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Quick Design libraries and methods
PolyBoard's Quick Design libraries stock the materials for the panels you use, your edging and bar materials, all your hardware and lots more.
These libraries are built into PolyBoard's Manufacturing Methods, which are style sheets describing exactly how you want to build your projects so you can set them up for manufacture with the click of a button.
This page offers an overview of the concept. Please go to the Hardware, Materials, Edging, Door, Drawer etc pages for details of the set up for each.
Libraries overview
Polyboard is very different to a CAD drawing programme. Instead of drawing each part in turn, you assemble elements of...
Methods overview
An overview of Polyboard’s Manufacturing methods and sub-methods. They allow you to define a huge range of design specifications, including:...
How to set up a manufacturing method
Manufacturing Methods highlight the real power of Polyboard, combining your entire workflow into a single set of instructions for the...
How to use Quick Design methods
The Quick Design libraries use all the power of Polyboard to make complex set ups fast and easy. However, it’s...
Modify style command
In this video we are going to take a look at the Modify Style command. This allows you to select...
Change names of panel types to Quick Design types
Polyboard allows you to change the part names (shelves, doors, drawers etc) to something more meaningful than a simple number,...
Combining Quick Design libraries
How to transfer library elements from one library to another. In this case, we will move panel and hardware elements.
Link Quick Design libraries to Polyboard
When you install Polyboard and then its Quick Design libraries the two are automatically linked to each other. However, if...