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What is EasyKitchen?
EasyKitchen is an ecosystem consisting of a huge library for designing kitchens and cabinet furniture in SketchUp, as well as a plugin for replacing facades, drawers, handles, textures and generating a report with details and estimates. It was created by furniture makers with more than 10 years of experience, so everything in it will be clear and familiar to a professional. And for beginners it will be easy to understand and avoid mistakes, because initially everything is set up according to furniture production standards.
The library is a set of ready-to-use kitchen modules and elements, as well as a large number of panels and sections for building any cabinet furniture. All this is equipped with a lot of parameters that you can set yourself, thus changing the overall dimensions, equipment and even appearance. This way you can create furniture of any complexity and with absolute precision. In total, the EasyKitchen library and all its add-ons contain more than 900 components! For more detailed information about the library, visit the Repository section. This is a kind of storage for EasyKitchen files and add-ons.
EasyKitchen technologies
All modules and elements included in the EasyKitchen library have built-in technologies that make the library flexible and convenient:
- Without geometry deformation - when the dimensions of the modules change, there is no displacement or deformation of the geometry of the components included in them.
- No stretching of textures - when the dimensions of modules change, the textures on the components included in them do not stretch.
- Snap axes - additional snap axes along the external dimensions of modules and other elements for ease of positioning them in the project.
- Parameters with connections - some parameters of nested components have a connection with the main parameters for faster module configuration.
- Flexible structure - modules consist of standard components included in the library. This makes the module structure very flexible and standardized
- Report generation - modules are configured to display all their components in detail. In this case, all parameters of the modules are taken into account.
- Click actions - all module components support mouse click actions (opening doors and drawers, rotating textures, and much more).
- Backlight - modules support creating and editing slots for a backlight profile.
- Grooves for GOLA profiles - vertical and front panels support the function of creating grooves for GOLA profiles.
- Replacing components - many elements, such as fronts, drawers, handles, can be replaced at any time with others using the replacement plugin.
- Dynamic Menu - Control some frequently used module parameters with one click using the dynamic menu.
Replace and report plugin
In addition, the library comes with a plugin that allows you to replace textures, facades and much more on the entire project or on a separate module in just a couple of mouse clicks:
Detailing and estimate
And for a finished project, you can create documentation for production with full details and estimates. All this will be displayed in the form of a familiar Excel file. Upload the report to a special Redcut file and you're done!
From here you can take the finished detailing and transfer it to any cutting program, and also display the cost of the project in the “Estimate” tab. And if a mistake was made in the project, it can be corrected right here. In this case, the program will try to point to it. More information about the report processor can be found in this article.
Thus, EasyKitchen handles almost every task, from creating a project to sending it to production. All this can be done by one person. And faster than in other furniture design programs. This also applies to training. Everything is as simple and standardized as possible. And the videos on our YouTube channel will help you quickly understand the nuances.
Video: What is EasyKitchen?
From this video you will learn exactly what EasyKitchen is, what capabilities and advantages it has over other furniture design programs.
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