Attraktor

Thanks, Joe and Mark for your answers. It is somewhat confusing though why CA asks you to define areas as "Drawer", "Left Door", "Right Door", and "Appliance" in the "Symbol Specification" window during the import process. Why, when these don't function like normal cabinet-fronts? Oh well, there always seems to be something missing in programs... Btw, how do manufacturers create "functioning" cabinets for the libraries?

Whenever I create a cabinet with Sketchup and import it with Chief Architect (X5 32-bit), it does not "function" like a cabinet from the CA library. My imported cabinet is missing the "Front" tab (along with the "Sides/Back" and "Manufacturer" tabs) in the "Wall Cabinet Specification" window (when I open the object). This is what is missing: I did a test using a simple cabinet from the CA Manufacturer Catalogs, trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. I picked the "Armstrong "24" High x 18 Deep Microwave Cabinet" and dropped it into a new/empty floor plan. This is what that simple cabinet looks like (I put a wall in the back just for this photo) : Then I exported it as a .dwg from the "Perspective Full Overview" 3D-view. After importing it into Sketchup and assigning the cabinet's open space to a layer I named "Opening", I exported it as a .dwg from Sketchup. Using the "Import>3D Symbol" in CA and choosing "Cabinet" in the "Choose the symbol category" drop-down menu and selecting the "Show Advanced Options" option, brings me to the "Symbol Specification" window: Here is where I defined it as "Wall Cabinet", and highlighted the Layer "Opening" and defined it as "Appliance". Note that in all of my testing I have also tried defining it as "Drawer", "Left Door", or "Right Door", without better results. After clicking "OK", the cabinet is successfully loaded and added to my "User Catalog". I inserted my imported cabinet into my floorplan (to the right the original cabinet" and went back to my 3D-view. The imported cabinet looks the same as the original in every way, but when I open it, the "Front" tab is missing (along with the "Sides/Back" and "Manufacturer" tabs) : No matter how many times I've tried to get this to work with different settings, etc, I can't figure this out. Does anyone have an answer to what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help.