Schedules
Finish codes, read once, explained wherever they appear
A finish code like ST-2 means nothing on its own -- it is a pointer into the specification book. Read once, it becomes a record with a manufacturer and a model number, and every door carrying that code shows it as a chip that opens the same answer.
Finish specification
SAMPLE DATASpecification · FinishesRead
- PT-1 Paint, semi-gloss 1 record
- ST-2 Stain, satin 1 record
- AN-1 Anodized, clear 1 record
One row per code, not per door.
Door schedule · Finish column
How it works
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Point at the spec book
Select finish tables directly, or point at the door schedule's finish column and the codes it should look for.
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Read into one record per code
Finish text becomes a structured record -- manufacturer, model number, description -- one row per code, not per door.
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Shown as a chip on the door schedule
Wherever a finish code appears on the schedule, it renders as a chip. A code with no matching record stays plain text rather than pretending to a match that is not there.
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Exported
The finish list exports as a PDF or Excel, one row per finish record, as part of the estimating package.
What it does
- One record, every door
- ST-2 read once explains every door that carries it. Fix the record and every chip reads correctly, rather than fixing the same fact door by door.
- The smaller sibling of hardware
- The same extraction pipeline as hardware sets, tuned for a specification's finish tables and codes.
- A read-only specification, not a guess
- Click a chip to see what was actually read: manufacturer, model number, description. Nothing here is inferred from the code alone.
Common questions
Does a finish chip mean the code was matched correctly?
It means a finish record with that code exists. Click the chip to see what was read -- manufacturer, model, description -- and check it against the specification the way you would any extraction.
Can I add a finish by hand?
Not on this schedule directly. Finish records come from extraction; correcting one means re-running it or fixing the specification book it reads from.
How does a finish know which doors carry it?
It is matched against the door schedule's finish column by the code text, and the doors it matched are listed on the record.
More of the workspace
- Schedules Door schedule Every door on the set, one row per mark, with hardware and finish hanging off the same row.
- Schedules Hardware sets A hardware set breaks into items, each one matched to a catalog part, priced, and chosen.
- Millwork Millwork takeoff Trace casework and trim on the floor plan at a calibrated scale, and price it against your own shop rates.
See it on your own set
Create a workspace for your shop and put a real drawing through it.