MarkMc

Hi Pamela. First a tip. If you want someone to get notified to look at a post put an @ symbol"the user name" OR highlight some text in their post and select Quote Selection when it pops up. I just got back and the only reason I saw this was looking at what was posted since I left. I almost never use solids for making a door symbol so I'm not sure how you would use the wainscot panel with that without just floating it in. Here is a link to a post with the door maker plan I use. I may have updated it but this works.

Another method is to set one stile to 0" in the defaults but leave the separation under box construction as 1-1/2". For the last cabinet in a run, click the wrench so it switches to default (1-2"). Better still is to make some style palettes that copy the face configurations you need with the stiles set that way. You can always flip a cabinet to change the side that is 0" (ctrl + F)

There are several other ways but I think what you've been given so far might leave you still wondering. I'm usually pretty good with this stuff and it leaves me wondering. What is below is based on what I know. If someone knows anything better please some details? I recently spent a good bit of time training someone to set up the ability to do about a dozen variations of cutouts and to accommodate varied widths as easily as possible. I don't know what is meant by a "furniture base" in chief (nothing in help nor the DBX) unless that means to float it on the floor as in the left hand of the image. That is the cabinet is raised above the floor, the entire base is made as a symbol placed on the floor, molding is part of the cabinet. This is the easiest method but a bit annoying when changing sizes. then there is "a custom toe kick" but how do you place it. You can float it in, or you make it as a cabinet door symbol and then adjust the cabinet. IF all you want is a valance at the front, that does NOT extend past the sides, it's fairly easy. Convert the solid with cutout to a cabinet door symbolEliminate the toe kick for cabinet, make a section the needed height at the bottom of the cabinet front as a "side panel inset", place your new symbol. Once you get into the extended sides it becomes harder. In this case I have some symbols that I call valance base. The cabinets at the right show the first stage of setting this up. But note you have to mess with rails and stiles quite a bit. The furthest to the right shows the finished cabinet (there are slightly more complicated methods to this depending on needs and how you make the symbol for the base) In all of these the molding is added as part of the cabinet which is easier to change if needed. Again, my 2cents and open to suggestion.

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Countertop is the place to start as Rob says but I'd do it a bit differently. I'd make the molding a different material than the panel and I would NOT make the door frame until later. Sequence shown here. Counter, Wainscot Cab Door symbol, Wall Cabinet with wainscot symbol in it, final cabinet door, then used in cabinets. Prior to converting to symbol the panel, molding, and the frame each have a different material. When converting to symbol (advanced options) rename each part and set each to use the plan default. Now you have symbols with flexibility. The wainscot panel can be used on the ends of cabinets, it also allows you to make new door symbols with different rail and stile sizes almost instantly, and finally using different materials allows you to quickly make a glass panel door. it can be very fast (as long as you remember to make the back of the cabinet to none or it won't properly become a glass panel door...DAMHIKT)

Just open the object in the library, go to 3D tab, rotate on the X axis (assuming X16) There are much easier ways to make custom door symbols, look around the forum.

I'm guessing you mean IRL? Thought that interesting problem for cabinets, still DB is correct for that method. If you were doing rails and stile construction, then it would be like making a door symbol from a cabinet. But if you are taking a sheet and placing solid stock on TOP of it to look like rails and stiles that is different. Attached plan-The one on left is how a door would be made. The next 3 are to have the rails and stiles proud of the panel. The 5th one is for it to be completely accurate and show the edge lines where they meet. murphy panel.zip

Using two cabinets and custom door symbols for the front corner cabinets you can make it look ok in 3D standard and PBR (note change reveal between those cabinets to zero). Hardware on corners placed manually/ For vector and elevation plot would need clean up lines in layout. Did not mess with the valance base but similar solution or solids.

I was working with a client using Mozaik and as far as we could tell dxf would only import individual shapes. They did not find a way to import a chief plan, full 3D or even an individual cabinet. Do you know otherwise from experience? If so I'd like to pass it on to them.

I fiddled a bit then took elevation, detail from view, got the silhouette and pasted in place, converted to solid, put on attic wall layer. Used scissor truss

Cabinet DBX, back, custom, side panel inset. Then select a door symbol. If you have a tambou door symbol use that for the side panel inset. IF you don't but have a material for the tambour then use a slab door symbol that is unique (save to user library with a different name-slab 1) IF neither and you need a tambour symbol I make them from moldings. If you need the back of the cabinet to be different than the inside face of the symbol then you need a symbol with two colors.

Mm, not necessarily...

I believe you mean the point markers. Don't use Point to Point dimensions. Read up on dimension defaults in the help (F1 key)

Are you sure about that? this is the only way I can automatically get the second label .

From help (F1 key) while in preferences...