Dimension

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 11:05AM

Anybody got a good method for pulling a door casing to cabinet dimension?

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 1:59PM

You can put a filler next to the door and pull your measurement from the doorside of the filler. Then during printing hide the filler.

For the cut list just make it out of a material that you don't want to cut from just to seperate it from the other materials.

Hope this helps...

I would like to say; this would be a very nice feature to have too.

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 4:14PM

Thanks Michael. That would be a handy feature.

Kerry Fullington · Post by **Kerry Fullington** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 5:10PM

Rick,
This is where Snap Markers come in handy.
Say you place a door and when you highlight it you can tell that the right side is 143\" from the right wall.
You want to set the cabinet 3\" from the casing so you place a snap marker where your cabinet will hit it and then highlight the snap marker and use the numerical entry box to set the marker 140\" from the right wall.
With the insert item method set to align to back place the cabinet and bump it to the snap marker.
Your cabinet is now 3\" in from the door casing.
Snap markers are good for placing things exactly. They have no length or width so wherever you place them is where your cabinet will be when you bump it.

I forgot to mention that you can use formulas in the entry boxes so that you don't have to think. You can put something like 143-3 to get your spacing. This is good when there are fractions 143-2 15/16

Kerry

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 5:57PM

Ah yes Kerry! I remember using them in V3. Thank you. I know about using formulas, I to hate that nasty thinkin' thang.

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Mon, Apr 16 2007, 5:53AM

You can also use complex formulas using parenthesis IE (2 3/16)*(1 1/2)

This is a fantastic way to align items on walls. For example. Insert a range hood; enter zero in the left or right field box and press enter, multiply the opposite value by .5 and press enter. If that value has fractions, just place a set of parrenthesis around them. (108 1/32)*.5 and press enter.

One note about elevation view alighnment using these boxes. They don't seem to work well if the cabinet is associated to a angular wall. Unassociate that cabinet and it should work fine...

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Mon, Apr 16 2007, 8:06AM

Thanks for the heads up on the angular wall issue Michael.

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Mon, Apr 16 2007, 5:39PM

My personal opinion on this is; that the software is trying to move the cabinet along the angled wall it is associated to. This does not happen all the time. But when it does, you know what to do to eliminate the problem.