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Cabinet Filler Tools Wall Cabinet Fillers are composed of
a front surface only.
If you prefer, you can place cabinet
fillers manually using the Cabinet Full Height Cabinet Fillers are
Filler Tools. Select Build> Cabinet Filler to composed of a front surface and a toe
access these tools. kick.
To create a cabinet filler, select Build> You can also convert a regular base, wall or
full height cabinet into a filler by checking
Cabinet Filler , choose the desired tool Filler in the Cabinet Specification dialog.
from the submenu, then click to place a filler Similarly, a cabinet filler can be converted to
just as you would a cabinet, in any view.
a regular cabinet by unchecking this box. See
Base Cabinet Fillers are composed “General Panel” on page 628.
of a front surface, a toe kick and a Once created, manually placed cabinet fillers
section of countertop.
can be edited much like regular cabinets.

Placing Cabinets and Fillers

Cabinets and cabinet fillers are easily created Because cabinets are typically organized into
with a single click in any view. See “Click- groups with shared attributes, they have
to-Create” on page 173. some special behaviors.
When used near a wall corner, the Cabinet
Tools will produce corner cabinets and Cabinet Snapping and Aligning
soffits. See “Corner Cabinets” on page 624. Cabinets have several special snapping and
When created, cabinets are positioned aligning behaviors which help you create
relative to the floor of the room in which they precisely aligned cabinets quickly and easily.
are placed. Base and full height cabinets • When Base and/or Full Height cabinets
typically rest on the floor while wall cabinets are within 3” of one another’s sides, they
are placed a set distance above the floor. See will snap together. Wall cabinets snap in a
“Cabinet Defaults” on page 606. similar manner, but only with other Wall
cabinets.
If the ceiling height of the room does not
accommodate the height of a cabinet, its • When Base and/or Full Height cabinets
Floor to Bottom value will be retained and are within 3” of one another’s sides and
its Height will be reduced so that it fits under their front or back surfaces are within 3”
the ceiling. When this happens, some front of aligning, they will become aligned.
items may be removed from the cabinet if Wall cabinets snap in a similar manner
there is not enough room for them. See with other Wall cabinets as well as Full
“Front/Sides/Back Panel” on page 632. Height cabinets.
• When a Base and/or Full Height cabinet
is placed against the back of another Base

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