Add core materials and publish a cabinet to the catalogue
Create core materials on the admin portal and publish a cabinet or wardrobe from its construction into the right division, sub-category and group.
Core materials used in the cut list are part of the client's catalogue, so they must be created on the admin portal before they can be selected in the cut list.
When a material needed for a project is not in the shared catalogue, it can be added to the client's own catalogue from the admin portal, for example by cloning an existing similar material and adjusting it. It is practical to start with the materials used most often and expand the catalogue over time.
A cabinet or wardrobe can be published to the catalogue directly from its construction: open the unit, go to its construction, and choose "Publish to Catalog".
The unit must be placed in a specific division, sub-category and category group.
A newly published cabinet carries the default core and finish materials configured on the admin portal.
This category-and-category-type structure is what the catalogue export (catalogue dump) draws on: the downloaded spreadsheet carries each item's category type, so the categorisation is preserved when the catalogue data is taken out of the platform.