PYTHA has several generators which can assist the user in speeding up their design processes. This includes generators for drawers, doors, cabinets and shelves.

PYTHA is able to create 2D Shop Drawings without the need for the designer to export the file to AutoCAD. Once the 3D model is completed, PYTHA can create the various views that are needed to produce a shop drawing. These include sectional, elevation, detailed and isometric views. All the views created by PYTHA can be annotated i.e. users are able to insert dimensioning and text details easily. These views are also ‘live’ and when a user updates the 3D Drawing, the respective 2D drawings along with the annotations will also be automatically updated. Therefore, if the designer makes changes to the cabinet length, the dimension text for the cabinet length will be modified automatically.

In a traditional workflow, the designer would have to export the 3D Views to AutoCAD. After which the designer will need to use AutoCAD to create the sectional, elevation and detailed view to create the shop drawing. This is a tedious process which requires the designer to manually sketch out every view. When a change is done to the 3D Model, the respective 2D Drawings in AutoCAD needs to be updated manually, since the 3D and 2D softwares cannot communicate with one another. With PYTHA, the designer is able to do up shop drawings up to 90% faster than traditional methods as well as complete the revisions without a need to rework on the 2D Drawing in AutoCAD.

All designs created in PYTHA have parametric properties i.e. users can easily stretch the models in whichever directions that they prefer. The designer only needs to select the area that he would like to stretch the model in. Having parametric properties allows the designer to change the dimensions of the cabinet or furniture easily. Additionally, PYTHA has a ‘Smart Extend’ function which allows the designer to extend a row of cabinets simply by selecting the section to extend. This allows complex cabinets to be resized easily.

In traditional CAD software, extensions to cabinets would require the designer to edit each panel individually. Although some software e.g. SketchUp have an extend function, stretching can only be done on simple cabinets. With this advanced parametric function, the designer will be able to improve their productivity by up to 60% when making changes to the 3D drawing.

As PYTHA is NURSS ready, complex free-form modelling can be easily created by the designer, opening up the ability to create complex surface modelling for furniture designs. Currently, the only CAD software that is able to handle free-form modelling is Rino and Autodesk Inventor; SketchUp is not able to handle complex surface modelling. There is also no other CAD software in the market that is able to handle simple and complex designs with ease, within the same software. These models can be exported out as a STL File for various CAM Software such as ALPHACAM, NC HOPS and BSolid for machine processing.

The Bill of Materials (BOM) or BQ can be generated automatically with PYTHA. PYTHA is able to generate the required hardware such as drawer rails, connectors, hinges and dowels that are used in the cabinet. This list will be automatically updated whenever the 3D Design is changed. The data can then be exported into an Excel sheet which the designer is able to pass it on to the purchasing department once the project is completed. The data can also be exported to an ERP System which supports .XML Script.

In the CAD system, the designer needs to manually count the number of hardware parts required. This often leads to over-buying and wastage. Additionally, any changes made to the cabinet design will result in the designer to regenerate the list again.