Clopay Corporation, a leader in closure products for commercial, residential, industrial, institutional, and retail applications, has reintroduced ArchitectDoorHelp.com, its online resource for architects and design professionals, with a new layout and navigation. The updated platform simplifies specification of Clopay, Cornell, and Cookson brand doors with a product selection tool, an on-demand custom AutoCad drawing generator for rolling doors, and supporting code and listing documentation—all with no account or login necessary.
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“Our decision to update the site was driven by the changing requirements of our architectural community and directly influenced by their feedback,” said Paul Smith, Clopay Corporation director of architectural promotion. “By investing in this online resource, Clopay continues to earn its position as a trusted partner of architects and the greater design community.”
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The ArchitectDoorHelp.com platform helps architects discover, customize, and specify Clopay Corporation’s entire product portfolio, including products under its Clopay, Cornell and Cookson brands. Visitors to the site can choose from four starting points:
- Product Selector Tool: Presents a series of user-friendly prompts such as building type (e.g., warehouse, retail, healthcare, etc.), insulated or non-insulated, and fire and smoke rating requirements to generate a list of recommended products that meet the application’s needs.
- Drawing Generator Tool: Creates on-demand AutoCad drawings that show exact clearances for the door dimensions specified, along with mounting and wall details. The user selects a door type (e.g., rolling door, fire rated door, security grille, etc.), inputs the
As an added benefit, ArchitectDoorHelp.com allows architects to download and modify product specifications without requiring users to create an account, provide contact information, or log in.
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“As the market trends toward increasingly unique designs, the site serves as a powerful, easy-to-use tool that lets architects explore and visualize different materials, finishes, and configurations and access all of the necessary documentation in one place,” said Smith.
“Our relationship with the architectural community has been vital to developing tools like these that not only ensure technical accuracy in specifying but also connect creativity and design with products that fulfill an aesthetic vision.”
About Clopay Corporation
Founded in 1964, Clopay Corporation (“Clopay”) is the largest manufacturer and marketer of garage doors and rolling steel doors in North America. The company sells residential and commercial overhead sectional doors through leading home center retail chains and a network of over 3,000 independent professional dealers under the brands Clopay®, Ideal®, and Holmes Garage Doors®. Rolling steel doors and grilles for commercial, industrial, institutional, and retail use are sold under the Cornell®, Cookson®, and Clopay® brands.
Clopay is headquartered in Mason, Ohio, and operates four manufacturing facilities and 57 distribution centers.
For more information, visit www.clopaydoor.com
