Steve_Matlaga Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Good Day Friends, In Chief x17, If you are changing your cabinet sides to anything other than standard finished sides, you will lose the ability to select a material finish on the inside/side of the box. Example, Change left side wall cabinet to Custom, Door panel. Right side, changed to applied panel. (just to prove the point. Chief deletes the panel inside, leaves the edge banding though. You end up seeing the back side of the door. One solution, would be to create a new door symbol and assign a different material to all the backs of your door from the front. (That's a major pita and should be required) The other option, which slows down design time, is to manually go back, and apply loose door panels instead of using cabinet wizard to add them. In all cases, SHAME on CHIEF, or SHAME ON ME for missing something obvious. I looked around, and can't find anyone reporting this issue prior!? This is not cool! Any help appreciated. (Oh, I tried, framed vs. frameless. Same issue). It seems like a hard coding issue. I think the applied, or custom side as a panel need an offset to avoid this. Chief has some sort of auto hide face function when the door or panel is intersecting with the side of the box. That is believed on count how chief treats toe kicks with certain PITA behavior. You need work arounds, like 1/16" end panel on a base, just so your closed framed toe kick shows properly! Things Devs just don't care about I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 I think if it doesn't work the way you want it to that you should send in a bug report or feature request. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MollyNDG Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 If I am understanding correctly, you are just looking for a way to have a side panel applied to the cabinet without loosing that internal boxwork panel? There does appear to be a glitch in the cabinet system that removes that internal boxwork side when you use the custom configuration option for the left or right of the cabinet, and you could report this bug to Chief, they are very good about responding to bug reports. A possible solution in the meantime is to use the Auto Paneled or Paneled configuration in that same drop down. This doesn't have the same issue, and you can set all of your panel details in the Accessories. This also has the added benefit of being able to set the side panels to capture the door front if you want. Hope this helps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Matlaga Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 19 minutes ago, MollyNDG said: If I am understanding correctly, you are just looking for a way to have a side panel applied to the cabinet without loosing that internal boxwork panel? There does appear to be a glitch in the cabinet system that removes that internal boxwork side when you use the custom configuration option for the left or right of the cabinet, and you could report this bug to Chief, they are very good about responding to bug reports. A possible solution in the meantime is to use the Auto Paneled or Paneled configuration in that same drop down. This doesn't have the same issue, and you can set all of your panel details in the Accessories. This also has the added benefit of being able to set the side panels to capture the door front if you want. Hope this helps. Thank you for the potential solution. The down side to your option is, you have to use the same panel style left and right. So, right back the start. This particular job requires Walnut interiors, 5 pcs door left, slab panel right. A very common application. The easiest work around is those I mention in my OP. You could also add vertical partitions, which would be what I'll try next. If it was only one job, one time, I'd just apply the panels loose and call it a day. However, it is very common to have different color finished interiors from exterior. It's been an issue I've avoided and just worked around it until today I was so frustrated that this was an issue still... I figured, IT HAD TO BE ME. LOL. Yes, needs to be reported for sure! Thank you for trying Great idea! It is the solution for end panels that are the same style. Step in the right direction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MollyNDG Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Yeah, having a different type of panel on each side does add an additional step, it would definitely be nice if they are able to fix it in the custom configuration panel. I run into that set up frequently too, so I feel your pain. I actually never use the auto panel options and always manually place panels, primarily because of the way that they show up (or don't) in plan view. I need more precision than the tool currently offers, it would be nice if they did some work on it to bolster it's abilities. But I have all of my standard side panels saved as library objects with all reveals accounted for, and set at correct depths, heights, height of floor, etc. and made a custom toolbar with them all so I can easily click and place without having to search or use another tool. Might help speed things up for now. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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