens in it by itself.
- While the document is being built the PDF buttons are disabled, you cannot leave the assembly mode and the keys do not turn steps. That is deliberate: the scene must not change under the generator.
- If the browser blocked pop-ups, the document is simply downloaded as a file. The file name is made of the order name and the kind of document.
- If something goes wrong the tab closes and a generation error message appears.
The stamp and the footer
Portrait sheets carry a stamp at the bottom: your firm logo when one is set, the order line, the kind of document and the date and time it was produced. Landscape sheets — drawings and assembly steps — have no stamp; a thin footer line with the same data takes its place.