Using plywood for door panels

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Donald Thomson
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Using plywood for door panels

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Is there a setting somewhere that I can specify to use 1/4" plywood for door panels? Or is there a way I can have eCabs tell me how many square feet of 1/4" door panel I need for a project?

In the sizing details for cutlist dialog when setting up my doors, I can specify different parameters, including door panel stock, but it seems I can only use solid stock, not plywood. TIA!
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Don Thomson
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Hi Donald. You can set up a board stock named 1/4 sheet stock. Then export the cut list to excel. In excel you can extract the panel sizes using get and transform AKA power query. You can calculate the square footage or even export the panels into eCab. batch. I have a series of videos on how to creat a batch export in excel [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id6tBZK ... A&index=25[/youtube] is the link to that playlist if you are interested.
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Hi Donald. You can set up a board stock named 1/4 sheet stock. Then export the cut list to excel. In excel you can extract the panel sizes using get and transform AKA power query. You can calculate the square footage or even export the panels into eCab. batch. I have a series of videos on how to create a batch export in excel.Here is the link to that playlist if you are interested.
Donald Thomson
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Re: Using plywood for door panels

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Thank you Scott! I'll take a look at the video's.
Sincerely,

Don Thomson
Diamond Lake Custom Woodworks, LLC
509-671-6230
Newport, WA
http://www.dlwoodworks.com
Scott Marshburn
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Re: Using plywood for door panels

Post by Scott Marshburn »

You can email or pm me if you need any help getting this setup.
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