Understanding Cabinet Schedules

Overview

One of the greatest advantages of using Revit with the Artcraft workflow is the ability to automatically generate cabinet schedules directly from your design.

Rather than manually counting cabinets and creating cabinet lists, Revit extracts information directly from the Artcraft cabinet families you've placed within the model.

This schedule becomes the bridge between design, pricing, and ordering.

What is a Cabinet Schedule?

A cabinet schedule is a table that organizes the information stored within each Artcraft cabinet family.

Every cabinet placed in your project contains information such as:

• Cabinet Type

• Width

• Height

• Depth

• Quantity

• Shell Code

• Master Code

• Other Artcraft parameters

Rather than entering this information manually, Revit automatically reads it from the model and organizes it into a schedule.

Each row represents a cabinet, while each column represents information associated with that cabinet.

Where Does the Information Come From?

The schedule is not created manually.

Instead, it is generated directly from the Artcraft cabinet families placed within your project.

Every time you place a cabinet, modify its dimensions, or change one of its parameters, the schedule updates automatically.

Because the schedule is connected to the model, there is no need to maintain separate cabinet lists or manually recount cabinets after every design revision.

Why Cabinet Schedules Matter

For many Revit users, schedules are simply another form of documentation.

For Artcraft dealers, they serve a much larger purpose.

The cabinet schedule is the link between your Revit model and Accolades.

Rather than manually entering cabinet information into the ordering system, the schedule contains the information that will later be exported and prepared for import into Accolades.

This significantly reduces manual data entry while improving both speed and accuracy.

Automatic Updates

One of the biggest advantages of Revit is that schedules remain connected to the model.

If you:

• Add a cabinet

• Delete a cabinet

• Resize a cabinet

• Modify cabinet parameters

• Change the layout

the schedule updates automatically.

This ensures that your cabinet list always reflects the current design.

Reviewing Your Schedule

Before exporting your schedule, it's good practice to review the information for accuracy.

Check that:

• Every cabinet appears in the schedule.

• Cabinet dimensions are correct.

• Shell Codes and Master Codes are correct.

• Quantities appear as expected.

• No cabinets are missing.

Spending a few moments reviewing the schedule before export can help prevent errors later in the quoting and ordering process.

Best Practices

• Allow Revit to generate the schedule automatically.

• Avoid manually recreating cabinet lists outside of Revit.

• Review schedules after significant design changes.

• Confirm cabinet information before exporting.

• Remember that any change made to the model is automatically reflected in the schedule.

Why It Matters

The cabinet schedule is one of the most important components of the Artcraft Design-to-Order workflow.

It transforms your Revit model from a collection of 3D cabinets into structured product information that can be used for pricing, quoting, and ordering.

By eliminating manual cabinet counting and duplicate data entry, schedules help improve accuracy, reduce repetitive work, and create a seamless connection between Revit and Accolades.

In short, the schedule is what allows your design to become an order.