MarkMc

Shelves inside cabinets are not on that layer as they are part of the cabinet symbol. Reduce the depth of the shelves in the defaults to something used in the real world and the problem goes away. I've set up templates with reduced depth shelves, when I forget and use the wrong template I just go in and make em half depth. Problem with that is they are not a dynamic default and group select usually doesn't work on em.

I noted catalogs in the post- white river has capitals- download it if you don't have it. Not exact but good. Art for Everyday has 3d dwg files here More legs available adams wood products, estate custom collection, huntwood, classic designs by Matthew Burak (under columns this may be your best choice for that) I noted -egg and dart molding- white river, mouser BUT after a second look it appears to be a rope molding- several mfg cats have that-decora, canyon creek, too many to list

-Shelves with spindle rail- open cabinet with molding polyline-there is a spindle rail in the core catalog -2 cabinets with capitals- use traditional overlay and set top rail wide- look in library for capitals. White River catalog has one that may work for you. -Columns at bumped out cabinet- make cabinet deeper- add fillers to each side set back to other cabinets- place legs (fluted) may want to rummage the mfg catalogs. -Cabinets on corner- I think I'd make them with 3d molding polyline for the face frame, a seperate back made from a (partition, cabinet with blank front, p-solid) item of your choice and then place the fluted column in there- I may be tricky to get the base and top blocks that small, oversize the column and bury it in the face frame -Moldings- are a crown with an applied detail- might use and "egg and dart" (whtie river) Note that some of these items may start to slow down your 3d views. There may be better spindle rails and a closer option than the egg and dart but be careful. Those can be killers to 3d If you need these to look more realistic (with caution noted above) find out who the maker is and see if they are available in a format that can be imported.

3-resize door, 4 move door which snaps to edge of cabinet, 5 move door with transform replicate to correct position on cabinet, 6 move door with Transform replicate to correct height- repeat as needed 7. hopefully you do a save as since you have to revert to closed for the client again. All this-while client watches since this usually comes as a client request? or make a second plan and do it ahead of time because you have to show them both open and closed but alas if there are changes in the meeting that doesn't quite fly. Easy? no. To simply check clearances I use circle about center in plan. If I really am going to need this for someone I redraw the entire kitchen in 2020. That allows to: open doors to a specific angle (using the proper hinge location; slide out drawers X inches (in a good catalog), open appliance doors , slide out roll out trays, show interior accessories (and in some cats slide them out). All via the cabinet DBX- still must be per cabinet but way easier and often worth the work to redo the plan. That feature is at least 15 years old. Something that easy would be great in chief.

I set up "something" for countertop items last month, guess it is not what I thought. Maybe I put em in another plan as Kilgore suggested. Will have to check when I can get to a computer. Sorry for the misinformation, age, I have the missus wear a name tag these days.

Add to user library, open symbol there, change layer, use those next time

Part is to control the xyz access in the open symbol dbx. Attached is a plan with cabinet with sink in it, cabinet without and a Kohler Whitehaven symbol that should work for you. Bonus are the flutes added to the clipped conrers that actually look ok

Because then I only have to manually add one, some clients use the drawer hardware others the door hardware on pullouts, by leaving the drawer alone it use the defaults for drawer hardware.

I use a "door panel" for the bottom section instead of a drawer. They don't automatically get hardware and don't have opening indicator, add hardware separately when done.

I checked- you can set number and spacing of shelves in the cabinet defaults-no problem. Did these then changed to openings to show.

Here is a collection of miscellaneous Wolf SubZero appliances I've gathered

I have most of the sun/wolf products downloaded from an and imported. Took a break from dissembling displays- posted a file here Wolf Sub mix In the symbols area

That is just terrific big big time saver. Not to be greedy but if we get control over toe space and cabinet sides and fix clipped corner automess I don't think I could ask for more... ....then again

NKBA doesn't ask that they be shown. I call out accessories in a numbered item list which is much like the NKBA standard. Some folks include codes in labels but that can get really messy if there are a lot of mods and accessories in a cabinet. Since shelves are usually standard in qty and always adjustable (in my world) I only call out if there are extras. Sometimes I list qty. in the overall cabinet spec. 2020 has the ability to show roll outs, and just about any accessory in a cabinet BUT it doesn't show the interiors in elevation. It does however let you show doors open or closed in 3D (they also show in wireframe). A few of the better 2020 catalogs allow you to show pull outs/accessories extended in and out in 3D-most users wouldn't know how to do it (or that it exists). I don't miss any of that, CA is my goto for now, only use 2020 for down and dirty or quick ballpark price...a few other things more so.

You may be right Scott- could keep all variations of height in a detail in the library ( I keep a plan with molding stacks at different heights, same idea). But I can't get lines to trim to cabinets in elevation so would still end up in CAD for the final view if you want to use the trim tool or adding a lot of lines to trim too. It's not something I'd be doing- thought of it as I already need to go to cad to dimensions cabinet parts (especially insets) so if I really had to I'd be half way there to begin with.

Thought this might work, a variation on what I do to get dimensioned openings. Create all your elevations. Make a layerset that has all cabinets as dotted lines and shows nothing else. Save plan, group select wall cabinets and change doors to openings, do the same for base cabinets. Shoot elevations and for each one "CAD detail from view" Now "Save as" a different name. Go to cad of first elevation and ctrl+A -select all, copy go back to original plan and first elevation, then ctrl+alt+v -paste and hold position continue as needed. I didn't clear everything from the layerset for the attached but you get the idea. The plan elevation ghosts the dotted lines around the cabinet and is a bit messy. Once in layout it looks fine as image shows. I'd likely place the cads on a their own separate layer to avoid confusion. Naturally this is not live so needs to be a final touch. But easier and faster than drawing them all.

To change only one to glass you have to align a glass door from the library. Checking off "glaas" in the dbx will affect all the doors. If the door style you need doesn't already exist in the library you have to make or adapt one and add it.

It's z-fighting, at least that was what I was told back when. Change the angle of the perspective and it shows in different cabinets. I have all my templates set with shallower depth shelves standard to avoid it. Have actually considered setting them up with none since I rarely put in a base with shelves and never have a need to show them, just apex qty.

Cabinet I posted is built as you ask.

I have also run into triples being a problem with glass on blind corners. For insets I us separate cabinets as Joe suggested but I alter the stiles. I used to make one stile "0" and the other 1-1/2" but now do 3/4 and 3./4. Once I have a set "combined" I copy it to another part of the plan out of the way, change everything on the copy to openings, send to CAD, then dimension the openings.

I tell clients I won't go any further than Sheboigan (sp?) didn't know where it was for the first year I said it not far from Kalamzoo I did a quick check to make sure I wasn't talking out of my hat about 2020 since that was from a faded memory. I don't have the catalog that I thought would show beaded loaded and I don't really want to mess with 2020 if I don't have to. The inset catalogs I do have loaded won't show beads. Besides it is a lousy option. I wanted to see just how bad it was to build one of these. Attached is a zip file with- a calibz file containing one door symbol and a plan where I made the symbol and then added a few cabinets to check it out. All the parts needed are there.(Though in the long run I'd change the "frame" to 4 pieces to get grain to run properly.) So you can disassemble the floating door to see- poly solid, 3d molding, and a door. The molding profile is on the floor if you zoom in. forgot to add it to the catalog. I then put in a few cabinets to see how it works. In vector view there are lines between the cabinets since they are actually doors, even with "0" clearance. You would need a ton of these one door for every drawer configuration. The upside is that once they are built in Chief the actual door style being placed inside the bead can be changed easily enough. Another problem would be combined cabinets - I do those standard in inset and specify the stiles so would need even more symbols to accommodate that. With all of that said I like how it looks. If I ever get some spare time (or the right client) I may undertake making some more OR trying to find a simpler way to make it so it is easier to change.

I can have em made that big, still need a back added either in the field or at the factory. Then you gotta get it in the house.

Create doors and drawers either in Sketchup or in a separate blank CA plan with p-solids and 3d molding lines if needed. The only way I can think of to do beaded inset would be to make a door symbol with frame and beading. Would likely work using traditional overlay setting overlaps to be flush. But you'd have to make each face configuration needed. Bit of work and I have a hunch easier in SU So far I haven't found it a problem with clients. If I did, would likely use 2020 instead. If I really needed it in Chief I might export cabinets individually out of 2020- ...nah, still a lot of work.

I run into a similar problem with cabinets where I can't snap to openings. I end up using detail from view but hat has it's own problems since it's not live.

Both those and NKBA dimensions don't work out for me. I end up using annosets- some to control shows and gets dimensioned (i.e.- just wall cabinets and openings,just base..)Then allow those layers to show on an overall plan. At least then I can just drag to get dimensions. A functional auto sure would be nice though.