Corner cabinet confusion

[ImNewHere]

Hi everyone, I was hoping someone could answer a noob question about my predicament.

 

I'm having trouble setting independent door swings and knobs for corner cabinets. No matter what I do, all doors want to open the same way, when it makes sense to have them open towards each other for less interference. Anybody know why I can't change this?

 

Thanks!

[PitMan71]

Kinda confused on what you are trying to do. A little more context might help. Post your plan. To do that exit your plan in chief and then compress it to a .zip file and upload it here.

To adjust door swings and knobs, select the cabinet, open the dbx (dialog box) to edit. Click on the "Front/Sides/Back" panel on the left.

[DBCooper]

If you want separate control over the 2 faces, you might have better luck using a "blind corner cabinet".  You can do this with a 12" cabinet butted up against a 36" cabinet .

 

 

[ImNewHere]

Hi guys, thank you both for responding so quickly!

 

I can't send anyone the file, because I'm still in trial mode; perhaps this is a limitation of the trial version, but the website didn't mention that.

 

I have two L-shaped corner cabinets, and when I try to customize the door configuration for either cabinet, I can only do so on one side of the L, and then the other side will mirror it. It does not allow me to select the other leg of the L at all. I can't figure out what I might have done wrong.

 

[GeneDavis]

Describe L to R how you want the doors hinged and knobbed.  There are various ways to do this.

 

Example:  LEFT DOOR, knob on L, hinge on R.  RIGHT DOOR:  no knob, hinge on R.

[DBCooper]

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I can't figure out what I might have done wrong.

 

You haven't done anything wrong.  You can't customize the left and right front faces on an L-Shape corner cabinet separately.  The program will always match them.

 

If you need them to be different, then you need to use two cabinets.

 

Edited yesterday at 04:22 PM by DBCooper

[ImNewHere]

Aha!  Thank you, DB.  I didn't see that enforced conformity in the CA docs.  It seems illogical, because having opposing-opening doors on a corner seems optimal.

[ImNewHere]

Thanks for responding, Gene; I think I just have to make separate units to solve the problem.

[Joe_Carrick]

A corner cabinet typically is made with 2 doors attaced to each other opening in one direction. with a lazy susan inside.

Having the doors that way makes it easier to access the contents.

[GeneDavis]

@ImNewHereChief's default arrangement, when specifying a corner cabinet, is for the doors to be hinged together and opened using the single knob shown in the screenshot here.

 

 

The hinges used are 135 degree blind-corner type.  I do this for all the corner cabs I do, and this setup is seen in almost every kitchen cabinet showroom you tour.

 

 

You never came back and stated what you were after, so I am showing here that Chief defaults to this type of action.  For other types, you can do things with two cabinets like others mention upthread.

[Chrisb222]

4 hours ago, GeneDavis said:

LEFT DOOR, knob on L, hinge on R.

 

Just to clarify, I find that typically, a LEFT CABINET DOOR has the knob on the right, and the hinge on the left.

 

Walk-through doors, however are as you describe. They're typically labeled opposite of cabinet doors, which I always thought was strange and confusing.

 

At least that's how it is in my world, and in Chief's nomenclature.

[GeneDavis]

21 minutes ago, Chrisb222 said:

 

Just to clarify, I find that typically, a LEFT CABINET DOOR has the knob on the right, and the hinge on the left.

 

Walk-through doors, however are as you describe. They're typically labeled opposite of cabinet doors, which I always thought was strange and confusing.

 

At least that's how it is in my world, and in Chief's nomenclature.

What I meant was to refer to the picture.  Door on left is LEFT.  As in, where it is.  Not how it is hinged or how it swings.

[ImNewHere]

Thanks, Gene!  I guess I got confused because in my cabinet, the doors are separate, not jointed as a normal lazy susan swing door.  Now it all makes sense...

[GeneDavis]

14 hours ago, ImNewHere said:

 .  . . because in my cabinet, the doors are separate, . . .

Show us with a screencap what Chief is doing, please.

[PitMan71]

On 1/8/2026 at 10:12 PM, ImNewHere said:

I'm still in trial mode

Welcome to the forums.