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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

horizontal separations. Face items can be Doors, Drawers and Panels
moved, resized, as well as removed and can
also be split vertically or horizontally to Cabinet doors, drawers, and panels can be
produce a variety of custom configurations. applied in either of two ways:
See “Front/Sides/Back Panel” on page 632. • I n t h e Cabinet Specification dialog. See
“Door/Drawer Panel” on page 636 and
When adding, removing, or resizing face “Front/Sides/Back Panel” on page 632.
items, it is helpful to keep a few rules in
mind: • Directly from the Library Browser.
• Door and drawer Item Height settings Select a style in the Library, then click on a
reflect the height of the opening rather cabinet to apply the selected style to that
than that of the front item. When Tradi- cabinet. See “Replace From Library” on
tional Overlay is specified, an item’s page 942.
front height will be equal to its Item A secondary door or drawer style can also be
Height plus its top and bottom Vertical specified - for example, to create glass doors
Overlap.
above solid doors in wall cabinets. See
• When the overall height of a cabinet or “Front/Sides/Back Panel” on page 632.
the height of a face item is changed, the
height of the lowest face item that is not a Cabinet Hardware
Separation is adjusted to accommodate
the change. Cabinet handles, pulls, and hinges can be
assigned in the Cabinet Specification
• If you increase the height of the lowest dialog. See “Door/Drawer Panel” on page
face item, the non-Separation item 636.
directly above is adjusted; if you decrease
its height, a Blank Area and Separation In 3D views, cabinet hardware can also be
are created below it. applied directly from the Library Browser.
Select a cabinet hardware item in the Library,
Note: To ensure that Face Item heights then click on a cabinet door or drawer to
always equal the total cabinet front height, assign it to face items of that type. See
the program automatically adjusts the bottom “Inserted Objects” on page 940.
Face Item as changes are made elsewhere.
This means you should start editing Face The hardware on individual doors and
Items at the top and work down. drawers can also be customized. See “Front/
Sides/Back Panel” on page 632.
When editing a cabinet’s width, or when
adding or removing features that affect the Pilasters, Feet, and Moldings
width of a cabinet’s front items, the program
will try to maintain the relative sizes of face Pilasters can be applied to any cabinet in its
items in any vertically split layouts. Cabinet Specification dialog. Cabinet feet
can also be applied to base and full height
cabinets. See “Millwork” on page 905 and
“Accessories Panel” on page 639.

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