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How To Add A Door Profile To End Panels & Save Custom Panels In CABINET VISION

How to Add a Door Profile to End Panels & Save Custom Panels in CABINET VISION

Post Series: Getting Started with CABINET VISION

Want your end panels to match your door styles—or even create reusable decorative panels you can pull from your catalog later? This tutorial walks you through exactly how to do that in CABINET VISION, even if you’re new.

Watch the video below and follow along with these steps.

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Hey! Would you like to know how we can inset doors in CABINET VISION? Like we see in our beautiful green cabinet here?

It’s really simple to do! The setting that controls whether a door is inset or not is associated with the hinge it’s using.

So let’s go to the System level of CABINET VISION. Let’s open up the Material Manager. We have a hinge folder here and we have an inset hinge.

So when I open up this material, you’ll see that I have under all of these different settings, an **Inset** setting, where I can control how inset the door that uses this hinge is going to be.

If you don’t have any inset hinges in your CABINET VISION, what you need to do is create a new hinge in the Material Manager, double-check that all these settings are as you need them.

Then we can go out, go to our Material Schedules, create a new hinge schedule that uses the inset hinges we’ve created, like so, and then that will be ready to be used in our jobs in CABINET VISION!

So if you have any questions about CABINET VISION and how it works, let us know!

What You’ll Learn

  • Add a Shaker (or any) profile to an end panel
  • Override the default door settings for just one end panel
  • Create a standalone panel (one-part assembly) and save it to your catalog
  • Maintain flexibility so changes to door styles or material thickness auto-update your custom end panels

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Add a Door Profile to an End Panel

  1. Open a new job → add a wall → place a basic cabinet on it.
  2. Double-click the cabinet to go to Cabinet Level.
  3. Go to the Section View / Section tab. On the left, you’ll see a top-down view with red lines highlighting which face you’re working on.
  4. Click the dotted line of the right end side (end panel). By default, it’s set to Automatic.
  5. Change Type from Automatic to Applied Door.
  6. Switch to 3D view — you’ll see a door object inserted as the end panel, following the cabinet’s current door profile.

2. Change the Door Profile for That End Panel Only

  1. Stay in Section View → go to Properties → Doors/Drawers.
  2. Choose a different door profile (e.g., change to Shaker or another style). Click OK.
  3. In 3D view, the end panel now reflects the new profile.

3. Override Door Standards on That Part

  1. If you want the end panel to ignore cabinet-wide door style settings:
    • Double-click the end panel face in Section View.
    • Choose the door style you want for that part only.
    • Click OK through any dialogs.
  2. That part now has its own settings, independent of the rest of the cabinet.

4. Create a Standalone End Panel

  1. Place a cabinet → double-click to open Cabinet Level → Section tab.
  2. Apply an Applied Door for the end panel.
  3. Remove other parts: go to Section View → Properties → Case → remove top and bottom. Set the toe height to 0 if needed.
  4. Use the Object Tree (bottom left, three-colored dots) to find parts named left end, unfinished back, nailer, etc. Set their Quantity (QTY) = 0 to remove them.

5. Dynamically Match Face Width to Door Thickness

  1. In the Object Tree, select the door opening → find the dimension DZ (depth or thickness) for that door object.
  2. Copy that value (Ctrl+C).
  3. Navigate to the assembly you want to match → double-click the face width or DX dimension.
  4. Change it to an equation and paste (Ctrl+V) that door’s DZ value.
  5. Click OK. Now your face width will always match the door’s thickness — even if you change the door material later.

6. Save It to Your Catalog

  1. Once the panel looks good, with the applied door profile or finished end settings, exit the cabinet.
  2. Use Save / Save As in CABINET VISION.
  3. Choose a catalog like Base Columns & Fillers (or whichever you use for panels).
  4. Name the part (e.g., “Shaker End Panel”) and make sure to check Advanced → Preserve → Door/Applied End Door Style.
  5. Click OK. Now it’s saved and available for future jobs.

Why This Helps

  • Style consistency: Decorative end panels match door profiles without manual rebuilds.
  • Less repetitive work: You only build custom panels once; reuse them later.
  • Flexibility: Because you used equations and “Applied Door,” the panel updates when you change your door style or material thickness.
  • Cleaner outputs: Your 3D views, plans, and client presentations all reflect exactly what you intend.

Related Skills You’ll Pick Up

  • Understanding and using CABINET VISION’s hierarchy
  • Navigating and editing via the Object Tree
  • Creating and applying equations to control sizing
  • Saving smart assemblies to your user catalog

Need more training? We’ve got you.

Download the free Smart Guide to CABINET VISION
Book one-on-one training with a Planit Canada specialist
Subscribe to the Planit Canada YouTube Channel for more tutorials

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