Penn Elcom Launches Innovative New CaseDesigner Software

Flightcase and speaker-cabinet solutions specialist Penn Elcom has developed a new software program, CaseDesigner, instigating fully-flexible flightcase construction.

The fully visual graphical interface enables Penn Elcom customers to plan and visualize potential new case designs in both 2D and 3D, and view in full 360 degree rotation.

CaseDesigner enables Penn clients to generate a quote for themselves, and within literally a couple of minutes, have all the facts available to produce that case at their fingertips.

Thomas Mostert, CEO of Penn Elcom GmbH, the distribution arm of the Penn Elcom Group in Continental Europe and programmer Klaus Koppenhoefer who previously owned his own case company, are the driving forces behind CaseDesigner.

Says Mostert, "This has been developed in response to our growing business and our desire to keep at the forefront of the industry. We need to be agile and deliver information quickly and accurately to our customers. This both empowers and is also a tool that is great fun to work with!"

Simultaneous to showing the evolving design onscreen, CaseDesigner will generate a full list of components needed to build the case, including the sheet cutting sizes, etc., and a total cost. Users can either create a fully custom case from scratch, or select from a large library of standard pre-set cases, to which they can add dimensions, tweak, and also customise if required.

As soon as any measurement values are added to the drawing, the case can be viewed onscreen, together with accurate details of the costs, labor, and time involved can be calculated -- all in a matter of minutes. Clients can decide from there if they need to make modifications to fit their budget and delivery timescale.

A comprehensive list of Penn Elcom flightcase fittings and accessories are pre-drawn and can also be added to the designs at this stage, together with some user-defined parts. The case can be specified with or without dividers or foam interiors, and other extras like custom parts and third party services can also be calculated.

The first region in which Penn Elcom's CaseDesigner is being operated in is continental Europe.