The Cap Panel Builder technology is designed to construct and manage panel configurations. These configurations often include frames, stacking frames, and tiles. However, depending on the catalog in use, Panel Builder can also be used to create field cut panels of custom width, floor-to-ceiling configurations with optioned heights and other manufacturer-specific design needs.
Panel Builder allows designers to easily and accurately specify panels, space plan with those panels, and apply changes to some or all of the panels placed within a drawing. It does all of this in a part number independent environment. Panel Builder allows designers to space plan naturally, all the while maintaining an accurate Bill of Materials behind the scenes.
Panel Builder eliminates the need to navigate complex catalog hierarchies to find a desired base panel and (when needed) stacking panel. Based on user selections of panel properties, Panel Builder validates and constructs the required style numbers and options as panel configurations. You save finished configurations under a user-defined name in a custom catalog, much like a Cap Standard. These configurations then behave as one finished assembly rather than many individual elements.
Since all available widths of the stack configuration are automatically generated in the custom catalog, you can use these configurations to drag and drop stacked panels from the Explorer pane into a drawing. Or, use your stored configuration to replace or update any set of panel configurations already placed.
Note: Since Panel Builder is an application shared across shared across multiple manufacturer product lines, there will be some functionality that will not apply to every manufacturer.