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 Create Product in the Products list to create a datasheet.
General Information
- 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.
- 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.
- Link the product to a product type, i.e. Base cabinets.
- Link the product to your Brand.
Product Information
- Define a period of availability.
- Choose a language to use in the Kitchen Planner.
- Enter the commercial description and a short description of the cabinet.
- Define tags to ease the classification of the base cabinet in the Kitchen Planner.
Product Representation
- Click Replace to search for the BMA file on your drive.
- Add a bitmap picture of the base cabinet. 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.
Dimension
Add the width, depth and height parameters
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.
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.
Product Replacement
Add a Product replacement parameter to select between our 3 handles handles in the Kitchen Planner.
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.
Submit
Click Submit 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.