Cap Panel Builder is designed to construct and manage configurations of stack panel products.
To access Panel Builder:
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Click the
Cap Panel Builder icon on the Office toolbar. You may also use the Office ribbon.
The Cap Panel Builder module opens. -
For help on Panel Builder, see see the Panel builder articles under Miscellaneous section.
Best practices
Here are some best practices when working with Panel Builder:
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As much as possible, maintain one custom catalog per drawing.
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Keep the custom catalog and the drawing in the same folder.
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When sharing within an office, keep the drawing and custom catalog in the same folder on the network, mapped the same on each user machine.
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Do not use panel builder configurations inside Cap Standards. Panel Builder configurations contained within a Cap standard will not appear in a take-off to Worksheet.
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Do not use the Mirror, Explode or WBlock commands on Panel Builder configurations. Doing so will corrupt these configurations.
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Use the Panel Builder Save As command to copy configurations between drawings. Do not use WBlock or cut and paste.
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To maintain future flexibility when editing, give Panel Builder configurations short unique names. Do not include the height of the frame in the name.
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Use the Configuration Manager to rebuild configurations when sharing with a remote office or notebook computer.
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If you have multiple drawings sharing the same custom catalog, don't rebuild the custom catalog from one of the drawings. If you do so, each drawing will need to be rebuilt into its own unique custom catalog.
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Use Static Elevations for large drawings with many occurrences of the same configurations. Reserve Dynamic elevations for complicated configurations where an entire run of panels needs a single elevation.