CV Minute

Craftsman Engineering just released version 4 of the Cost-Plus Bid Center and the Estimators' Toolbox catalog last week ( Aug. 8, 2024 ).   

In this brief Episode 67 of A Cabinet Vision Minute, Bruce explains how to turn on object numbers on views and on drawings.

It's probably one of the most common questions asked.  But it's easy to forget especially if we don't use it often.

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This is the first A Cabinet Vision Minute Update....kinda like A Cabinet Vision Minute vlog.   This is published on April 29, 2024.

These "vlog class" of videos are designed, hopefully, to fill the time gap between releases A Cabinet Vision Minute videos.  Currently, for example, I'm working on a 6 part series of videos on the Door Manager.  I've completed two of them and the 3 in the series about buyout doors is in progress and very nearly complete.  

So, here's what's on my plate today...

Episode 052 of A Cabinet Vision Minute is about creating Associations in the Door Manager.  

Associations provide an elegant solution for the problem of changing door styles when the configuration of a door won't work due to aesthetic or physical constraints of a door or drawer front. 

A Cabinet Vision Minute - Episode 37

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https://Patreon.com/PeelingBackCabinetVision

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Bruce demonstrates the versatility of the Cost-Plus Bid Center by estimating a refacing job...doors and drawers only with hardware and installation.  

A Cabinet Vision Minute - Episode 31

This video is an overview of this 5-part series of videos covering topics found in the Cabinet Vision door manager.

Those 5 videos are episodes 52 to 56 of A Cabinet Vision Minute.  All of these videos are found on my Patreon page at https://Patreon.com/PeelingBackCabinetVision and available to you as a "No Tears - Tier" subscriber.

Kits are an incredibly useful materials management tool within Cabinet Vision.  In this video, Bruce explains how to set up kits, how to manage kits and how to get useful information from reports regarding the kits you set up.

Countertops can be an exercise in frustration in Cabinet Vision. Bruce shares some of his own frustrations about managing countertops in Cabinet Vision. And, he helps eliminate some of yours.

Skip ahead to timecodes below to get to the good stuff...

00:00 Introduction

08:07 Construction Method setup

11:15 Material Schedule setup

13:56 Editing the shape and edges

17:30 Elevation and Section scene editing and drawing

In this second of a two-part series on practical bidding and estimating techniques using Cabinet Vision, the Cost-Plus Bid Center and the Estimator's Toolbox, Bruce demonstrates a very fast and accurate method of estimating a high-end kitchen for an apartment in San Francisco without laying out walls...a COMPLETE No-Draw Bid with Cabinet Vision 2023.