PolyBoard

PolyBoard is an interactive software for designing and manufacturing cabinets, developed by Boole & Partners. Professional cabinet makers face the issue of converting their designs into effective manufacturing plans, which takes a lot of time and work and is prone to errors. The PolyBoard software solves this problem. With it professionals can create complex cabinet designs and make manufacturing decisions quickly, because the cabinet, its cutting list and toolings are recalculated after every change.

Features:

• PolyBoard has a clean user interface. A double click on a cabinet component lets you change its position, material or edges, and a double click on a fitting link changes its hardware, so you can start designing quickly.
• It supports arborescent cabinet structures, dynamic material styles, and manufacturing methods lists to help you stop guessing design characteristics. You can also recalculate your cabinets in real-time.
• PolyBoard displays the three 2D views of the cabinet (front, top and side) and a 3D rendering based on material colors and textures, with predefined views and zoom and rotation tools. This is great for understanding the design before starting to build a physical product.
• The software calculates many elements you need for your designs. For example, it takes into account the cabinet dimensions, including slopes and unboxings, the divisions structure, the doors and drawers. You can also set the manufacturing method.
• PolyBoard also handles the type of material, edges, and frame style of each component of your cabinet. When another material style is applied from the list, the cabinet is rebuilt instantly.
• The software offers a DXF 3D_Face export function that is compatible with most CAD software, including AutoCAD, VectorWorks, and KitchenDraw.
• PolyBoard supports a dynamic manufacturing method list. It defines the fitting links, whether the back is applied, slotted or rabetted, the recesses and overlaps values, and more.
• PolyBoard recalculates cutting lists in real time, exports them in OptiCut format or as text for spreadsheets, and edits a global hardware summary. PolyBoard 8 adds a customizable quote feature for pricing your designs.
• With PolyBoard, you can shift from design to production. The Post_Processor version generates parametric DXF, WoodWop MPR, Xilog Plus XXL and BiesseWorks CID files for most CNC tooling machines.

It supports different types of cabinet structures, material styles, and manufacturing methods and recalculates your cabinets in real time.

The PolyBoard software is very useful for designing cabinets and understanding manufacturing factors. It is available in LT, Standard, Pro and Pro-PP versions, gives 2D and 3D previews, and a free demo version can be downloaded from the developer's website. If you need an easy but powerful cabinet-designing software, PolyBoard is a good choice.