On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 19:47 +0800, Paul Robinson wrote: Comments inline: > Hi, > > I am chasing some guidance on the best approach to the following problem. > > Background: > - client manufactures custom built office furniture > - I have set up virtual products with features and subsequently variant > products > e.g. Bookcase > 1200mm high > 600 wide > 3 shelves > this is just one of the possible combinations i.e. a bookcase could > be 1800mm high > > Each combination has a distinct price. > > My scenario is as follows: > - I want to create a production run in the manufacturing sub-system so > the cabinet making team can build the product. > - I have created a basic configuration (one option) that I have > assigned to each variant product and subsequently assigned that > configuration item to a product (CUST_BOOKCASE) so it ends up getting a > production run but I am not sure this best or right way.
I think this is the only way to achieve it. > > I can't use configurable products as its the combination of attributes > that make up the entire price of the product i.e. adding shelves does > not necessarily increase the price, but adding height alone or height > and width combined will. Then why not add 0 price for variant product which represent the shelves? > > For another day but Ideally, I would be able to configure a variant > product but after recent posts from me, it was determined that it could > not be done but there has been some interest from the community to > develop this. The main requirement from me for this is for example, a > bookcase could have "red shelves with white edging" or "white shelves > with red edging" > > btw - I have been extremely grateful for the support this community has > already provided me and as my knowledge grows I look forward to helping > out more! > > Regards, > Paul > > Bilgin
