How to Modify Cabinets and Expand Your Design Catalog in CABINET VISION [VIDEO]

G’day everyone. It’s Clayton from Planit Canada here. Today, let’s go over some of the basics of cabinet modification. What changes can we make to our cabinets, and what are the cabinet settings at our disposal?

It’s important to note that cabinets in Cabinet Vision are not necessarily static. The design isn’t set in stone, which means that my object catalog on the left-hand side here is essentially a list of cabinet designs I’ve saved to this catalog, to this library, so that I don’t have to redraw them every single time I open up a new job. I can sort them and arrange them however I like, but essentially, every time I grab this object, I can bring it onto the wall so that I don’t have to redraw that same design.

However, the wonderful thing about Cabinet Vision is that it can really grow with you as a user. It makes the process of drawing our projects and optimizing them for the CNC as efficient as possible. If you find that during the projects you’re working on in Cabinet Vision, you’re doing the same task or the same repetitive adjustments for every single new project, the idea is: we only make that adjustment once, we save that cabinet to our catalog, and then in the future, we can just grab that object from the catalog and place it on our wall. We don’t have to redraw it again.

The other important thing to note is any cabinet or any object that I take from this catalog, I can modify it to be any other design that I want. For example, I’ve got my pair door in the center of the wall. If I double-click on this cabinet, it’s going to take me to the cabinet properties.

There are a few different areas of the cabinet properties that we’re going to look at to see how we can make certain adjustments to our cabinets. It’s great that we’re at the section view. The section view is where we are going to modify the face and interior of our cabinet. If I click on the section face, you’ll see I can modify different things like the type I am using. I can have a pair door, slide door, drawer, keep it open, or have panels. The attributes underneath will adjust according to the type I am using. I can also modify the face so that I have several equal openings all at the same time. To do that, I’ll remove the face as it is. I’ll click on the horizontal multi-split. Now, if I click on the section face, you’ll see that I can choose however many equal openings I would like to add and what kind of opening type. Let’s add three drawers. Just like that, I’ve now got a three-drawer system, where initially I had a two-door base cabinet.

If I remove the drawer face and click on the section interior, you’ll see that I’m also able to manually add adjustable shelves, roll-out trays, and fixed shelves. To do that, I can use the horizontal multi-split, which will give me the option to add equal openings and different separators. I can also right-click on this space and split vertically or horizontally. If I split horizontally, it will give me the options for an adjustable shelf. I could also split vertically and have the options for a partition or a divider. From this space, I could even split that horizontally and switch between an adjustable shelf or a fixed shelf or a roll-out tray. All these options are available to me.

Those are the benefits of using the section face and section interior settings. You’ll also see when we’re in the section view, we have the properties button at the top here. When we click on that, we have a list of all the properties attached to this specific cabinet. I could change its name, size, construction method, colors, materials, door profile, door material, and hardware. The case option allows changes to aspects like stretches, full top, no top, and no bottom. These settings should be exceptions, not the rule.

We can add scribes, adjust reveals, change toe heights, or remove the toe completely. When making these adjustments, they’re only for this cabinet. The changes I make are intelligent and dynamic. For example, modifying the toe will adjust the ends to continue to the bottom. When making modifications, focus on the section and property tab. Only use the face plan or end view for rare exceptions.

In the section view, use the modifications tab to reset assemblies or remove specific overrides. I can delete partitions or other elements. Once satisfied with a design, save it to the catalog without overwriting the original. For instance, create a “Base Five Drawer” and save it with specific attributes and icon. This allows easy reuse of customized designs.

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