The simple setup facility allows multiple profile systems to be created and maintained by anyone.

A customisable Style Database is included that can hold over 32000 designs.

The Custom Style designer can provide any style of frame allowing the user to mix casement vents, tilt & turns, doors, etc all within the same frame.

Styles can be created with up to four different transoms and mullions all within one frame.

Dummy sashes, transoms and mullions are all supported

Any design of sash within sash can be created. This enables stable doors to be manufactured with ease.

The Style Searcher allows the user to display and select from the relevant designs.

Reverse Butt Welding is supported as standard whether externally or internally glazed.

Reverse Butt Welding handles a mixture of open in and open out vents without the user having to specify complicated rules within the setup or the day to day processing.

Doors and side screens can be configured to automatically use an aluminium low threshold under the door and a PVC-u section under the side screen.

Complex designs permit mixed profiles to be used within the same frame, by simply selecting the product code and position of the section.

Raked top windows are fully supported allowing sashes to be placed adjacent to the slope of the rake.

Almost any specialised frame can be designed including pentagonal, hexagonal, septagonal, and octagonal shapes.

Parts of shaped frames can be bent allowing curved heads and circular windows to manufactured.

Sashes, transoms and mullions can be placed anywhere within a shaped frame.

Shaped elements of a frame that can't be easily described on a cutting list are provided on a separate report which produces scaled drawings of the items.

Flagged designs are included within the package allowing different height windows and doors to be combined. An essential facility when using the Georgian Bar and Leaded Layout module.

Multiple frame extenders/add-ons can be added, automatically reducing the size of the window if required.

Glass can be mixed within a frame by selecting the pane with the mouse and picking from a pop-up list.

Night vents can be added to the glass, bead, sash, outer frame and frame extenders/add-ons, automatically breaking and altering the size of the reinforcement if required.

Letter Plates can be added to doors, automatically breaking and altering the size of the reinforcement if required.

Arched inserts can be selected and added to any aperture.

When alterations are made to a design, an arched insert added for example, a visual representation is displayed and printed.

Furniture can be overridden per sash allowing restrictor stays and fire escape hinges to be selected only where required.

Up to five extra items can be added to each sash or fixed light.

Reinforcement options allow different predefined specifications to be quickly selected, and a custom range of sizes to be specified per frame.

Multiple locations are supported for commercial contracts so that the property and location can be entered for each frame.

Ten independent levels of glass selection permit any type of double glazed unit or panel to be specified.

Glass sizes and options are checked for validity and can be set up to automatically select the next option when invalid.

Window Designers comprehensive checking facilities can be set up to not only tell the user there is an error but exactly where it is.

Welding checks can be made to stop the user trying to manufacture a design that can't be welded.

Customisable data entry screens allow the complexity of data input to be defined depending on the type of company.

Dragging and dropping windows and doors makes job entry faster by copying information from one window to another.

Window Designer cuts out a lot a mistakes when entering a job as each piece of profile is displayed to scale in the appropriate colour allowing the user to immediately identify when they have made a mistake.

Visual welds show the user where a frame is welded. This aids in checking and learning complicated reverse butt welding techniques.

The main view displays all of the frames within a job and allows changes to be made at once to the selected frames. i.e. all of the woodgrain frames can be selected and instantly changed to woodgrain on white.

Part Hints allow the user to move the mouse over any part of the frame and see exactly what the part is, its size and its end preps.

The Part Viewer allows the user to select any part of the frame and view the technical information and a picture of the part selected.

Wind Loading is standard using either the location of the frame or the required pascal rating to check if the frame meets the appropriate British Standard.

The Production and Delivery Scheduler uses the constraints of the company and the delivery schedule of the customer to automatically calculate the required production units (time, number of pieces, square count, etc) of a job and work out when production should be started and the order delivered. When used with the Stock Manager the appropriate stock is checked and pre-allocated.

If orders can't be immediately entered into Window Designer they can be pre-booked for production using a estimated number of production units.

Order stages can be defined so that a job can be tracked around the factory

Costing facilities are provided along with detailed reports on individual items, jobs or multiple jobs.

Costing can be generated from the individual components and labour times when manufacturing or from cost matrices for when Window Designer is being used for sales only.

Prices can be calculated from a cost+ basis or from a fixed price list giving complete flexibility when pricing jobs.

Price lists can be created from original costings or selling prices with minimal effort.

Multiple price lists can be used and assigned to different customer types so that each quote or job automatically uses the appropriate prices.

Extras processing provides support for the selling of miscellaneous items such as lengths of architrave and allows standard components to be automatically selected per customer type i.e. Fitting packs.

Glass order processing allows glazing companies to produce orders by selecting from ten levels of glass options providing millions of combinations, with automatic pricing.

An unlimited number of quotes and jobs can be stored and recalled at any time using the storage facilities.

Quotes can be partially converted to jobs with automatic tracking, useful for part domestic orders or commercial contracts.

Unparalleled quote and job searching facilities drive the batch processing and multi-job reports.

Searching can be performed on almost any combination of items of information contained within a quote or job including customer name, post code, salesman, order date, production date, etc.

Quote searching and reporting allows the retrieval of information such as partially and unconverted quotes.

A superior Customer Database is provided, holding information on the customers general details such as name and address, as well as sales representative, payment terms, settlement discounts, etc. 

The Customer Database also contains job dependant information such as advanced multi-level discounting and the customers own manufacturing specifications which cut down many of the mistakes made by the inexperienced user.

Customers or individual jobs can be put on hold prohibiting the creation of new jobs and works printouts.

Sophisticated invoicing uses the pricing and discounting system to produce an instant editable invoice with multi-company support.

Optional accounting links provide invoice posting, credit checking and work in progress monitoring facilities ensuring prompt payment from customers.

Optional stock control links provide posting of material requirements to all major stock control systems.

An essential part of a healthy business is information. This information is generally required in different formats depending on the type and size of company which is why Window Designer includes a custom report designer which can be used to design any type of report for a quote, job or multiple jobs based on the following templates:-

Quotations

Price Lists

Costing Breakdowns

Profit Analysis

Purchase Orders

Order Acknowledgements

Manufacturing Details

Material Requirements Plans

Production Scheduling

Frame Labels

Sash Labels

Sophisticated Profile Labels

Wind Loading Labels

Glass Labels

Quality Control Labels

News Letters

Despatch Notes

Invoices

Installation Details

Servicing Details

All reports provide detailed information as standard, e.g. V-Notching positions on profile labels.

Each report can be automatically sent to the appropriate printer without user intervention.

When a report is printed the date and user is stored to facilitate the tracking of mistakes.

The supplier database allows purchase orders to be created with the correct supplier details.

The installation and service databases provide information on the installation of jobs and allows scheduling of service calls to track breakdowns and maintenance visits.

Built in archiving facilities allow the backing up and restoration of all data.

Window Designer is fully multi-user whether on a network or on a single machine by providing user level passwords, access rights and tracking.