MarkMc

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...

I usually do it using the drop down for text style in ALDO.

In the object DBX, Options, sits on a base cabinet or table. OR in the general tab, finished floor to bottom. If the object is in your user library, you can change it before placing (maybe make a duplicate first. If not in user library place on the floor, open and change height off floor. IF the object you are trying to place in on has a higher bounding box than where you want it set (like a washing machine or stove with a head) and your object floats above it lower the object using tansform replicate, z axix OR you can't drag it in place when at correct height hold down the control key

You can use the match properties tool, ctrl+J on my system or this icon. Other Properties, Automatic description should do the trick.

There's an icon to change the CAD layer. I use that often to change the layer. My PVs are set to either Never Save or Prompt so the change can be temporary.