Stacked Crown Molding on Cabinets

[VernWithPlush]

I'm new to Chief Architect, and I'm stacking moldings, but when I apply the 2nd molding, it returns alongside the cabinet side that is adjacent to another cabinet (see image), and you see the overlapping lines. Anyone have suggestions on how to eliminate this?

[DBCooper]

Do the moldings match exactly for both cabinets?  Do the cabinet heights also match exactly?

 

If not one of these, you should probably post the plan.

 

BTW, any time I have problem with the automatic moldings that I can't fix easily, I just convert them to custom molding polylines and then fix them manually.

 

[VernWithPlush]

36 minutes ago, DBCooper said:

Do the moldings match exactly for both cabinets?  Do the cabinet heights also match exactly?

 

If not one of these, you should probably post the plan.

 

BTW, any time I have problem with the automatic moldings that I can't fix easily, I just convert them to custom molding polylines and then fix them manually.

 

Thank you - I went and set the molding stack as the default on my wall cabinets and then placed new wall cabinets. This solved my issue. Before I was building the stack on each cabinet. Your suggestion to be sure the moldings match exactly, got me thinking that the only way to ensure this would be to set the default and go from there.

[GeneDavis]

"Stack?"  What does that mean?

 

I put a crown molding on top of my default wall cab, placed two touching with zero clearance, and could not reproduce what you got. I separated them 1" apart and got the autofill between and still, no reproduction of what you got.

 

So each cab builds with molding all four top edges, but when they join, the molding goes around the pair.  You should maybe do the moldings on your default wall cab and see how it works for you.  You only have to do molding once.

[DBCooper]

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"Stack?"  What does that mean?

 

@GeneDavis

 

You can group 2 or more moldings into a "stacked molding" so that you can treat them like one molding.  You can even add the stack to the library to reuse them later.

 

 

 

[GeneDavis]

I group moldings regularly, particularly crowns on wall and tall cabinets.  Sounds like stack is just another term for what I call grouping.  

 

 

[DBCooper]

Take another look at my picture above.  See how it has one "stacked molding" that is made up using two separate molding profiles.  It also has the "explode stack" button so that you can go back to the original profiles. 

 

It has some advantages over a single molding profile because you can build up stacked moldings from more basic profiles and then modify them later.  A stacked molding is more like an architectural block where your custom profile is more like a symbol.

 

[GeneDavis]

My stack/group is two moldings.

 

You can stack/group as many as you want, and they don't even have to be snugged.  See pic.

 

But back to this particular thread topic.  The OP should explore doing the molding on the default wall cabinet, and in plan, just place and size boxes.  Voila!  The groups of wall cabs will have the desired crownmold running continuously.