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Thanks.. I am going to dig in and see what’s available. of note the values that return numbers will not allow the user to select a unit type sometimes.. ie I did a backplash area calc but there was no sq ft unit to select..

Thanks for this, how do you know what code to write? Is there a list of items to reference?

Hi joe, automatic splash, I figured out I could click in field and select item in the extra column of material list and then select the length*6( height in inches)/ 12.. it produces the sq ft of splash but since ca returns linear ft as the standard you can’t select sq ft only ft in the drop down. i was trying to show the room name where each counter is in but ca doesn’t have that as an option to show in material list. It looks like I need to make a custom macro for room name.. is it just (macros.roomname%)and add it to a field in the cabinet component of countertop.

Eric, i opened up my cabinet materials and opened backsplash and the material is set to area, ca doesnt report it this way? What am i missing?

Anyone know how to get the area of back splash in the material list? Right now it just shows length, kind of useless if you dont have the height. Looks like a formula required?

Hi Mark, can you elaborate? why does it work on a full height cab placing edge tape in right location but on upper only one side is right? I understand the height change..

Hi Mark, i tried using your tape symbol on an upper cabinet and the right side keeps displaying off of cabinet edge? is there something different to do for an upper?

Thanks Eric, i was selecting window in 3d view and then tabbing and the selection goes away, i guess only works in plan?

I know this is probably a dumb question, i cant seem to figure out how to adjust the window sizes in a bow window...i tried looking in help it didnt help.\

here is the hood, making the cabinet door on spice rack any wider than 6" makes it too fat...

i will have to check with support...doesnt make sense

I am saving cabinets with predetermined drawers, materials and drawer opening % but ca does not save these items. cabinet on right is what was saved as default and cab on left is what ca inserts as what i saved? could this be a bug or am i missing something?

Thanks, it doesnt make sense for ca not to show drawer below 6" cab width, it it woks it works... A 4.5" cabinet with 5/8" sides will give you a clear 3.25" opening, then you could use top and bottom mount slides and a 3" wide drawer. I thought i was doing something wrong but it looks like ca has chosen not to show drawers in cabinets less than 6" wide when open.

Hi Marc, not sure what you did but i turned off grid snaps on plan and in cabs...ca wont show drawer if cabinet is less than 6"...

This is a cabinet my company made i am trying to replicate. we use 5/8" birch plywood for cabinet boxes

Thanks Marc, so you turned off giid snaps in cabinets( i changed it to .5" increments) and turned off grid snaps in plan, but once that is done what did you do? i made door over size so it hangs over cabinet on either side by 3/4" so the drawer hides gables and doesn't look like a drawer, so if i make cabinet 4.5" wide, drawer face will be 6" wide and i will have a drawer that is about 3" wide fit into 4.5" wide cabinet... Did you resave my custom spice drawer with grid snaps in plan and cabinets off?

i used a revit shelf spice drawer and same thing happened when i went too narrow

here is the plan corbel drawer face art2.zip

I changed min cabinet size to 2” it didn’t help.

i have built a spice drawer but when i make cabinet 6" wide my 4.5" spice drawer disappears, any reason why?

mark it says no data in file?

Thanks Mark...cheers.

HI Mark, i didn't think i could do edge tape(but that is our standard), sounds like i would have to adjust vertical for different heights? but top and bottom would stay with cabinet? Its typical cabinet construction as you know, even with a melamine particle board core you need to add edge tape, i am surprised chief doesnt take this into consideration. I know there are lots of cheap cabinets out there in just white...but what about all the others? could you show me in more detail what you did for legs and top and bottom?

Thanks Mark, is that drawer box/pullout specification option new? Finally i can show and save what our cabinets actually look like, birch interior cabinets and drawer boxes with finished panels and drawers/doors. I saved the drawer box as a 10" high drawer and it auto adjusts for height. I have fooled around with the bounding box to get drawer box closer to side of cabinet, we use undermount drawer slides which brings drawer side to about 1/8" from cabinet and ca seems to want to make this always larger?

Hi we make all our drawers and cabinet boxes with prefinished birch plywood and install drawer faces and gables in other materials. how would i do this?