V6 is an object based product configurator and manufacturing software application specifically designed for the fenestration industry.

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The World’s Most Technologically Advanced Software For Framed Product Manufacturers With Complex Software Solutions for configurator and manufacturing tasks.

What is V6 ?

V6 connects Sales Channels to Manufacturing and Suppliers, electronically
It is an object based configurator and manufacturing application specifically designed for the fenestration industry
It has a unique 3D modeling engine that produces BOM’s and fabrication detail
It provides an engine that systems companies and manufacturers can customize the “look and feel” of to give them a unique solution

Maintains multiple billing and delivery addresses
Select from standard products or create a new design on the drawing board
Select standard products by code, description or design
Standard products can be modified
Complex pricing module with date effectivity
Family hierarchy structure allows fast selection of product
Super fast re-cost and ‘what-if’ features
Unlimited finishes
Dynamic engineering automatically selects correct member and glass, based on engineering properties
Handles any frame size
Powerful drawing board renders ‘virtual’ model of real window allowing interrogation of any aspects
Handles most geometric shape including 3D, pyramids, barrel vaults, greenhouses, arches, rakes etc.
Export sectional cuts and elevations to DXF format
Ability to rotate a frame on screen to view from any angle
Update price feature notifies of database price changes and allows instant update of quote
Incremental and standard length material optimization
Metric and Imperial measurements
Multiple language versions

52 standard reports including:
Quote - Customer, Quote - Fabricator, Quote - Installer, Quote - Office, Quote - Discount, Invoice, Bill of Materials, Job Sheet, Panel Assembly, Long Assembly, Optimized Cutting List, Extrusion Stock Order, List of Jobs, List of Quotes, Bill of Materials - Extrusions Only, Extrusion Cutting Plans, Extrusion Labels, Glass Labels, Frame Labels, List of Dispatches, List of Dispatches + Costs, List of Customers, Customer Labels, List of Suppliers Supplier Labels
Report generator allows for the creation of any custom report: Built in link to Crystal Reports

Automatic purchase order generator from quote
EDI, fax, phone or E-mail ordering
Purchase order status displayed per item
EDI ensures real-time status on all orders automatically
Inquiry by product or order number
Purchasing history
Maintains supplier prices
Customized glass ordering
Can maintain specific pricing for different customers
Allows electronic cataloging including specifications, installation instructions, line drawings, photographs and video clips

Oracle, MSSQL, DB2, Interbase version
SQL and ODBC capabilities allows easy integration with MRP, accounting, inventory and other packages
Extrusion detail imported via DXF files with batching capabilities
Customer import / export feature
Engineering properties attached at extrusion level including: Specific gravity, Yield stress, Shear tension, G Modulus, Ixx, Iyy, X, Y and Z Axis, Weight
Data can be maintained remotely
Family hierarchy cataloging structure allows fast selection and retrieval of items
Ability to import components and labor information from existing spreadsheets via ASCII comma delimited files
Create ‘assemblies’ by allocating cutting data, labor, etc. to an extrusion
Create ‘frames’ by allocating cutting ‘assemblies’ to a shape
Open Database maintained by user or supplier

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