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Essential Cabinet Vision Packages

Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision

Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision

$1,299.00 USD
$1,299.00 USD
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Editions

Formerly named the Cost-Plus Bid Center, Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision is now available in 4 editions of the original bundled collection of 28 essential rate tables, 4 custom Essential Shipping Reports, and the Essential Cabinet Catalog. 

We've done all of the setup for you!  Just download Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision which is bundled with the Essential Cabinet Catalog and you can start estimating today.  And here's the kicker...you don't have to draw any walls or cabinets in your estimating process!  

The Essential Cabinet Catalog contains hundreds of easy-to-find cabinet configurations and essential cabinet accessory products.  The fully extensible catalog is available as a Residential Edition  or Commercial Edition or Closets Edition or as the Ultimate Edition for all Cabinet Vision projects. 

THE MYTH OF ESTIMATING WITH CABINET VISION - If you've never used the Bid Center in Cabinet Vision because setting it up is overwhelming and confusing or because you thought you had to completely draw up a job BEFORE you could create an estimate for the job, you're not alone.   

Just as Cabinet Vision models cabinet jobs in 3 dimensions, room by room, Cabinet Vision's Bid Center extends all of your work into the world of estimating commercial and residential cabinet jobs - including every phase of production, every minute of labor, every speck of material, all administrative costs and profit and overhead - from design to installation.  With Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision and the Essential Cabinet Catalog, you can create fast and accurate estimates with instant access to project costing reporting and break-even analysis reporting. 

And the benefits of estimating custom cabinet jobs in Cabinet Vision don't stop with creating fast and accurate estimates.  Managing Change Orders, for example, is a natural benefit of using Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision.  Ask us how to setup a Change Order Management workflow in your shop. 

Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision takes all the guesswork out of setting up your Cabinet Vision Bid Center so you can "hit the ground running" with custom cabinet pricing that includes every factor of production, every material, every department from the design department, through engineering, into milling and assembly, into finishing departments, and your shipping and installation departments, too.

Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision takes advantage of Cabinet Vision's xBidding multiplier with a smart implementation of a "cost-plus" approach to estimating commercial cabinet jobs and residential cabinet jobs.

Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision is best used on recent versions of Cabinet Vision including CV 2021, CV 2023, CV 2024, and CV 2025.   

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Included in the zip file are:
1) 28 essential, pre-configured rate tables
2) The Essential Cabinet Catalog
3) 4 Essential Shipping Reports and 1 Essential NOTE ( Nice On The Eyes ) Material Summary w/ Descriptions report
4) Supporting Material Schedules for the "Good-Better-Best" config files
5) 18 "Good-Better-Best" config files zipped
6) Rate Tables Explained ( PDF documentation )
7) Bid Methods help file ( PDF documentation )
8) Rate Tables Groups ( PDF documentation )
9) Release Notes ( PDF documentation )

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Let customers speak for us

from 3 reviews
Essential for our shop

We never use scribe molding. So, this is perfect for our shop because the way we install. Well done, Craftsman Engineering!

Hugo Naritomi
Essential UCS - Add width to face frame stiles for scribe
Essential UCS - Add width to face frame stiles for scribe
Well worth it!

First off thank you for selling this package as it was well worth it! Just wanted to give fee back as requested. Ran a sample three drawer base cabinet to check accuracy . only adjustment I had to make was to deduct 2mm from the drawer bottom length connection in the drawer box construction schedule . all else was spot on but I'm sure you knew that or you would not have released it. I plan on using your services in the future.

Joe Terzano
METABOX 320 with Blumotion
METABOX 320 with Blumotion
A LOT better than Sliced Bread

Not only is the functionality of Cost Plus Bid Center well thought out, it is so comprehensive. Bruce has thought of everything. This has massively reduced the amount of time it takes to send out a bid, and given the functionality he has built into it, I can tailor it to exactly my needs and how we estimate jobs. What once took a solid 2 hours to draw up a complex cabinet package in order to bid it out, now takes minutes. Additionally, Bruce make himself available to help further customize and refine this tool for dumb-dumbs like me. If you want to streamline your business without sacrificing quality and accuracy, this tool is the bees-knees.

Jw Freiermuth
Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision
Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision

FAQ's

Q: Can I start using Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision right 'out of the box'?
A: Yes, it is possible to start using it today. However, your estimates are only as accurate and complete as the data in your database.

Q: What types of cabinet construction does Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision work with?
A: Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision works with all custom cabinet styles including 32mm, frameless, face frame, flush inset, in all custom residential and custom commercial cabinet projects.

Q: What happens if a client requests changes to a job such as a change of species or a door selection change....or whatever?
A: This is where Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision shines even brighter. Changes to any job, on any level are immediately reflected in your estimate. And those changes become the new baseline for your change order management system. This also makes an excellent sales tool to play with and evaluate all kinds of "what if" scenarios.

Q: Can I use Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision for making a "Quick Bid". In other words, do I have to draw the whole job before I can get an estimate?
A: You don't have to lay out any cabinets or walls at all to create a complete and accurate estimate. Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision busts all the myths you've ever heard about "drawing up the whole job first".

Q: What can I do today on my end to prepare to estimate jobs with Cabinet Vision and Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision?
A: All materials that you use in your Cabinet Vision jobs should have the prices assigned to them in the "Default Cost" column in the Material Manager. And download Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision today!