MARCH / APRIL 2006 Newsletter

PLANIT NEWSLETTER MARCH/APRIL 2006

Welcome to the MARCH / APRIL 2006

Planit Newsletter

In this edition:

New Training Website
Major Version Update
New Component Catalogues
New Support Members
Catalogue Updates
Course Information
This Months Hints & Tips
Universal Bathrooms Catalogues Update

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Win a Free Bottle of Champagne

Design of the Month

Images kindly supplied by Robert Pollard

of

NTP Kitchens & Joinery, Aberdeen

Congratulations Robert, a bottle of bubbly is on its way to you.

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If you have a kitchen, bathroom or bedroom design you would like to feature in the Planit Newsletter, please e-mail the picture to:-

Planit Newsletter Support.

A bottle of Champagne will be awarded to the winner of the design of the month.

At the end of the year a special prize will be awarded to the best design chosen by our Support team.

Please note: Planit International may use any featured design for marketing.

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Major Version Update

Planit Fusion Live, a major upgrade to Planit Fusion has now started rolling out to all supported users. It will be distributed by county enabling Support Helpdesk to handle any queries without undue delay.

It is anticipated that all users will have received the upgrade by the end of May.

Included in the installation is a New Feature Guide and an updated Planit Information Suite to include all the New Data Standard catalogue features. These are available in the Planit Fusion Live program group via the Taskbar Start Menu.

Planit Fusion Live is designed for Windows XP.

Please click here to view compatible Operating Systems

Catalogue Updates

Updates due for completion this month

Course Information

Courses are held regularly at a range of venues throughout the UK, making them easily accessible for retailers nationwide.

Click here to view a map of UK training venues

The training programme is further enhanced by the launch of a dedicated training web site. The new site allows users to view information on all courses available, including dates, venues and costs, and will even allow places to be booked and paid for online.

No matter how experienced you are, training can provide new insights, and Planit training courses cover everything from basic design principles to advanced technical expertise. What’s more, the courses are affordable and because they’ve been developed to help designers save time and increase efficiency, retailers benefit from an increased return on their investment.

Courses Available

Introduction to Planit (INTRO)

How to use Planit at a basic level

Essential Skills (ES)

Focuses on the quality, efficiency and accuracy of producing a design presentation

High Performance Planit (HPP)

Focuses on reducing the time it takes to produce a quality design

Pricing With Confidence (PWC)

Focuses on the accurate pricing, reporting and ordering of a design

Course Dates

Date	Duration	Course	Location

05 April	1 Day	INTRO	Edinburgh
11 April	1 Day	INTRO	Manchester
12 April	1 Day	PWC	Manchester
19 April	1 Day	INTRO	Ashford
20 April	1 Day	ES	Ashford
20 April	1 Day	INTRO	Coventry
21 April	1 Day	HPP	Coventry
25 April	1 Day	INTRO	Belfast
26 April	1 Day	ES	Belfast

03 May	1 Day	INTRO	Edinburgh
04 May	1 Day	HPP	Edinburgh
09 May	1 Day	INTRO	Ashford
10 May	1 Day	PWC	Ashford
11 May	1 Day	INTRO	Coventry
12 May	1 Day	ES	Coventry
16 May	1 Day	INTRO	Manchester
17 May	1 Day	PWC	Manchester
24 May	1 Day	INTRO	Bristol
25 May	1 Day	ES	Bristol
31 May	1 Day	INTRO	London

Click here for information on all courses

UK Support, Inca House, Eureka Science Park, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4AB
01233 635533 I uksupport@planit.com I www.planit.com

This Month's Hints & Tips

Planit Fusion Live includes a new component feature and new component catalogues for Door and Carcase manufacturers.

These catalogues work differently to your current Door and Carcase catalogues.

Run the Help Movies below for step by step instructions.

Componentise Basic Units

Running Auto Componentise on a components catalogue or Universal Kitchens (NDS) will automatically add matching doors and drawers. (This is also available in Planit Fusion.)

In Planit Fusion Live, it is possible to modify units and add matching doors and drawers via Auto Componentise.

Componentise Bespoke Units

In Planit Fusion Live, it is possible to build bespoke units, with separate carcass, doors and drawers in elevation view using drag and drop.

These units can be saved as Grouped Units for use in future designs.

Click here for a complete list of Previous Hints & Tips and Newsletters

Universal Catalogues Updates

Universal Bathrooms

A NDS Universal Bathroom catalogue is now available to all supported users and is included in all the latest catalogue CD installers and available as an update download.

Universal bathrooms has been divided into three catalogues:

Furniture

Bathroom furniture with all the unit and colour editing available in NDS Universal Kitchens.

Traditional Bathrooms

Traditional style Sanitary Ware etc.

Contemporary Bathrooms

Contemporary style Sanitary Ware etc.

Note: Because of the different structure of the Bathroom catalogues, 3D World Bathrooms is no longer available.

As part of Planit International’s continued commitment to improve its products it is our intention to upgrade the Universal Catalogue Suite on a quarterly basis.

These catalogues consist of Universal Kitchens, Universal Bathrooms, Universal Bedrooms, Universal Office and Advanced Graphics.

To help us maintain these catalogues with the latest industry design features, you are invited, as an experienced user, to let us know what you would like added or changed.

Please email or post your suggestions, with as much information as possible, to Planit Support.
Use this link to email your suggestions Universal Suite Update

If you would like see any particular Hints or Tips included or have any other comments regarding these, please send an email to supportfeedback@planit.com

Planit Helpline Tel: 01233 635533