{"id":308,"date":"2018-01-01T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vertexcad.com\/bd\/?p=308"},"modified":"2018-01-01T12:07:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T12:07:39","slug":"cascade-manufacturing-doubles-design-speed-and-project-capacity-with-vertex-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vertexcad.com\/bd\/2018\/01\/01\/cascade-manufacturing-doubles-design-speed-and-project-capacity-with-vertex-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Cascade Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(40,40,40,0.77)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;rgba(40,40,40,0.81)&#8221; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;radial&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;top left&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/vertexcad.com\/bd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Vertex_customers_025_Cascade.jpg&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;||&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10vw||10vw||true|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.8&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Rubik|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;44px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;33px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e09900&#8243; border_width_left=&#8221;10px&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; max_width=&#8221;800px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||16px&#8221;]\n<h1>Cascade Manufacturing Doubles Design Speed \u2013 and Project Capacity \u2013 with Vertex BD.<\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; max_width=&#8221;800px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||20px||true&#8221;]\n<p>Cascade Manufacturing is a family owned business serving the construction industry with prefabricated building components for over six decades. They design and manufacture wood and cold-formed steel (CFS) trusses, CFS wall panels, engineered wood products for residential, multifamily, commercial, agricultural projects, and military structures. They have facilities in Iowa and Texas, strategically located to serve the entire Midwest and beyond.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.8&#8243;][et_pb_text ul_type=&#8221;none&#8221; ul_item_indent=&#8221;3px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; ul_font=&#8221;Arimo||||||||&#8221; ul_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; ul_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;23px&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Case Study<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Client: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cascade-mfg-co.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cascade Manufacturing<\/a><span style=\"color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Commercial Construction, Steel Framing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Project Details&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;90px||90px||true&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Rubik|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Cascade Manufacturing<\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#e09900&#8243; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; divider_weight=&#8221;5px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; max_width=&#8221;50px&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;|40px||40px||true&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 10px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #333333;font-weight: 500;line-height: 1em;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;font-weight: bold\">The Challenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">In 2008, as the recession hit the building industry, Cascade saw the opportunity to diversify into a growing area \u2013 cold-formed steel wall panels. At the time, Cascade designed CFS wall panels using a general architectural design program with limited framing functionality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">\u201cOur previous 2D program was cumbersome and difficult to use,\u201d explains Tim Noonan, president of Cascade. \u201cThe long lead time to design product drawings was a major constraint on delivery times and on our ability to grow that part of our business.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/vertexcad.com\/bd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Vertex_customers_025_Cascade.jpg&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;|40px||40px||true&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 10px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #333333;font-weight: 500;line-height: 1em;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;font-weight: bold\">The Solution<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">To expedite the design process, Cascade tried Vertex BD, building information modeling (BIM) software from Argos Systems for cold-formed steel construction. The software\u2019s rule-based framing capabilities\u00a0automate the process of generating wall and floor panel fabrication drawings, structural layouts, cut lists, and other material reports \u2013 saving manufacturers significant time on every project. \u201cWe knew similar companies in the industry using Vertex BD successfully,\u201d Noonan says. \u201cAnd as a stand-alone program, it wasn\u2019t as costly as programs that bolt onto AutoCAD. Plus, we were attracted to the low-risk, try-and-buy option that allowed us to rent the software, use it for several months, and apply a portion of the rent to the purchase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">After using it for several months, we were definitely sold on it.\u201d With online training, Greg Schares, Cascade\u2019s Wall Panel Division manager, became proficient on Vertex BD in about a month. Having all necessary materials already built into the software database further reduced ramp-up time. As the sole Vertex BD user at Cascade, Schares has found Argos support personnel indispensable whenever a question arises. \u201cI can\u2019t walk over to a coworker with a question,\u201d Schares says. \u201cSo support from Argos has been phenomenal in helping me with questions and troubleshooting issues. The team is very, very responsive.\u201d Today, Vertex BD supports Cascade\u2019s growing portfolio of CFS projects, including multifamily, senior living, hotels, and student housing buildings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">With this software, Schares generates drawings automatically in seconds based on defined framing rules \u2013 completing designs in about half the time as before. \u201cEvery time we ask if Vertex BD can do something, the answer is \u2018yes, it can,\u2019\u201d Noonan says. \u201cWhether it\u2019s building jamb\/header assemblies or more complex subcomponent type assemblies, Vertex BD can handle any combination with relative ease.\u201d Before Vertex BD, window and ductwork changes required multiple steps \u2013 often making it simpler to just start over. Now, changes occur at the speed of a few clicks.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 10px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #333333;font-weight: 500;line-height: 1em;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 10px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #333333;font-weight: 500;line-height: 1em;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;font-weight: bold\">The Upgrade<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">With the recently added IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file conversion tool in Vertex BD, Schares can import 3D models from almost any architectural software and deliver IFC files to contractors. The IFC conversion tool streamlines the architectural-to-framing process by converting IFC 3D model geometry into native Vertex BD 3D objects, and skips the trace-over and re-modeling phases in the process. In the case of a hotel project, that capability proved essential. Cascade delivered IFC files to the contractor, a feature not possible with its previous framing program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">\u201cThe contractor could take Greg\u2019s framing and incorporate it into their BIM model and do the same with the mechanical penetrations, ductwork, and piping,\u201d Noonan says. \u201cAs a result, they could determine clash detection, and areas of conflict between mechanical and framing, so that they could eliminate headaches in the field. With two hotel projects with the same contractor, we were relieved we could handle that project requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">Beyond project efficiency, Noonan notes that Vertex BD enhances accuracy. The software includes a database of all the shapes and sizes Cascade may need. Without that in the previous program, Schares had to manipulate items manually. Vertex BD also helps eliminate change-related design errors. Again, the software\u2019s flexibility lets Schares input approximate sizes and then return to update with the exact dimensions.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 10px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #333333;font-weight: 500;line-height: 1em;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 10px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #333333;font-weight: 500;line-height: 1em;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px;font-size: 22px;vertical-align: baseline;font-weight: bold\">The Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">Vertex BD impacts the business in multiple ways. Cascade\u2019s expanding wall panel business has naturally led to more truss work. Contractors can work with one vendor for both.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">\u201cBecause we\u2019re able to take on more wall panel projects, it\u2019s opened the doors to new customers and relationships on the truss side,\u201d Noonan says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">With the ability to complete designs approximately twice as fast as before, Cascade ultimately increases capacity for CFS projects \u2013 and revenue. At the same time, greater speed, accuracy, and ease of working with Cascade encourages repeat business from clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 1em;border: 0px;background: 0px 0px #ffffff;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #666666;font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">\u201cWe now have the capacity to take greater advantage of the industry\u2019s growth and double the number of projects we take on,\u201d Noonan says. \u201cVertex BD has been a major step in making that happen. To others looking at the software, I\u2019d say, \u2018Do the try-and-buy. 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At the same time, greater speed, accuracy, and ease of working with Cascade encourages repeat business from clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h1>Cascade Manufacturing Doubles Design Speed \u2013 and Project Capacity \u2013 with Vertex BD.<\/h1><p><img class=\"wp-image-309 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/vertexcad.com\/bd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/53d73a_93edc3407ee04cd09a4b7a009501d313mv2-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>About Cascade Manufacturing<\/strong><\/h3><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cascade-mfg-co.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cascade Manufacturing<\/a> is a family owned business serving the construction industry with prefabricated building components for over six decades. They design and manufacture wood and cold-formed steel (CFS) trusses, CFS wall panels, engineered wood products for residential, multifamily, commercial, agricultural projects, and military structures. They have facilities in Iowa and Texas, strategically located to serve the entire Midwest and beyond.<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>The Challenge<\/strong><\/h3><p>In 2008, as the recession hit the building industry, Cascade saw the opportunity to diversify into a growing area \u2013 cold-formed steel wall panels. At the time, Cascade designed CFS wall panels using a general architectural design program with limited framing functionality.<\/p><p>\u201cOur previous 2D program was cumbersome and difficult to use,\u201d explains Tim Noonan, president of Cascade. \u201cThe long lead time to design product drawings was a major constraint on delivery times and on our ability to grow that part of our business.\u201d<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>The Solution<\/strong><\/h3><p>To expedite the design process, Cascade tried Vertex BD, building information modeling (BIM) software from Argos Systems for cold-formed steel construction. The software\u2019s rule-based framing capabilities\u00a0automate the process of generating wall and floor panel fabrication drawings, structural layouts, cut lists, and other material reports \u2013 saving manufacturers significant time on every project. \u201cWe knew similar companies in the industry using Vertex BD successfully,\u201d Noonan says. \u201cAnd as a stand-alone program, it wasn\u2019t as costly as programs that bolt onto AutoCAD. Plus, we were attracted to the low-risk, try-and-buy option that allowed us to rent the software, use it for several months, and apply a portion of the rent to the purchase.<\/p><p>After using it for several months, we were definitely sold on it.\u201d With online training, Greg Schares, Cascade\u2019s Wall Panel Division manager, became proficient on Vertex BD in about a month. Having all necessary materials already built into the software database further reduced ramp-up time. As the sole Vertex BD user at Cascade, Schares has found Argos support personnel indispensable whenever a question arises. \u201cI can\u2019t walk over to a coworker with a question,\u201d Schares says. \u201cSo support from Argos has been phenomenal in helping me with questions and troubleshooting issues. The team is very, very responsive.\u201d Today, Vertex BD supports Cascade\u2019s growing portfolio of CFS projects, including multifamily, senior living, hotels, and student housing buildings.<\/p><p>With this software, Schares generates drawings automatically in seconds based on defined framing rules \u2013 completing designs in about half the time as before. \u201cEvery time we ask if Vertex BD can do something, the answer is \u2018yes, it can,\u2019\u201d Noonan says. \u201cWhether it\u2019s building jamb\/header assemblies or more complex subcomponent type assemblies, Vertex BD can handle any combination with relative ease.\u201d Before Vertex BD, window and ductwork changes required multiple steps \u2013 often making it simpler to just start over. Now, changes occur at the speed of a few clicks.<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>The Upgrade<\/strong><\/h3><p>With the recently added IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file conversion tool in Vertex BD, Schares can import 3D models from almost any architectural software and deliver IFC files to contractors. The IFC conversion tool streamlines the architectural-to-framing process by converting IFC 3D model geometry into native Vertex BD 3D objects, and skips the trace-over and re-modeling phases in the process. In the case of a hotel project, that capability proved essential. Cascade delivered IFC files to the contractor, a feature not possible with its previous framing program.<\/p><p>\u201cThe contractor could take Greg\u2019s framing and incorporate it into their BIM model and do the same with the mechanical penetrations, ductwork, and piping,\u201d Noonan says. \u201cAs a result, they could determine clash detection, and areas of conflict between mechanical and framing, so that they could eliminate headaches in the field. With two hotel projects with the same contractor, we were relieved we could handle that project requirement.\u201d<\/p><p>Beyond project efficiency, Noonan notes that Vertex BD enhances accuracy. The software includes a database of all the shapes and sizes Cascade may need. Without that in the previous program, Schares had to manipulate items manually. Vertex BD also helps eliminate change-related design errors. Again, the software\u2019s flexibility lets Schares input approximate sizes and then return to update with the exact dimensions.<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>The Results<\/strong><\/h3><p>Vertex BD impacts the business in multiple ways. Cascade\u2019s expanding wall panel business has naturally led to more truss work. Contractors can work with one vendor for both.<\/p><p>\u201cBecause we\u2019re able to take on more wall panel projects, it\u2019s opened the doors to new customers and relationships on the truss side,\u201d Noonan says.<\/p><p>With the ability to complete designs approximately twice as fast as before, Cascade ultimately increases capacity for CFS projects \u2013 and revenue. At the same time, greater speed, accuracy, and ease of working with Cascade encourages repeat business from clients.<\/p><p>\u201cWe now have the capacity to take greater advantage of the industry\u2019s growth and double the number of projects we take on,\u201d Noonan says. \u201cVertex BD has been a major step in making that happen. To others looking at the software, I\u2019d say, \u2018Do the try-and-buy. 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