We released a new update to CounterGo.

When editing a CounterGo quote, step 6 now shows the price details. Previously step 6 was for other items, and you got to price details through a small link at the top of the page. To add other items to the quote, click the “Add Other Item” link near the bottom of the price details page.

We renamed countertop “Group” to “Area”, to remove the confusion with color groups.

Other items are now added to the countertop area subtotal by default. Previously they were in their own section on the quote with their own subtotal. If you still want it the old way, you can set the area for the other item to “None”. But most people were asking to have them merged together.

We also fixed a few bugs:

• Fixed the label for Expiration Date when filtering the list of quotes.
• If you use Chrome browser, sometimes the scrollbar would disappear when editing the layout.
• If you create a recurring appointment in the JobTracker calendar for every 3rd Saturday, it would skip too many weeks between appointments.

Want to know more? At Moraware, we make software for countertop fabricators. CounterGo lets you draw, estimate, and layout countertops in just minutes. JobTracker is scheduling software that helps you eliminate the time you waste looking for job folders. RemnantSwap is a free place to buy and sell stone remnants with fabricators near you.

One of the questions we’ve been getting from fabricators looking at CounterGo for the first time is “How do I draw a batwing?” Here’s how.

First, draw the countertop with regular 90° corners, like this:

Then, click on the corner (where it says 90°), and either choose the angle you want from the drop-down list or by dragging the symbol. Like this:

You’ve got one corner at a 45° angle.

Now, repeat that for the other corner, and you’ll have a batwing. You can make other shapes that have 45° angles, too. (or 22.5° or 67.5°)

Want to know more? At Moraware, we make software for countertop fabricators. CounterGo lets you draw, estimate, and layout countertops in just minutes. JobTracker is scheduling software that helps you eliminate the time you waste looking for job folders. RemnantSwap is a free place to buy and sell stone remnants with fabricators near you.

The latest CounterGo update makes it easier to get started. When you first login, you can start creating a quote immediately. A Retail price list is generated automatically with some standard granite colors and edges.

All price lists now have all items pre-defined, such as radius corners, bump-outs, etc. So it will be simpler and faster to get your pricing setup.

We also simplified the override price dialog on the price details page. This makes it faster to change the prices on a quote.

When you print or email your first quote, if you haven’t customized the printable form, you’re prompted to update the company name & address in the header. You don’t have to customize the form until you want to make more substantial changes.

If you add large blocks of text to your printed quote form, they will now wrap to additional pages if they don’t fit on one page. This is useful for printing terms, disclaimers, contracts, etc.

Want to know more? At Moraware, we make software for countertop fabricators. CounterGo lets you draw, estimate, and layout countertops in just minutes. JobTracker is scheduling software that helps you eliminate the time you waste looking for job folders. RemnantSwap is a free place to buy and sell stone remnants with fabricators near you.

When you print a CounterGo quote, the drawing now shows symbols on the edges. There’s a legend below the drawing showing what symbol maps to each edge. On the price list you can select an image for each finished edge, and that image will show in the legend of the drawing.

We moved the “update to latest price list” link to the right side of the page. That makes it easier to find, and is available from any tab while editing the quote. If a new price list revision is created while you’re in the middle of editing a quote, the message will automatically be displayed.

It’s now easier to see who changed a quote or price list. When viewing either one, the user name and timestamp is displayed at the top of the revision. And if you click the “Select Revision” button, a table displays with all the revisions, who created them, at what time, along with the notes.

We also made a few changes to the way quotes and price lists are saved. There’s no longer a button to save a draft. And when you click the save button the page goes back to view mode, rather than staying in edit mode. That should reduce a lot of confusion we were hearing from users.

When you edit a price list, the page now opens in edit mode directly, rather than having to go through the extra step of clicking the edit button.

And we’ve fixed a few bugs:

• Overriding the price on a clipped corner now works
• If you override the price of an appliance edge, the no price message now goes away
• Fixed problem wrapping text on printed quote when there were some special characters in the text

Want to know more? At Moraware, we make software for countertop fabricators. CounterGo lets you draw, estimate, and layout countertops in just minutes. JobTracker is scheduling software that helps you eliminate the time you waste looking for job folders. RemnantSwap is a free place to buy and sell stone remnants with fabricators near you.

There are a number of changes to CounterGo this week. The first is the addition of appliance edge on the drawing. This allows you to specify a flat polished edge next to the stove or fridge. When editing a quote, click on step 3, click on the edge and select appliance edge, rather than finished, unfinished or splash. You can specify the price of appliance edge on the price list, just below the finished edge prices.

When you create a new CounterGo quote for an account, you can now assign a price list to that account at the same time. That saves you the step of first assigning the price list to the account before creating the quote.

You can now print images attached to custom fields on the CounterGo quote. Most people use this to print a picture of the edge on the quote. (Note: We plan to have an even better answer for edge images in the near future, so stay tuned.) To print the images, you first need to have a quote custom field defined under the Quote Settings >> Custom Fields tab. The field should be a “list of values” data type, with the option selected for “Attach an image to each value.” Then you can add this field to your quote form under the Quote Settings >> Forms tab. Edit the field and choose the image placement option for whether to show the image above/below/left/right of the text.

There are also a few minor items and bug fixes:

• Items with really long names now wrap to the next line when viewing the price details.
• If your quote is very long, the quote lines will wrap to the next page when printing.
• Moved the position of “Other Splash” on the step 3 context menu.
• Renamed “Edge Profiles” to “Finished Edge” on the price list.
• Changed the default measurements when adding a bump-out on drawings with millimeter units.
• When editing the measurements of a slab on the layout, can now hit enter to submit the dialog.
• Fixed printing some .gif logo files that weren’t showing up before in the quote header.
• Fixed showing the Page Styles tab on the JobTracker system settings.

Want to know more? At Moraware, we make software for countertop fabricators. CounterGo lets you draw, estimate, and layout countertops in just minutes. JobTracker is scheduling software that helps you eliminate the time you waste looking for job folders. RemnantSwap is a free place to buy and sell stone remnants with fabricators near you.

When you print a CounterGo quote you can now choose how much pricing detail to show the customer. There are four options to choose from:

1. Show the price of every line item
2. Show the subtotals for each group of countertops
3. Show just the grand total
4. Show no prices at all

The last option is useful for printing a shop ticket.

To change this setting, select the menu item Quote >> Edit Settings, click the Forms tab and edit the form you want to change. Edit the Quote Lines field and choose one of the four options.

When you create a new price list, you may need to assign it to many existing accounts. Now there’s an option just for that. When you view a price list, click the price list name and select “Add Price List to Accounts”. Check the account names to which you want to add this price list, and click OK. There’s another similar option to remove a price list from multiple accounts.

A third new feature on the CounterGo drawing is the ability to duplicate a counter. When you’re editing a quote you can click on a counter and select “Duplicate Counter” to add another copy of the same countertop.

Want to know more? At Moraware, we make software for countertop fabricators. CounterGo lets you draw, estimate, and layout countertops in just minutes. JobTracker is scheduling software that helps you eliminate the time you waste looking for job folders. RemnantSwap is a free place to buy and sell stone remnants with fabricators near you.

CounterGo rounds countertop measurements to 1/2″ by default. But there are some cases where a customer submits a drawing with 1/8″ meaurements, and you’d like to give them a quote that reflects the measurements they gave you. So there’s now a way to change the rounding precision on a quote.

When editing a quote, at the bottom of the screen click on Round to nearest 0.5″ and you can change the rounding to 1/4″, 1/8″ or 1/16″. If you want to change the default setting for all new quotes, you can change that by clicking on the menu item Quote >> Edit Settings, click the Edit Settings button and change the default rounding value.

If you’re working in millimeters rather than inches, the default setting is to round to 10mm. You can use the same method to change that to 1mm.

Want to know more? At Moraware, we make software for countertop fabricators. CounterGo lets you draw, estimate, and layout countertops in just minutes. JobTracker is scheduling software that helps you eliminate the time you waste looking for job folders. RemnantSwap is a free place to buy and sell stone remnants with fabricators near you.