The kitchen is drawn in ArtiCAD

In ArtiCAD the user places objects from a library to build a kitchen.

ArtiCAD uses the objects to build a plan and also to produce 3D views so that the customer can visualise the end result.

There are about 250 library objects – different cabinets, panels, and some more complex objects, for example the “Oven Wall Tower” , which has a drawer unit at the bottom, then a space for the oven (which needs variable size panels to cover spaces at side and top of oven – because the ovens vary in size depending on manufacturer, then at the top a cupboard unit. This is held together by two side panels. The height of the unit is about 2200 mm. Later on, when the exact oven model is chosen, the size of the oven will be specified on the global sheet, and then a CAP-Suite decision logic will calculate the exact panel sizes. But at the design stage it is not necessary to do any more than select the "Oven Wall Tower" all the related panels, doors and hardware components etc. will be "exploded" from the single object in the CAP-Suite generation process.

For other variable-size "objects" such as filler panels the size is specified on the drawing and the dimensions are carried throuh to the configurator.

During the design process ArtiCAD can display rendered 3D images so the the customer can visualise the final result