Account: An account can belong to a company or homeowner.

Admin (Administrator) Console: Only available to the organization's administrators, this tab allows the administrator to adjust the org settings in the platform, assign and manage users, manage themes (design book/presentation templates), and company images.

Alternative Items: These are alternatives to the primary item that has been selected for an Item ID. For example, if the project requires a faucet, a designer can select a faucet for the project, and attach alternative options for faucets to that same Item ID so that they are stored together and can be considered later by the designer or client if needed.

Areas: Areas are related to Rooms and Spaces in the platform. An Area is within a Space (just as a Space is within a Room). For example, an area could be a Niche, a Cabinet, Stairs, a Door Opening, etc.

Attributes & Attribute Fields: Attributes are the details of a selected item, such as size, color, dimensions, etc. An Attribute Field is the placeholder within an Item Box that displays these attributes.

Book Themes: Themes are pre-designed templates that can be used to create books. Themes are created within the Admin Console. You have the option to create your own themes completely from scratch, or to customize one of the design.efficiently themes for use in your org.

Construction Set (or Construction Plans): The Construction Set contains the drawings for a project that will be used for the construction process. Drawings that are intended for design purposes only and not for construction (also known as Design Drawings), are referred to as the Design Set in the design.efficiently platform.

Contact: A person associated with an Account.

Dependent Item: An item that is necessary for the installation or function of the main item (or 'Primary Item' - see below). Dependents can be decorative and may vary for the same item across projects. Dependents have their own SKU.

Design Set: The Design Set includes all of the Design Drawings for a project. Design Drawings are intended for design purposes only and are typically not used for construction.

Item: An Item refers to a design selection.

Item Catalog: A selection of Items (design selections) that are stored in the design.efficiently platform, which is maintained by the design.efficiently team. Users can add their own Items to the catalog as well, which are viewable only by their org.

Locations: A Location is the place within a project that an Item will be installed.

My Settings: An individual user can customize their design.efficiently platform settings.

Office: A unique location for your organization (company).

Option: A design element specific to a manufacturer or a particular Item such as a finish color or trim style. Options are added to a Primary Item (see 'Primary Item' below) by a user, and do not have their own SKU.

Org, Organization, Org ID: The Org or Organization, refers to the company that registered for a design.efficiently account. Each Org has an Org ID that is issued when you register.

Parts: Parts are Items that are necessary for the composition, function or installation of another Item.

Price: Price is a field that can be added to an Item Box within a Design Book, which will automatically populate with the cost of an Item (if available in the catalog) when that Item is added to the Item Box on the book canvas.

Primary Item: The main Item associated with an Item ID.

Primary Space: A Primary Space (see 'Spaces' below), is the main Space that is related to a Room and is named after that Room. Every Room has a Primary Space. For example, a 'Kitchen' is a Room, which contains the Primary Space 'Kitchen', along with any other relevant spaces, such as 'Breakfast Nook' or 'Island'.

Project Item ID: An Item ID is a unique identifier that includes the Division and a unique number. Each project selection will include an Item ID (for example, a lighting selection might be called LG-01).

Item IDs can be linked to one or several Locations within a project. Any changes made to the Item ID will automatically be updated across all linked Locations (see Rooms-Spaces-Locations-IDs).

Project Settings: Platform settings can be changed for an individual project as needed.

Rooms: A Room refers to a main section of the floor plan that requires unifying design selections. A Room can contain smaller sections within, called Spaces (see 'Spaces' below).

Room Categories: Room Categories refer to different groupings of similar Room Types (see 'Room Types' below). For example, 'Connecting Spaces', 'Exterior Spaces', and 'Utility Spaces' are all Room Categories.

Room Types: The different kinds of Rooms within a larger Room Category, are called Room Types. For example, the Room Types within the 'Connecting Spaces' category, might be 'Hallway', 'Entryway', 'Stairway', etc.

SKU & SKU2: SKU is a unique identifier that manufacturers use to identify a product, often for the purpose of purchasing. SKU2 is a field within the design.efficiently platform that allows orgs to create their own unique identifier that applies only to their org.

Spaces: A space is typically a smaller section of a plan within a Room. For example, the Room could be 'Living Room', and the Spaces could be 'Living Room', 'Bar', and 'Reading Nook'.

Specifications: Industry-standard design elements such as moulding profiles and panel styles that can be applied to relevant items. Specifications do not have SKUs.

Stakeholder or Project Stakeholder: A Stakeholder is a person associated with a Project, such as an architect, designer, contractor, etc.