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Placing Cabinets and Fillers

or Full Height cabinet, its back surface no greater than 87°. In either case, a filler is
will automatically face the other cabinet’s created in the angle between the two.
back. Wall cabinets snap in a similar If the side of a cabinet is placed within 3” (30
manner with other Wall as well as Full mm) of a wall, the countertop will extend to
Height cabinets.
the wall and a filler will be created.
• When a cabinet or cabinet filler is placed
against a wall, its back and/or side will Cabinet merging occurs even when Object
snap to the wall and, if the wall is moved, Snaps are turned off; however, you can
the cabinet will move with it. suppress this behavior for cabinets that do
not actually touch by turning off Create
When cabinets are snapped to a wall or to
other cabinets, only exposed end cabinets Automatic Fillers. See “General Cabinet
have side counter overhangs, closed toe Defaults” on page 607.
kicks, feet and corner pilasters. Adjacent
cabinet fronts share front pilasters. Base and Wall Cabinets

Cabinet snapping and aligning occurs even Base and wall cabinets have different default
heights, so they can be placed directly above
when Object Snaps are turned off; or below one another without interference.
however, you can override this behavior by
moving a cabinet into the desired position You can use Object Snaps to center a
using dimensions. See “Moving Objects wall cabinet’s back center point above that of
Using Dimensions” on page 479. a base cabinet, or vice versa. See “Click-to-
Create” on page 173.
Cabinet Merging
Minimum Cabinet Size
When cabinets of the same height and type
are placed side-by-side within 3” (30 mm) of If you try to place a cabinet into a space that
one another they will automatically merge, is too narrow for its default size, the program
making any shared components such as the will place a smaller cabinet with a width that
toe kick, countertop, backsplash, and is a multiple of the default Resize
moldings continuous. Any gap between Increment. For example, if you try to place a
merged cabinets will be automatically filled. 24” wide cabinet in a 20” wide space and
your Resize Increment is 3”, the program
The exposed ends of merged cabinets have places an 18” cabinet. See “General Cabinet
side counter overhangs, closed toe kicks, feet Defaults” on page 607.
and corner pilasters. Adjacent merged
cabinets share front pilasters. If you try to place a cabinet into a space
narrower than the default Minimum
Cabinets placed at different angles will also Cabinet Width, a cabinet will not be placed.
merge if they face toward one another and If, for example, you have a space that is 8”
meet at a front corner. Cabinets that meet at a and your Minimum Cabinet Width is 9”, no
back corner will also merge provided that cabinet is placed.
they face away from one another at an angle

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