A simpler way to price cabinet work.
Cabinet Vision is a full production system for cabinet manufacturing. If you are not running that kind of shop, you may only need the part that decides the price.
Cabinet Vision is deep, capable production software: parametric cabinet libraries, engineering, machine integration and shop-floor workflow. Shops that run it at scale get a great deal from it.
It is also a substantial commitment in cost, setup and training. Plenty of shops carry that weight to get at one outcome — a defensible price on a cabinet job — and that outcome is what PlankCAD is scoped to.
Cabinet Vision: it manufactures it
An end-to-end cabinet production system — parametric libraries, engineering, machine integration and shop-floor routing. Comprehensive, and priced and scoped accordingly.
PlankCAD: it prices it
Four tools in one workspace. A deterministic estimator: you enter the costs your shop actually pays — materials, hardware, labour hours and rates — then apply waste, overhead and a true gross-margin target. A quote builder that issues that estimate as a customer-ready PDF, freezes the payment terms it was sent under, and keeps a revision history of what each customer was actually told. A cut list and sheet optimizer that nests those same parts onto your real sheet sizes with kerf and grain respected. And an offcut rack, so what one job leaves over is stock on the next.
Where the two differ.
| Dimension | Cabinet Vision | PlankCAD |
|---|---|---|
| What it produces | Engineered cabinets and machine output | A priced estimate, a customer PDF quote, and a cutting plan |
| Cost lines | Not its job | Materials, hardware and other costs, each with quantity, unit and unit price |
| Labour | Not its job | Entered as hours against an hourly rate, shown separately |
| Waste & overhead | Tracked by hand, if at all | Applied as explicit percentages you can see and change |
| Margin | Spreadsheet, usually | True gross margin — profit over selling price, not markup over cost |
| Output for the customer | A drawing or model | A PDF quote with scope, line items, tax, total and terms |
| Runs in | Desktop application | Any browser |
When Cabinet Vision is the right tool
- You run cabinet production at volume with integrated machinery.
- You need parametric cabinet libraries driving nesting and machine output directly.
- Shop-floor routing and job tracking are part of what you are buying.
Using both
PlankCAD is not a production system and does not try to be. If what you actually need is a consistent, visible price and a professional quote, it is a much smaller thing to adopt.
PlankCAD and Cabinet Vision.
No. Cabinet Vision engineers and manufactures cabinets; PlankCAD prices the job and produces the quote. If you are running integrated machinery and shop-floor workflow, you need the production system.
Nothing. The estimator and customer PDF quote export are free with no credit card, and there is nothing to install — it runs in the browser.
The arithmetic is deterministic and every layer — materials, labour, waste, overhead, margin and tax — is shown separately, so you can check each one. What PlankCAD cannot know is whether your scope, supplier prices and labour assumptions are correct; those remain yours to verify.
Build your first estimate free.
No credit card required. Price the job, save the draft, and export the customer quote.
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