changing material size and thickness on drawers

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changing material size and thickness on drawers

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Hi Every one,
I have been using 4'x8' baltic birch for drawers in residential for quite a while.
My supply of 4x8 dried up on me and I now have gone back to the standard 5x5 that is common.
So now I have a material size and thickness to deal with.

I fooled with this some in v-6 but seem to be hitting a brick wall.
I can change the thickness at twd file write, and I can add sheets at the router at 5x5, all cheating and extra work...........

I have Hundreds of library cabinets using the dovetail drawer with the 4x8 material at .6 thickness. I cant seem to get the new drawer material to take.If I just change the size and thickness of existing material in drawers, I get a mat not found screen, and it has a replacement material option, but there is nothing there to choose from?

I have created a new material with correct size and thickness . I go into the drawer editor and take my standard wood drawer using the old material, change the material to new material and then save it.
This still leaves my current jobs and all my librarys with the old materials.

Does any one know how to get the drawers with new material into my librarys without doing it one at a time?
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Re: changing material size and thickness on drawers

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You can put them all in a batch then check the boxes, go to features, change drawer boxes.
use a new drawer box that you create with your new material, done. only bad news is you have to drag each cab back into the cabinet editor to save it individually, but I don't know any way around that anyway....
Hope that helps,
jnr
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Re: changing material size and thickness on drawers

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Thanks Josh, I had not thought of that, probably not that painful I guess....
I was hoping to just do a material change on the drawer box and then pulling each cab into ce and doing a regenerate, but it does not seem to look back at the material change(keeps the same material)
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Can you post a cabinet or job that you're having trouble with?
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Re: changing material size and thickness on drawers

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Josh,
what you suggested does work.
I was just hoping if I went in to the drawer editor and changed the drawer material on the default drawer, that regenerating the cabinet might update the material, it does not..
Thanks, I will do as you suggested. I can also do a material change on the jobs I have drawn without to much trouble.What the heck, who wants to go home at night anyway!
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Re: changing material size and thickness on drawers

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Changing the default does not change what is already placed, only what will be placed next.
For example, if you wanted to make a pedestal with two 1/2" drawers on top and a 3/4" file drawer below, you could add the two top drawers first, then change the default to a 3/4" dbx, then add the bottom drawer. If changing the default modified the existing boxes, you can see that my scenario would become impossible. Thus we have more flexibility the way it currently works, however cumbersome it may be.
In fact, any change to a library is cumbersome and takes lots of time no matter what!
All the best,
jnr
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Re: changing material size and thickness on drawers

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When will thermwood add the "read my mind feature"??????
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Michael S Murray wrote:When will thermwood add the "read my mind feature"??????
I knew you were gonna say that before you did. :shock: (This feature needs a little more testing yet.)
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Hey Jody, good to hear from you, did u get the freezer full off bluegill fillets this spring?
Makes my mouth water to think of a pile of them on my plate...........
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Re: changing material size and thickness on drawers

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Oh yeah, so when can we expect that feature added?
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