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Design and ordering platform

Smart-Glass is the brand-new, browser-based, glass design and ordering platform that works on PC, Mac, tablet and mobile phone. Find out how to give your customers a dedicated login to draw, price and order their glass anywhere, anytime. Built-in warnings alert them to mistakes so they can place orders with confidence. The fabricator’s team will receive accurate, fabrication-ready glass orders that can be imported into a range of fabrication software systems, such as A+W, Optima, Lisec and Glasstrax. 

Estimating program

WinBidPro v16 from GDS Estimating is an all-new estimating program for the commercial glazing industry. The Microsoft Windows application uses a cloud server for all the catalogs and job information. It offers new features, an improved interface and ultimate scalability, which will easily allow the software to grow with the industry. Vendor pricing and product information will be updated without the need to install new catalogs.

Point of sale software

Mainstreet Glas-Avenue Cloud Point of Sale business software allows companies to create quotes, measure sheets and purchase orders; then schedule, invoice and manage accounting. Customizable parts with dimensional and per-item pricing ensure consistent, accurate pricing for business owners’ insulating glazing units, glass railings, mirrors, tabletops, shower glass and more. Progress billing is also included. Mainstreet’s Glas-Avenue simplifies communication with estimators and techs in the field via the Tech App, MobilePro. 

Point of sale software

Mainstreet Glas-Avenue Cloud Point of Sale business software allows companies to create quotes, measure sheets and purchase orders; then schedule, invoice and manage accounting. Customizable parts with dimensional and per-item pricing ensure consistent, accurate pricing for business owners’ insulating glazing units, glass railings, mirrors, tabletops, shower glass and more. Progress billing is also included. Mainstreet’s Glas-Avenue simplifies communication with estimators and techs in the field via the Tech App, MobilePro. 

Estimating program

WinBidPro v16 from GDS Estimating is an all-new estimating program for the commercial glazing industry. The Microsoft Windows application uses a cloud server for all the catalogs and job information. It offers new features, an improved interface and ultimate scalability, which will easily allow the software to grow with the industry. Vendor pricing and product information will be updated without the need to install new catalogs.

Product configurator

FeneVision provides users with real-time operational control, insight and agility. Its dynamic bill of materials configurator enables rapid pricing, producing and delivering hundreds or thousands of unique units daily, complete on time, even if users work with seemingly infinite product variations. It connects everything and everyone, including customers’ customers. And with ongoing user input, FeneTech continues improving it. Updates include: improved shipping routes with customer-specific filters; mobile-responsive redesign for FeneVision Web; revamped capacity completion logic; and additional flexibility in container tracking. 

Product configurator

FeneVision provides users with real-time operational control, insight and agility. Its dynamic bill of materials configurator enables rapid pricing, producing and delivering hundreds or thousands of unique units daily, complete on time, even if users work with seemingly infinite product variations. It connects everything and everyone, including customers’ customers. And with ongoing user input, FeneTech continues improving it. Updates include: improved shipping routes with customer-specific filters; mobile-responsive redesign for FeneVision Web; revamped capacity completion logic; and additional flexibility in container tracking. 

Fabrication app

A+W Software’s second-generation A+W iShape II allows for quicker fabrication, greater functionality and increased user-friendliness. Users place A+W’s reference L-angles inside the template’s perimeter. Users can then use the app to photograph the template, calculate data in the cloud, and receive feedback on the template’s quality, or a “confidence factor.” Users can email the file to A+W CAD Designer, where imperfections can be massaged out with the line tool.

Fabrication app

A+W Software’s second-generation A+W iShape II allows for quicker fabrication, greater functionality and increased user-friendliness. Users place A+W’s reference L-angles inside the template’s perimeter. Users can then use the app to photograph the template, calculate data in the cloud, and receive feedback on the template’s quality, or a “confidence factor.” Users can email the file to A+W CAD Designer, where imperfections can be massaged out with the line tool.

Design tool

Vitro Architectural Glass launched VitroSphere Digital Glass Simulator, a new virtual tool for visualizing architectural glass, at thevitrosphere.com. Developed for architects, this tool allows users to explore, visualize and compare Vitro’s Solarban solar control low-emissivity glass products across a range of building types.