Set up the profile, glass and hardware catalogue

Glass records describe a build-up rather than a pane: Thickness, Glass Type, Coating, Tint, the spacer (Spacer Material, Spacer Width) and the Gas Fill, with the performance figures the consultant will ask for — U-Value, Solar Factor (g-value), Light Transmittance, Safety Rating and the Compliant Standards you can claim. Weight per m² and Maximum Size are the two that stop a design being drawn that cannot be lifted or manufactured.

Frame Colours carry a Color Code, a swatch image and the colour type, so the designer shows the finish rather than a word. Hardware has its own colour list, with a RAL code, a Hex / Swatch, a Premium / Special-order flag and a Surcharge % — the surcharge being the reason to keep that list honest.

The chain matters: a set belongs to a series, a series to a brand, and the rules on the set are what decide which accessories a given sash actually gets. Adding an accessory without attaching it to the right series and set means it exists in the catalogue and is never selected by anything.

The designer will not offer a profile — check it is active, that its application matches what you are drawing, and that the products it needs are linked.

Cut lengths are wrong for one system — the dimension codes on the profile are what the cutting arithmetic reads. Compare them against the supplier's section drawing before suspecting the design.

An accessory never appears on any analysis — it is not attached to a series whose set rules select it. The catalogue item alone does nothing.

A quotation's glass price looks wrong — check the glass record's price and weight fields, and the frame colour surcharge, before editing the quotation line.