FACT SHEET
Upgrades
in CET Designer
2.0:
Printing/publishing
enhancement – PaperView function provides
flexible,
WYSIWYG/desktop publishing capabilities within CET Designer so users
can
transfer a whole drawing, or parts of a drawing, to a new paper view
where they
can create the designed layout with title blocks, images and text.
More
image
formats – ProjectMatrix components can be shown
as basic
or more detailed; more than one type of flooring can be depicted in a
project;
common image formats such as GIF, PNG, BMP and JPG can be imported;
wall images
can be imported to give the appearance of artwork or a logotype
– images also
can be framed.
Remote
live
customer service support – A CET technical
support
person can assume control of a user’s system from anywhere in
the world and
visually walk the user through the problem, even showing the user how
to
correct the problem. Both see the same screen in real time.
A
built-in,
timed internal reminder – An “early
warning” a few
days before a certificate expires has been added, alerting the user to
connect
and download the most recent version, which contains the
manufacturers’ most
current products and pricing.
Reworked
calculation dialog – The software has new
functionality tools for
searching, filtering, and sorting/changing/removing different columns
of data;
performing article adjustments right in the calculation dialog; and
seeing
multiple views showing different versions of the same calculations
depending on
set filters.
Currency
tool – The new version supports virtually every
currency in the world.
New
rendering
engine/speed enhancements (coming with Version 2.1
releasing fall 2008) – A new rendering engine,
Redsdk 1.4 by Redway 3d,
optimizes the power of the graphics card in users’ computers
and achieves:
–
Ability to
work in real-time in a photo-realistic, rendered 3D environment
–
Significant
speed in enhancements in designing, rendering, printing
–
Expanded
ability to handle very large projects – up to 500
stations/cubicles
How is CET Designer
different from other software?
– CET
Designer
is based on Parametric Graphical Configuration, an
objects–oriented technology.
Most commercial-furniture space design software is typically rooted in
AutoCAD.
– In
CET
Designer, users point, click, drag and drop product icons, which snap
into
place.
–
Users do not
need to know product/parts numbers or go through a complicated sequence
of
menus.
–
Through
rapid configuration, CET Designer reveals layouts in 2D,
photo-realistic 3D,
and/or in rendered form as well as accurate, real-time product/parts
specification
and pricing.
– Each
Extension is programmed with the specific manufacturer’s
product rules,
virtually eliminating specification mistakes.
– CET
Designer
automates the repetitious tasks involved in product specification, thus
reducing the time and effort associated with product specification.
Instead of
spending 80 percent of time on specifying and 20 percent designing, the
software reverses those figures and enables designer-dealers to be more
creative for their clients, output more, and sell more.
–
AutoCAD
drawings can be imported into CET if desired, and CET-created drawings
can be
converted back to AutoCAD if needed.
– The
majority
of Haworth dealers now use the software for
designing and specifying under its Canvas Extension, launched in 2006.
The
Teknion Storyboard Extension launched earlier this year. The Steelcase
Extension launches May 19. ProjectMatrix’s ProjectSymbols
Extension launched in
2007.
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