In the second tab of the Option Select window, a Customer's Own Material (COM) can be applied to symbols in CET. You can select materials from another supplier that are not standard for the symbol selected. All COMs will be displayed in the field in the center of the window.

• Create/Edit COM: Opens the Customer own materials dialog.
• Remove COM: Removes the selected COM from the list.

There is also a button for resetting all changes to the initial COM, and a button that closes the dialog.

The Customer's Own Materials tab

Customer's Own Materials dialog

Click the Create/Edit COM button to access this dialog:

From here, you can enter the following information:

• Code: (required entry) This is the code that will identify the price level (such as "Custom" in the image above.)
• Description: (required entry) Type a description of the COM to be used on the linked option (similar to "Undecided" in the image above).
• Pattern: (optional) Pattern name as provided by the manufacturer.
• Colorway: (optional) Colorway as provided by the manufacturer.
• Category: (optional) Define the material category the COM will appear under in Material Explorer.
• Part Number: (required to show COM as a line item in Calculations) COM part number from the material manufacturer. Shows in the Part Number column in Calculations.
• Supplier: (recommended if showing in Calculations) Organization responsible for supplying the COM. Shows in the Options and Description columns in Calculations.
• Manufacturer: (recommended if showing in Calculations) Manufacturer of the COM. Shows in the Company column in Calculations.
• Length Unit: (recommended if showing in Calculations) Unit of measure the COM is sold in. Shows in the Textile Length column in Calculations. The number of units needs to be manually entered in Calculations for pricing to be reflected. 
• Price Per Unit: (required to show COM as a line item in Calculations) Price of the material per unit of measure.
• Approval Number: (optional) Approval number from furniture manufacturer. Shows in the Options and Description columns in Calculations. 
• Shipping Info: (optional) Information on where the COM will be shipped for application. Shows in the Options and Description columns in Calculations.
• Link to Std material: (required selection) You have to link your COM to an already existing standard material for rules and pricing. You can edit the pricing later in Calculations.
• Transparency: Drag the slider to the right in order to increase the transparency of the COM.
• Scale: Enter a value between .001 and 100 to change the size of the COM.
  • 1=scale of the image
  • Less than 1 decreases the scale, e.g. 0.5 = 1/2 the size of the image
  • Greater than one increases the scale, e.g. 2 = 2x the size of the image.
• Browse for Texture: Opens your File Explorer where you choose the image you want to use as a texture. Many suppliers have high quality images of their materials on their website.
• Edit Color Material: Opens the Color dialog where you can choose from a set of predefined colors.
• Browse GMaterial: Opens the Browse GMaterial dialog where you choose .gm files you want to use as a texture. If the .gm file was previously created in the enhanced COM dialog, the COM information may also load with the texture.