Changing doors in batch cabinets

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Changing doors in batch cabinets

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Hi folks, I've looked around and can't find the answer - is there a way to change doors in batch cabinets? I've got slab plywood doors, I want to change the material - any ideas?

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Jason,
In a room you can change doors but in batch I think you will have to take each cabinet into the Cabinet editor to change doors.
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Yah, I suspect you're correct there. Drat.

Whilst I've got you - did they get rid of some shortcut keys - ie: pressing "L" to load item...? I've only started digging into v6, so I'm kinda fumbling here.

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Yes, it would really be nice to be able to change anything in the Batch Editor that you can in the Custom Layout Editor.

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Yes, yes, yes!!
Oh please Lords of Thermwood, would you grant us that wish???
Count me in on that list of people - oh the magnificence of that happening!! It would surely be a welcome addition!
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Until you are able to change doors etc. in batch why not use this method.

When I want to nest multiple rooms of cabinets together I simply create a large rectangular room and drop all the cabinets into it. I can group each rooms cabinets together for visual reference and ease of editing and I can globally change materials and doors as well as nest all cabinets together. This is just as easy to use as Batch.

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Thanks for the suggestion Kerry - that's what I usually end up doing (except I just use a single wall instead of a rectangular room). It does make it a little more complicated if I'm generating line drawings and renderings though - I have to delete the "batch" walls and save off a separate "render" job. Also it makes things run a little slower, since it has to generate all the cabinets together - and more slower is less gooder.

In the meantime, I will bear the burden and continue onwards. Thanks much - Jason
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Post by Ryan Callahan »

Jason,

This is an issue that has been fixed for the next release. Be patient, and we will have the Cabinet Features tab added and working in the Batch in a similar manor to how it works now in the Custom Layout as Kerry suggested.

Thanks for posting this miss.
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Re: Changing doors in batch cabinets

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Hi Ryan - thanks for the note, I'll look forward to the next release (as we always do!). Thanks for your hard work - Jason
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