20-20 v10.1 Create a Kitchen Design

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20-20 v10.1

Create a Kitchen Design

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Contents

• Performance / quality balance • Good quality

• Photorealistic quality • Add notes

• Add a tag • Edit a note

• Using the shopping cart

• Place items into shopping cart • Using bill of materials

• Display items list • Print items list

• Placing an item into item view • Modifying an item in item list

Finalize a design

• Setting door style • Setting finish

• Set drawer front option • Set construction option • Create quote in reports • View a report

• Set price level

Nice to know

• How to order parts

• Ordering standard sized doors • Accessing spec pages

• Re-order cabinet

• Re-order replacement parts no charge • 20-20 short-cut keys 44 44 44 45 45 45 46 46 47 47 47 48 48 49-54 50 51 52 52 53 53 54 55-60 56 56 57 58 59 60

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What To Expect:: Course Goal / Objectives

What to expect

Welcome!

Welcome to 20-20 Kitchen Design Basics. This course is created for Kitchen Department designers and specialists learning to use the 20-20 Design v10.1 software. The course teaches you how to design kitchens using basic 20-20 functionality. You will also work through all the steps required to create a basic kitchen design.

Course Goal

The goal of this course is to use 20-20 Design v10.1 to design kitchens.

Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to

• Create entire designs using 20-20 Design v10, from drawing walls to decorating final designs

• Render designs as elevation and perspective views that you can save and e-mail to customers for review • Price designs and generate quotes

The tutorial is organized in three parts to give you a gradual hands-on introduction to the main features of 20-20 Design.

1. What’s new & Screen Tour

• More intuitive interface / Fewer clicks / Better - faster renderings • Main screen components

• New icons

2. Basic Kitchen Design

• Switch items to v10

• Drawing and placement techniques: walls and openings, appliances,cabinets, etc. • Placing cabinets

• Cabinet Add-ons

• Creating an Island - Reusable designs

• Basic manipulation techniques: resizing, moving, centering, etc. • Countertop placement and customization

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5 3. Finishing a Design

• Elevation area • Accessories

• Setting door, drawer, hardware, pricing and other Global Styles • Rendering in 3-D

• Item lists • Reports

4. Finalizing a Design

• Setting global styles • Create a quote • Set price level

5. Nice to Know Items

What’s In It For You

When you begin to apply the knowledge and skills you learned, you will benefit by being able to: • Use computer software to create kitchen designs quickly and efficiently

• Reduce your design work by incorporating 20-20 v10 Features

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Create a Kitchen Design: About this module

Create a kitchen design

About this Module

The objectives of Module 3 are to: • Open an existing design and switch items to v10,

• Create a kitchen design in v10. Module 2 covers the following topics:

• Open a design • Switch items • Start a new drawing • Draw walls • Place a default window • Place appliances • Place cabinets • Modify a cabinet • Create a reusable Island • Insert a Pre-designed Island • Create an elevation • Countertop placement

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Create a Kitchen Design: Open an existing .dwg file and save items

Open an existing .dwg file and switch items

Open a Drawing

1. Choose File, Open and then open the Basic Kitchen 1.dwg file.

Switch Items

Choose Items, Switch Items

In the Choose Items pop-up box choose 1. Currently used catalog

2. Select available catalogs 3. Select Automatic button 4. Select OK button.

NOTE: Uncheck “Search by user code first” box when item name has changed.

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Create a kitchen design: New drawing / Save drawing / Draw walls

Create a kitchen drawing

You will need to draw 1 Continuous Wall and 1 Construction Line

New drawing

1. Choose File, New

Save drawing

1. Choose File, Save As

Note:

• Always Save As a New Drawing immediately after starting. • Continue to then Save every 10 minutes.

• Always Save prior to producing a rendering.

Draw walls

Draw continuous walls 1. Click the Wall Mode icon

2. Left click your mouse in the Work Area.

3. Move your mouse in the direction you want Wall 1 to go. 4. Type the # inches for Wall 1 (144), then hit enter.

5. Move your mouse in the direction you want Wall 2 to go. 6. Type the # inches for Wall 2 (144), then hit enter.

Draw construction line

1. Click Construction Lines icon 2. Left click in the Work Area

3. Move mouse in direction Construction Line is to go. 4. Type the # of inches for Construction Line (60). 5. Hit Enter twice.

Move construction line

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9 Lengthen / shorten a wall at the beginning or end

In v10 you can lengthen or shorten a wall at its beginning or end using the “Hot Handles”.

With the wall handles:

1. Click any wall/construction line to select it and display the wall handles. If the Link button is enabled in the Work Area toolbar and the select-ed wall is part of a group, all wall handles are displayselect-ed. In the following figure, the Link button is disablselect-ed; therefore, the walls are unlinkselect-ed.

2. Click the green handle at either end of the wall/construction line and drag the wall to the new length.

3. Click to confirm the change.

• To cancel your changes and exit the Edit Wall Shape mode, click Discard Changes in the Edit Shape ribbon. • To accept your changes and exit the Edit Wall Shape mode, click Accept Changes in the Edit Shape ribbon.

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10 Add a wall at the beginning or end of a group

Complete the following steps to add a wall to the beginning or end of your group:

1. To access the Edit Wall Shape mode, point to any wall/construction line in the group that you wish to modify, right-click, and select Edit Wall

Shape.

2. On the first or last wall/construction line of the group, point to

• the outside point to draw the new wall/construction line toward the outside and right-click, or • the inside point to draw toward the inside and right-click.

3. In the pop-up menu, select Add. A single line and a point are displayed.

4. If necessary, in the Edit Shape ribbon, click Draw Using Back Dimension, Draw Using Center Dimension, or Draw Using Front Dimension to change the wall justification.

5. Move the point up, down, left, or right until you reach the required length and angle.

NOTE! You can click the Ortho button in the Work Area toolbar to change angles in 45-degree increments.

6. Click to set the final length and angle.

7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to continue adding walls/construction lines. To stop adding walls/construction lines, press the ESC key. 8. To cancel your changes and exit the Edit Wall Shape mode, click Discard Changes in the Edit Shape ribbon.

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11 Delete a wall

Note! If the wall to be deleted is attached to one or more walls, make sure the Link button is disabled in the Work Area toolbar.

You can delete a wall using either of the following methods:

1. Select the wall and click Delete in the Home ribbon; or select the wall and press the DELETE key. OR

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12 Change the properties of a wall

Complete the following steps to change the attributes of a • wall or construction line group,

• wall or construction line, or

• section of a wall or construction line (when walls or construction lines are collinear):

To open the Wall Properties dialog box, point to a wall or construction line and double-click, or point to a wall or construction line, right-click, and select Properties.

The Dimension Tab allows you to change the Length,

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Create a kitchen design: Add a basic window

Add a basic window

1. Choose Room Layout, Basic Window 2. Click on the placement zone of Wall 1

Ask Variables box appears for the Basic Window

3. Change window height to 30”, Use the Up / Down arrows click Apply then OK.

4. Move window into place on Wall 1.

- Move your cursor to the Placement box double click on Center / Value cell and type 72.

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14 Place appliances

24” Dishwasher

1. Choose Items, click on Appliances icon. NOTE: Floating appliances box appears.

2. Double -click on the Dishwashers category, click on DISHW24 and then click on Place button.

3. Click on placement zone of Wall 1. 4. Drag DISH24 to far left.

36” Two door refrigerator freezer

1. Go to the Appliances floating double-click on <Categories>, double-click on Refrigerators. 2. Click on Side-by-Side category, and select REF. 2-D .36

3. Click on placement zone of Wall 2. 4. Drag REF .2-D .36 to far right.

30” Electric range

1. Go to the Appliances floating double-click on <Categories>, double-click on Ranges.

2. Click on Electric Ranges category, and select RANGE1 .30

3. Click on placement zone of Wall 2. 4. Drag RANGE1 .30 to far right. Close Appliances Floating box.

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15 Place a hood above the range

You will now place a decorative hood above the range.

1. Click the Appliances icon to display the corresponding dialog. 2. Double-click Decorative Hoods, and then HOOD30-2 . 3. Select Place and the click on the placement zone of the second wall and make sure not move the mouse.

4. In the Wall center field, type 69 and then press ENTER. The hood is centered above the range as shown below.

You will now need to move the Hood down the wall.

5. Right-click on the Hood30-2. Then select Up/Down and make sure not to move the mouse.

6. In the Top field type 27 and then press ENTER.

5. Press ESC to close the dialog.

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16 Place cabinets

Hide Dimensions

Now that the appliances are in place, you can start placing cabinets. But, let’s hide the dimensions, to make the floor plan display less cluttered.

1. Right-click in the center of the floor plan and choose Display Settings.

2. In the Display Settings dialog, click on the Dimensions tab, clear Auto Dimensions -- you may need to click twice.

3. Click Apply to remove the dimensions.

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17 Update the display scheme

Before exiting the Display Settings dialog, you will update the display scheme so that it retains the changed Dimensions settings.

Hide Items

1. In the Display Settings dialog, click Save As. 2. In the Save As dialog, type Tutorial, and click OK. The Floor plan is now displayed without dimension lines. 3. Save your design.

Un-Hiding Items

The Hidden Items tab allows you to redisplay items that you hid through the Display Settings of an Item or to redisplay an automatic dimension that you hid using the right-click Hide command.

To redisplay a hidden item, in the Hidden Item List

1. In the Display Settings dialog, click on the Hidden Items tab.

2. Select the item or auto dimension line that you want to redisplay.

3. Then click Display.

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18 Place Cabinets-Quick Search Box

Base Cabinets

You will now place a base corner cabinet. There are several ways of placing items in 20-20 and you will experiment with some of them in the following exercise. The following steps use the Drag & Drop box method.

1. Choose Drag & Drop box, select MT-13-1 catalog. 2. Type SLS36R in Quick Search box.

3. Drag and drop the SLS36R in the corner of Wall 1 & 2. Leave SLS36R selected (Small blue boxes appear on the corners of the selected item.)

Notice that as you approach the corner the cursor icon will change to a horseshoe shape. The horseshoe cursor indicates that

you are in the corner region. Feel free to resize the window if needed.

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19 Place a base cabinet: drag & drop

As you know by now, 20-20 Design provides different methods for performing a given task. In this section, you will see how easy it is to find and place items using the Drag & Drop List.

1. Make sure Collision Detection is enabled, that is, the Collision icon, at the bottom right of the Design window is pressed.

Collision prevents objects from overlapping.

2. Click the drop-down arrow beside the catalog selection area of the Drag & Drop List and select MT_13_1 -

Schrock Trademark .

3. Browse the catalog as follows until you locate the cabinet we are looking for: - Double-click Base, Door & Drawer w/Accessories, Trash/Wastebasket. - Click once on the BWB18 to highlight it.

4. Click and hold the left mouse button on the item and start dragging it towards the plan. Notice how the cursor shape changes as you drag the item.

- The + shape tells you that the item can be placed on the design. - The horseshoe shape indicates that you are in the placement zone. 5. Drag the cabinet outline to the placement zone of Wall 1 and release the mouse button to drop it to the left of the first cabinet.

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20 Place sink base cabinets

Placing an item using the placement box

You will now use the Placement box function to place a 36-inch sink base to the left of the BWB18 cabinet. 1. Make sure the BWB18 cabinets is selected. When an object is selected 4 blue squares appear at the corners of the selected object.

2. In the Drag & Drop List, browse the Schrock Trademark MT_13_1 catalog down to the Base, Sink & Appli-ance Base, Sink Base Super w/Tilt-Down, in the top third of the list single-click on the SB36STS cabinet.

3. Then click on the left pointing arrow on the Placement box tool.

4. An ask attachment box pops-up. Select “None>> {No sink or Cooktop}.

5. Then select the APPLY button, located at the bottom of the ask attachment box; then select the OK button. The SB36STS cabinet is automatically located in the direction you selected from the previous cabinet.

6. Save your design, which should now match the following illustration.

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21 Add a sink

You will now use the Add-On function to add a sink to the Sink Base cabinet. 1. Click the Plumbing icon.

2. From the Plumbing Fixtures pop-up box select Sinks, Sinks again then double-click on SINK.2TUB.33 3. Move cursor to placement zone for Wall 1 and click.

4. Without moving your mouse hit the Tab key, then type 72 in the Center field. 5. Hit ENTER to position the sink on the cabinet.

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Create a Kitchen Design: Place remaining base cabinets

Place remaining base cabinets

First move Dishwasher into place

You can move an item to a new location by selecting dragging the item and dragging it, or by us-ing the Move command on the Home ribbon.

Complete the following steps to move an item using the Move command: 1. In the Floor Plan or Elevation area, select the item that you want to move. 2. In the Home ribbon, click the Move button .

Alternatively, you can point to the item, right-click, and select Move.

If you move an item to a wall or a construction line, you can right-click to pull it in/out on the Floor Plan or up/down in the Elevation area;right-click again to drag the item.

If you move an item to the floor area, it becomes a freestanding item and you can move it around, right-click to rotate it, and right-click again to move it. To snap a freestanding item/ group to another item on the floor area, click near the alignment line of the other item. The items will snap based on the specified Snap distance.

3. Click to set the final position.

Place remaining base cabinets

Repeat same steps used to place remaining Base cabinets Wall 1

• B27RT Wall 2

• 3DB18SP • B21RTCIWR

Be sure to move the Range and Refrigerator/ Freezer into place as you place the remaining Base cabinets.

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23 Modify the attributes of an item

As the B27RT is at the end of a run it is a good idea to modify the cabinet with a fancier end or side.

1. To change common attributes of selected items, double-click on the item you want to modify and the Attributes dialog box will appear for that item.

2. Click the Add-Ons tab. The Add-Ons tab contains all of the modifications and internal and external items available to this item.

3. Choose Construction Modification {Base}, Authentic Fin-ished Ends, AUTHL-B>> authentic End Base L.

NOTE: The Authentic End is now placed graphically onto the cabinet in the 3-D Display box.

4. Click Apply then OK.

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24 Attributes box

• To change the appearance, dimensions, pricing, quantity or other attributes of an item, select the item on the Floor Plan or Elevation area and click • Attributes icon in the Items ribbon.

Alternatively, you can point to the item, right-click, and select Attributes.

The Attributes dialog box provides immediate visual feedback for the item or component that you are currently editing. The tabs in the Attributes dialog box allow you to change the values of the variables (attributes).

Attributes box has the following components

3-D Display Pane

To rotate the view, press and hold the mouse on the image to display the rotat-ing arrow cursor, and turn the item to the new angle.

To display image in a different drawing type, right-click on the object until you see the drawing type you would like.

General tab

The general tab contains: • Descriptions

• Dimensions

• Vertical and horizontal positions • Finished sides

You will learn more about there func-tionality later.

Variables tab

The Variables tab allows you to view and edit all or some of the item’s attributes. Price: Allows you to review the price of this cabinet across all door styles or price categories.

Notes tab

Use the Notes tab to add or edit a note for the current item. This note will ap-pear on reports and the printed view(s) of the item.

Add a Note

1. Left-click on the Notes tab in the At-tributes dialog box.

2. Type, “This cabinet has been modi-fied with an Authentic Door.

3. Change the Tag Number to 1 4. Click on the Place note on exit box. 5. Click Apply then OK

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25 Add & modify wall cabinets

Step 1

Add wall cabinets to wall 1 • W3630

• W1536L • W3615 • W1536R • W1530R

Add Corner wall cabinet • DW302424TSR

Add Wall cabinets on wall 2 • WEAS3030

• W3015 • WSR2130R • W3615

Step 2

Modify wall cabinets • W3630 • AUTHL-W • W1536L • ID15-W • FPEB-W • MIP • CG+ANTIQ36 • W1536R • ID15-W • FPEB-W • MIP • CG+ANTIQ36 • W3615 • FPEB-W Step 3

Add a range hood

Now add a range hood under the W3015 wall cabinet and over the range.

1. Choose Items, slect Appliance icon

2. Double-click Hoods the double Cab Hoods 3. Double-click on HOOD.1

4. Click on placement zone for Wall 2, then drag Hood to end of wall

5. Lower the height of the Hood by right-click on Hood.1, from the pop-up box left-click on Up/Down.

6. Without moving the cursor, type 27 in the Top field. 7. Now move the object into place by right-click on HOOD.1, then right-click on Center, then left-click on RANGE1.30, then hit the Enter button on your keyboard.

This centers the Hood on the Range.

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26 Create a re-usable island 1

You will now create an island as a separate design then add it back to your Kitchen Design project. You will first create a Construction Line, then you will select two base cabinets to which you will add a back panel to complete this generic design.

Start a new design

1. In the File menu, click New.

2. If you selected more than one document type in the Preferences dialog box, the New dialog box opens. Select Kitchen Design and click OK. (If you select Kitchen Quote, the Item List will open.)

Enter Guest information

1. The Design Information dialog box opens for you to enter Guest, and design-related information.

To enter or modify customer, dealer, and design-related information or Room Viewer-related information, click Design Info in the Home ribbon. The Design Information dialog box opens. The information that you specify here is saved with the current design and appears on all design reports.

2. To edit existing information for the current customer, in the Design Informa-tion dialog box, click the Recent button, select the Guest name, and click OK. Edit the information just as you would for a new customer.

3. In the Customer tab, enter the customer details.

4. Complete the fields in the Address, Dealer, Design, and Room Viewer tabs. 5. Click OK to accept your changes and close the Design Information dialog box.

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27 Create a re-usable island 2

Now you need to create an Island design that you will then save and insert into your existing Kitchen Design.

Create a Double-Sided - Continuous Line

A continuous Line acts like a Wall except that it has no depth and cannot be seen. For this Island, a Double-Sided Continuous Line allows you to place cabinets on one side and a back panel on the other side.

1. In the Room Layout ribbon, select a Double-Sided - Continuous Lines Wall shape. 2. Click in the Floor Plan area to start drawing and open the Edit Shape ribbon. 3. Move the pointer down to begin drawing, then type 60 in the Length field 60. 4. Press ESC or click Discard Changes in the Edit Shape ribbon

Place Base Cabinets Onto the Construction Line

1. On the Right side of the Continuous Line place a 2DB30RT and a BSC30PR

Place Back Panel Onto the Back Side of Construction Line

1. On the Left side of the Continuous line place a BP9634.5CRSGR (back panel made for Base cabinets)

2. Drag 7 Drop the back panel to anywhere on the continuous line and click.

3. 20-20 is now looking for the first point of the back panel, click on the upper left corner of the Continuous Line.

4. The type 60 in the Length field of the Edit Wall dialog box.

Add a Countertop

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28 Create a reusable island 3

Add Countertop to the Island

1. To add countertops and related items on a series of adjacent cabinets, click the Countertops icon from the Items ribbon.

You can also select a countertop or a related component through the Drag and Drop List. 2. From the Countertops dialog box double-click Counter Tops.

3. Then double-click SL.KIT-TOP>> Slab Kitchen Top 4. Double-click 25KIT-TOP>>Kitchen Top 25” 5. Double-click 8x25KITT

Edit a Countertop

The countertop is now placed on top of the Island, but it needs to be modified to fit our needs. 1. Left-click on the countertop (countertop is the redline), then right-click.

(Corners appear with blue boxes) And a menu of options appears.

2. Select Edit Shape. (The blue corner boxes now appear as square shapes with no blue) 3. Right-click on the bottom countertop line, then move the line in until it has a 3” overhang. 4. Repeat above step with Left and Top countertop lines, both with 3” overhang.

Your countertop should now look like this.

Save Island Design

1. Select from File ribbon, Save As, then select Save As icon 2. Type “Island 1” in the File name field then hit the Save button.

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29 Insert pre-designed island

Insert a File

1. In File menu, click Insert 20-20 File.

2. In the Look in field of the Insert 20-20 File dialog box, select the drive and/or folder that contains the file. 3. Select the Show preview check box if you want to see a preview image of the selected drawing.

4. In the Files of type field, select the file type.

5. Select the file to insert and then click Insert. Alternatively, you can double-click the file.

6. When the outline of the drawing appears on the Floor Plan area, position it on the current design and then click to set.

Drawing should now look like this.

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30 Add trim items

1. To draw trims such as moldings and toe kicks for a series of adjacent cabinets, click this icon in the Items ribbon. You can also select trimmings through the Drag and Drop List.

Make sure that you have the correct Catalog selected. 2. Double-click Toekicks category.

3. Double-click TB8WD14 Toeboard

5. Click on the B27RT base cabinet.

The toekick is now placed on the B27RT cabinet.

6. Repeat steps 2 - 5 on all remaining cabinets in the Kitchen Design

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31 Add countertops automatically

1. Click this icon in the Items ribbon.

2. To add countertops, splashes, edges, moldings, soffits, and/or toe kicks, check the corresponding option in the leftmost portion of the Countertops & Trims dialog. For the items you do not want to add, leave the check box blank.

3. Under the Catalog column, click the drop-down arrow to choose a catalog for each item you intend to draw. The default catalog shown is the one that was assigned through the Preferences menu.

4. Under the Model column, click the drop-down arrow to choose a model. If you do not want to see the user code of the items in the selections, uncheck the Show item codes box.

5. Click the Add button to close the dialog and add the selected items. To revolve added items, add a check mark to them and click the Delete button.

When the countertop or trim model selected exceeds the maximum dimensions, conflicting sections are identified with a hatched pattern.

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32 Edit a countertop

Overall Commands

When you right-click a surface item (countertop, for example), the following commands appear:

Basic edits to countertops

The following left-click commands provide basic editing functionality.

Remember that you must first right-click the surface or linear item you wish to modify and select Edit Shape to access the Edit Shape mode. Then you can:

Left-click inside a section for a surface item to move the item, for example, to move a lunch coun-ter on the edge of a cabinet.

Press the CTRL key then left-click a point, a line or an item to move it any direction.

Left-click a point to drag a point. Left-click a line to drag the line.

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33 Finishing a design

Working with elevations

• Adjusting elevation area size

• Adding a side elevation view

• Delete an elevation view

• Viewing multiple elevations in one viewing area

Using v10 Rendering Tools

• Create a rendered elevation

• Create a top-view rendering

• Create an isometric view

• Changing rendering settings

• Adjusting images in a rendering

Using notes in a floor plan

• Placing notes

• Add a tag to create a list

• Edit a note

• Adding a note to a specific cabinet

Using shopping cart & bill of materials

• Place items into shopping cart / accessories

• Bill of materials

• Viewing bill of materials

• Placing items into non-planned items

• Modifying an item in bill of materials

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34 Working in elevation view

Use this command to display one or more walls in Elevation (front 2-D view)

Add elevation area

1. To display wall 1 of your design in Elevation, double-click the placement zone. Alternatively you could go to Room Layout ribbon, select the Elevation icon 2. The elevation area will appear above the Design Floor Plan

To display two or more walls in elevation

1. First select the wall placement zones while pressing the CTRL key 2. Then press CTRL+K or click Add Elevation in the Room Layout ribbon.

To resize an elevation area

1. Resize the height of the Elevation area with the horizontal split bar .

This split bar appears when you point to the border separating the Floor Plan and the Elevation area.

Note! The program records the last position that you set for the split bar for the next Elevation.

Resize the width of two or more Elevation areas with the vertical split bar . This split bar appears when you point to the border separating each Eleva-tion area. This also allows you to work on one wall/construcEleva-tion line ElevaEleva-tion and hide the others.

Delete an elevation area

1. Click on the elevation you want to delete.

2. From the Room Layout ribbon select Delete Elevation icon

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35 Working with renderings

Create a Front View

The Front view displays a 2-D front graphic of selected walls. The number of rendering windows is equal to the number of selected walls.

Complete the following steps to generate a Front view rendering for Wall 1:

1. Select the placement zones (dotted lines) of the wall(s) that you want to include in the view.

2. In the Presentation ribbon, click Front View .

Set Rendered Settings with Rendering Dashboard

When it is not in use, the Dashboard disappears, providing an unimpeded view of the rendering.

The following settings are embedded in the Dashboard: 1. Move your cursor to the Rendering Dashboard. 2. Click on the View Mode/Quality icon.

3. Select Hidden Line mode.

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36 Rendering dashboard

All rendering settings are accessible from the Dashboard, making rendering setup more dynamic as controls are grouped in a single tool. You can navigate in different modes based on preferences or specific use.

The Dashboard disappears when not used to allow a complete view of the rendering. Settings embedded in the Dashboard include: • Rendering quality modes

• Real-time sun and ceiling light placement • Light intensity

• Clipping positioning

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37 Textures / displays settings

Displays a window where you can assign a texture/color to the floor, ceiling and background. You can also show or hide the ceiling an floor and change the display settings of items on the current rendering.

To show or hide the Floor or the Ceiling, check or uncheck the corresponding box in front of

Visible. The Browse button for Texture Selection leads to the Textures dialog.

Background Color changes the background of the rendering.

Display Settings lets you control what you see on the graphic as you would for the floor plan.

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38 Light effects

Sun

Ceiling

Scene (room)

To quickly render without worrying about other settings, click the drop-down arrow beside Auto Lighting Intensity and choose the required intensity. We recommend 40 watts.

The Auto Lighting feature calculates both the dimensions of your room(s) and any substantial piece of furniture or decoration you place in the middle of the layout and adds lighting accordingly. For best effects, make sure you have a flooring present added either through the Floor option Textures/Dis-play Settings dialog or through Surface Tool.

If you add an Ambient Light, move the slide bar until you get the desired effect.

To see your additional light sources such as lamps and spots, check Visible for User Light Intensity and move the slider bar to the desired light inten-sity.

*** To better see the Ambient Light and the User Light, turn off the Auto Lighting ***

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39 Clipping a rendering

Clipping allows you to change the angle of the camera and to either clip an area of the floor plan or clip away an objet.

To change the viewing position only (Camera), move the camera icon on the Floor Plan View of the Clipping window.

To change the camera angle, click-hold the angle point, move to the desired angle and release the mouse.

To clip an area of the rendering as the camera enters it, click Camera under Clipping

Mode and then move the slider bar under Clipping Plan.

To clip an object as the camera gets near or passed it (to make the object disappear), click Object and then move the slider bar until the object is cropped in part or in whole.

Rendering being clipped

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40 View mode / quality

Remember that a lower quality texture rendering will display faster.

Global illumination can be used on average resolution graphics cards without requiring too much

rendering time. It produces amazing results!

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41 Create a top view rendering

The top view is where a picture is taken from the ceiling looking straight down. This view allows you to check clearances and other clearances. 1. To generate a 3-D Top view rendering, in the Presentation ribbon, click Top View.

Resize to fit screen

1. From the Rendering Dashboard select Fit to Window icon. This command resizes the rendered image to fit the screen.

Change Image Mode

1. From the Rendering Dashboard select View Mode/Quality icon. 2. Select Hidden Line mode.

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42 Create an isometric view

An isometric view is a 3-dimensional view looking down from the top at an angle.

1. To generate an isometric view rendering, in the Presentation ribbon, click Isometric View icon.

Rotate and zoom an isometric view

To change the generated view to the view you need: Rotate a rendered view

1. Click anywhere on the rendered drawing, a rotate cursor will appear.

2. Move your mouse left, right or up, down and the drawing rotates accordingly. Zoom In/Out or Up/Down

1. From the Rendering Dashboard select the Orbit/Pan icon

• This icon allows you to pan or rotate the image up/down, left/right. • The Plus+ and Minus- buttons zoom in or out based on the

current rendering position.

Play with this setting!

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43 Create a perspective view

A perspective view is a 3-dimensional view as if you are standing in the room. 1. To generate a perspective view rendering, in the Presentation ribbon, click Perspective View icon.

Change the lighting - add sunlight

1. To change the lighting in the Rendering Dashboard select the Light Effects icon.

2. In the Light Mode pane, select Sun.

3. In the Sunlight Properties pane, select or clear the Visible check box. 4. To position the sunlight, press and hold the mouse button while moving the sun to the best location in the Sunlight Properties preview pane; refer to the rendering to see how the sunlight will appear on the rendering.

Save a rendered image

1. To save a rendered image in the Rendered ribbon, go to the Render ribbon - located top left of your work area screen.

2. Click on Manage Views icon.

3. The Manage Views icon opens the View Utilities dialog box, where yo can rename or delete saved views.

4. Select the Save as icon from the Manage Views dialog box. And give the view a name.

5.

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44 Suggested rendering settings

Use the following combinations as a reference for creating renderings. After you become familiar with these, we encourage you to explore the many other combinations that are possible.

Performance first

• Use Texture and Color Low or Medium Quality modes • Select 40 watts for Auto Lighting

• Set Shape display quality option (Preferences dialog box, Rendering Performance) to Draft

Performance/Quality balance

• Use Texture in Medium Quality mode

• To reduce “staircase” effect, use Texture High Quality instead of Texture Medium Quality • Use Auto Lighting

• Set Shape display quality option (Preferences dialog box, Rendering Performance) to Draft or Normal

Good Quality

• Use Texture High Quality mode • Use Auto Lighting

• Set Shape display quality option (Preferences dialog box, Rendering Performance) to Best

Photorealistic Quality

• A fast machine with a lot of memory is a MUST. IT TAKES TIME !!! • Select Good Quality for all settings

• Use Global Illumination • The room needs to be closed

• Always assign a Floor and Ceiling texture

• Add at least one window to your design (for sunlight effect) • Carefully place sun for the best effect

• Ambient light should not be greater than 1

Lighting, lighting, and lighting, the secret of a nice rendering! (Check light sources, such as re-cessed spots and lamps, in the ROOM catalogs.)

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45 Add notes on a floor plan

A floor plan note can be used to inform an installer how and where to install a certain cabinet or accessory, or of the placement of a certain accessory. Complete the following steps to add a note to a Floor Plan or Elevation area with or without a tag number:

1. In the Annotations ribbon, click Add Note. Then type “Includes: STKMLD18, TB*-WD14, OCM8”.

2. To place the note, position the floating text box on the Floor Plan or Elevation area and click to set the final position or right-click to rotate the note before setting the final position.

Add a tag to create a list

1. Select the note, right-click, and select Add Tag. 2. When the information message appears, click OK.

3. In the Add/Edit Note dialog box, enter a tag number in the Tag number field and click OK. 4. Move the new tag to the required position and click to confirm the location, or right-click to rotate the note and click to set.

Edit a note

1. Right-click on the Note and select Edit. 2. Modify your Text and click OK.

Also on this menu, the note can be moved, rotated and deleted. Finishing a design: Add notes

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46 Using shopping cart

Place items into shopping cart / Accessories

The Accessories & Extra Costs command allows you to add items that will ap-pear on reports, but not on the design.

Complete the following steps to use the Accessories & Extra Costs command: 1. In the Items ribbon, click the Accessories & Extra Costs icon.

The Item List appears and the Accessories & Extra Costs dialog box opens. 2. In the dialog box, type “OCM8” in the quick search box.

3. Select the item and click Place to add the item to the Accessories and Extra

Costs tab of the Item List.

4. Select the quantity. Type “1”.

The OCM8 has now been added to the Accessories & Extra Costs.

4. Now you can either make another selection or click Close to close the dialog box. Click Close.

5. To return to the Floor Plan/Elevation of the design, click the Show Design icon in the Quick Access toolbar.

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47 Using item list - bill of materials

Item List is similar to Shopping Cart, except it has a place for every item in the design, including OCM8 and other accessories.

The Item List allows you to edit and delete items. You can also add items, accessories, and extra costs that you may not want to show on the design, but want to price nonetheless.

The Item List contains several configurable default tabs.

To display the Item List: Use one of the following methods:

1. Click the Show Item List button on the Quick Access toolbar.

2. Click Item List in the Items ribbon.

To print the Item List

1. Use File, Print.

Items have been

placed into the floor plan. An item cannot be drug into this view, only into the floor plan.

Accessories are

any items from the Catalogs Ac-cessory Category or an item placed into the

Shop-ping Cart

Calculated Items

are any Molding placed on the floor plan. This is where mouldings are priced and counted.

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48 Using item list - bill of materials

Placing an item into item view

1. In the Quick Search box located at the bottom of the Item List view type “F330” and double-click it into Items.

Modifying an item in graphic items

1. Point to the line of the Item you want to change or modify - right-click on W1536L item.

2. Select Attributes.

The Attributes dialog box opens. 3. Select Add-Ons tab.

4. Select CG+FROST36 and deselect CG+ANTIQ36 5. Repeat steps 1 - 4 for W1536R

If you select a line that holds more than one item, you must first choose the item to edit. Once edited, this item is listed separately.

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49 Finalize a design

Selecting styles and pricing options

• Selecting a door style • Selecting a finish

• Selecting a drawer front option • Selecting a construction upgrade • Selecting a price level

Create a quote with reports

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50 Setting styles & price level

For a 20-20 design you need to select Door Style, Finish that you want to apply to the entire order along with any other Global Options that you want on your order. In the Items ribbon you will find the Styles & Pricing icon.

Set door style

1. To select door, drawer and pull models, as well as premiums and/or finishes that affect views and optionally pricing, go to the Items ribbon and

click on the Styles and Pricing icon.

2. On the left side, you see the catalogs used for the current design. Click the required catalog - MT_13_1.

3. The items listed under the Style column vary depending on the content of the catalog.

4. Click on Base Door

A dialog box appears presenting you with all possible selections. 5. Select Wood Type - Maple

6. Scroll down and select Carmin Maple Square - Click on Select button. Repeat for Wall Door

7. To unset a style, click it and then click the Unset button.

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51 Set finish

1. Stay in the Styles and Pricing dialog box. 2.. Double-click on Finish Options

A Finishes pop-up box appears 4. Select Wood Species - Maple

5. Scroll down to select the Maple finish that you would like - Sahara A dialog box appears presenting you with all possible selections. 5. Click Select for your option

6. To deselect a Finish go back to Styles & Pricing dialog box, select Finish Options, and then select the Unset button.

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52 Set drawer front option

1. Stay in the Styles and Pricing dialog box. 2.. Double-click on Drawer Front Option A Drawer Front pop-up box appears

4. Select Drawer Front Option- 5-Piece Fronts {Carmin} 5. Click Select button for your option

6. To deselect a Drawer Front Option go back to Styles & Pricing dialog box, select Drawer Front Option, and then select the Unset button.

Set Construction Option

1. Stay in the Styles and Pricing dialog box. 2.. Double-click on Construction Option A Construction pop-up box appears

4. Select Construction - Plywood Ends Construction (PE) 5. Click Select button for your option

6. To deselect a Construction Option go back to Styles & Pricing dialog box, select Construction Option and then select the Unset button.

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53 Create a quote with reports

Create a quote

1. In the Presentation ribbon, click Reports . The Report Dialog dialog box opens.

2. Select the report type - Quote - in the Report Dialog dialog box. 3. Click OK

The Options dialog box opens.

4. From the Sort Order: field select Wall/Base/Tall

5. From the Nomenclature: field select User codes & Descriptions 6. Make sure a check mark is in the following fields:

• Project Note • Design Note • Page numbers • Print date • Style Info: • List Items • Item Price

View a report

7. Click View button to open a report. 8. Click Save to save a report.

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54 Set price level

In this section you will set the Price Level for your design. 1. Click the Price Levels tab.

2. From Items ribbon select Styles and Pricing, then left-click on Price Levels tab of the Styles & Pricing dialog box. 3. On the left side, you can see the catalogs used for the current design. Click a catalog to select price levels.

4. Click the drop-down arrow beside Common price level and make a selection. In this case the price level is equal to the door style.

NOTE: Picking the door style in the Price Levels tab does not mean that you have selected the door style for Graphics. You select the door style for graphics separately from pricing in the Catalog Styles tab.

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55 Nice to know

How to order parts

How to order standard doors

Accessing embedded Specification pages

How to re-order Items No-Charge

20-20 Short-Cut keys

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56 Parts

Schrock makes it easy for you design with and to order parts.

To find a part that you need in the Schrock catalogs

1. Type the name of the cabinet that you need a part for in the Quick

Search box along with a “.” in front of the cabinet name.

For example if you need a Door for a B18L type “.B18L”.

All of the re-orderable parts for a B18L now appear in the drag & drop box. Alternatively , you could drill down through the Drag & Drop by:

1. Choosing Cabinet Parts, then finding the cabinet B18L which would be in Base, Door & Drawer, B18L. Then the same list of orderable parts appear.

Ordering parts

1. Once you have located the part that you need, then drag & drop the part onto the floor plan.

Parts that have a shape, such as DOOR NHR.DOOR, SHELF and TOP.

DRAWER will have a graphic appear.

Using a standard sized door to use in your design

1. In Drag & Drop catalog select Cabinet Parts, then drill down to any cabinet.

2. Right-click on that cabinet. Pop-up box appears. 3. Right click on Specs.

4. Pop-up box contains list of all standard full and partial overlay door sizes.

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57 Accessing embedded specification pages

The Schrock 20-20 catalogs contain a PDF version of the current Schrock Specifications

Guide.

To view these pages.

1. Right click on any SKU within the Drag & Drop catalog. 2. From the pop-up box menu select Specs.

The page on which the SKU appears in the specifications manual will be displayed in a PDF format which can then be searched, resized or printed.

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58 20-20 Short-Cut Keys

Edit, Select All

Place, Openings & Obstacles Edit, Copy

Place, Countertops File, New from Template View, Zoom Region Place, Add-Ons Place, Variations

View, Add Elevation Area Full, Incremental Save Place, Miscellaneous Items File, New

File, Open File, Print

In Design: Report, Reports on Design File, save CTRL+T CTRL+V CTRL+W CTRL+X CTRL+Y CTRL+Z CTRL+0 CTRL+1 CTRL+TAB CTRL++ CTRL+-F1 SHIFT+F1 F5 ESC Place, cabinets Edit, Paste

Place, One-Sided Walls Edit, Cut

Edit, Redo Edit, Undo

View, Zoom to Fit View, Assistants Window, Next

View, Zoom, Zoom In View, Zoom Out Help, Contents & Index Help, What’s This? Window, Refresh

Assistants box (exit) and View, Zoom, End Zoom

CTRL+A CTRL+B CTRL+C CTRL+E CTRL+F CTRL+G CTRL+H CTRL+I CTRL+K CTRL+L CTRL+M CTRL+N CTRL+O CTRL+P CTRL+R CTRL+S