WindoorERP Documentation 19.0
4- Setup Your Product Catalogue and Designs
Step 8/11

Design your first window

Choose the profile series

Why this step

Design starts with the series, because the series decides the cut lengths, the hardware that will fit and the prices that follow. Everything after this step is constrained by it.

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What this does

Picks the aluminium or uPVC system the unit is built from. The series decides the sightlines, the achievable sizes, the reinforcement, and — through its geometry — every cut length in the job.

Steps

  1. 01
    Open the design and go to the profile selection.
  2. 02
    Choose the series that matches the specification and the opening type.
  3. 03
    Set the finish or colour for the job.
  4. 04
    Save and re-run Analyze Design.
  5. 05
    Check the analysis: cut lengths, angles and reinforcement all move with the series.

What a series brings with it

  • Geometry — face widths and overlaps, which set the sash and glass sizes for a given frame.
  • Limits — the maximum sash size and weight the system is rated for.
  • Hardware compatibility — the sets the rules may choose from.
  • Cost — per metre, which is where most of a window's price comes from.

Note

A default profile template can be set on the product, so estimators start from the system your factory actually stocks instead of picking one each time.

Common mistakes

  • Quoting a slim sightline series and building in the heavy one because the design was never re-analysed after the change.
  • Pushing a sash past the system's rated size to avoid an extra mullion — it will drop, and the callback is yours.
  • Mixing series across one elevation and discovering the sightlines do not line up once installed.

Checkpoint

A design opens on your own profile series, not the sample one.