organizing directories

Jonathan Lester · Post by **Jonathan Lester** » Mon, Feb 12 2007, 11:36AM

Hello All,
I have spent the last few day making my seed cabinets and started a few small jobs. On thing I have noticed is that y cabinet directory page is getting longer and longer. Is it possible to have sub-directories within eachother. For example right now I have Upper, bases, 'L' corner bases, cross corner upper, tall cabinets, drawer bases and vanity bases & uppers. Hopefully I hvent over complicated the question. Any help would be great. thanks again.

Justin D Melhiser · Post by **Justin D Melhiser** » Mon, Feb 12 2007, 2:33PM

Jonathan

As of right now there is not a way to have Sub-Directories within other directories. Any other questions feel free to call me at 1-800-533-6901 ext. 227. You can also email me at cabinets@thermwood.com

Jonathan Lester · Post by **Jonathan Lester** » Mon, Feb 12 2007, 2:46PM

OK thanks maybe in future versions.

Philip Shantz · Post by **Philip Shantz** » Mon, Feb 12 2007, 2:50PM

You might also keep in mind that you cannot have sub-directories in the materials folder either. I found that out years ago when I put the \"Brewster\" images in a subfolder (I was TIRED of scrolling through them every time -- I almost never used them...)

After MAJOR crash, much back and forth with Jason, and a necessary clean re-install, I learned not to try THAT again

As far as the cabinet directories go, after a while you learn eCabinets quirks and keeping it all \"simple\" does become easier -- like short cabinet names so the nests aren't typed-over gibberish...

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Tue, Feb 13 2007, 10:57AM

Johnathan,

I have found that using a B for base and W for wall and T for the tall units before the name will help to limit the files location within the directory. For example all the Base cabinets will be first and the wall cabinets will be last.

We use a \"high hat\" design and I put an H at the end of the file name to differentiate between the types of cabinets.

Hope that helps.

Jonathan Lester · Post by **Jonathan Lester** » Tue, Feb 13 2007, 2:45PM

thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try.

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Tue, Feb 13 2007, 4:11PM

Jonathan

It's difficult to tell from your post whether you are saving all of your seed cabinets in the same directory.

If you are, you can trim it down by using separate directories for cabinets of the same type. Bases in one directory, uppers in another, libraries in yet another, etc.

Mark Taylor · Post by **Mark Taylor** » Tue, Feb 13 2007, 10:52PM

Hey Michael...

I obviously understand the \"B\" \"W\" & \"T\" letters used at the beginning of a cabinet name, but I don't follow the \"H' or high hat...

can you explain further?

Mark

Jonathan Lester · Post by **Jonathan Lester** » Wed, Feb 14 2007, 9:47AM

Dan
Currently I have saved my boxes in sperate directories: uppers, bases, vanities, desk..... What I was wondering is if, for example I am working on a job can I save numerous room boxes in a number of directories under the same job. For example Job name: Bob: but under Bob I would like to save bathroom, kitchen, desk, library. Right now I save it all under just Bob and end up searching for boxes. This may make me sound lazy but there may be excess of 50-60 different boxes per job. The only way around this I have found so far is saving each area in a different directory: Bob library, Bob kitchen... Anyways thanks for the ideas

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Wed, Feb 14 2007, 2:13PM

If create a room layout or batch for each part of a job--kitchen, bath, etc, you won't have to search for the cabinets. Just open the job and they will be in the room. From there you can edit them in the cabinet editor if needed.

You can create nested directories for jobs, just not cabinets or assemblies. For example, you can have eCabinets\\Jobs\\Bob\\Kitchen.esj, eCabinets\\Jobs\\Bob\\Bath.esj, eCabinets\\Jobs\\Bob\\Library.esj, etc. Each of the job files will have links to all of the cabinets and assemblies for that portion of the job.

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Wed, Feb 14 2007, 5:56PM

Each to their own Mark, and every cabinet maker will tell you the same thing. It just happens to be what we call ours.

The H or high hat is refering to the multi height cabinetry. Our tall base cabinets are 95\" tall and a high hat corner or microwave box will install at the same height. However, the cabinets in between will be a shorter size, installing at 91 inches. The H cabinets are usually 3\" deeper than the others.

Hope this helps.

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Wed, Feb 14 2007, 6:03PM

Jonathan,

I prefer to save jobs in the format described by Kerry. It may differ in that The kitchen and anything that is of the same finish in the file under the customer name called Kitchen; Then I create another room just for baths and laundry. Especially if there is a different door for the cabinetry. Those I will also seperate.

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organizing directories

organizing directories