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CPI’s Product Configurator Marks 100,000th Custom Design

November 11, 2011

Six years ago, Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI) introduced the CPI Product Configurator - a fully interactive and free Design Tool that allows customers, partners and CPI employee owners worldwide the ability to create custom product solutions based on their unique applications and needs.

To date, CPI is thrilled to announce that over 35,000 registered users of the Product Configurator have now created over 100,000 custom designs! That's a whole lot of cabinets, racks, cable managers, wall-mount systems and more from CPI's versatile product mix that have undergone the configuration treatment.

So what makes CPI's Product Configurator so sought after? The answer's just about as diverse as the wide variety of products available for customization.

CPI RacksTo start with, the CPI Product Configurator guides users through a helpful, step-by-step online process to create customized products. That includes the ability to choose your preferred starting point - let's say a two-post rack in this case, and from there, the ability to then customize and personalize that two-post rack with any necessary cable managers (both horizontal and vertical), grounding and bonding products and more.

The process continues all the way through to suggestions for value-added and optional accessories, such as shelves and trays for easier storage within the rack. Collectively, this intuitive design ensures compatibility of CPI's various product families with their exact-match accessories, while also offering quick-info "Help Me Decide" links for even more instant assistance during your selection process.

Once a new custom design is configured and built, the tool then provides users with a bill of material, total list price, rendered drawings in your preferred format and a selection of distributors and global resellers to complete the purchase. Users can also save multiple configured projects and access at a later date to make updates and additional modifications.

If you're not already one of the 35,000-plus users of CPI's Product Configurator, now's a great time to start. Simply create a free, online profile at our site and follow the prompts from there. For additional help or info on the tool, feel free to contact CPI Technical Support at 800-834-4969 or via email. Jeff Cihocki, eContent Specialist 

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