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Cabinet Specification Dialog

A door or drawer’s front height is equal • Click the Clear button to remove the
to its Height plus its top and bottom Ver- selected appliance from the cabinet or to
tical Overlap. For best results, edit face reset the selected door or drawer so it
item heights starting at the top of the cab- uses hardware and front style assigned to
inet and work down. See “Cabinet Face the cabinet.
Items” on page 621. • Specify the widths of the Left and Right
Stiles, which are the vertical frame pieces
Note: If the Height of an Appliance is to the left and right of all face items.
changed, you can enter a “d” to restore its When set to default (D), the program uses
default height. See “Built-In Sinks and Appli- the selected cabinet’s Separation value.
ances” on page 610.
• Specify the Percent Open, which con-
• Specify the selected face item’s Item trols how far the selected door or drawer
Width. Fractional values are supported to is shown open in plan and 3D views. See
1/16th of an inch (1 mm). For doors and “Cabinet Doors and Drawers” on page
drawers, this is the width of the opening 616.
rather than the item front width. Only Options -
available for components of a Horizontal 3
Layout.
• Specify the Appliance Front Offset,
• Check Lock from Auto Resize to pre- which is the distance from the front of a
vent the selected face item from resizing top-mounted appliance to the counter
when the cabinet is resized, new face edge. Only available for base cabinets
items are added, or when the Equalize with a top-mounted fixture such as a sink
button is clicked. or cooktop.
• Shelves - Click the Specify button to • Select Reverse Appliance to reverse any
open the Cabinet Shelves Specification appliances inserted into the selected
dialog and specify the shelf configuration cabinet from left to right: for example, to
for a selected Door or Opening Face change a left hand door on a built-in
Item. See “Cabinet Shelf Specification refrigerator to a right hand door. This
Dialog” on page 641. option is only available for cabinets with
• When an Appliance/Door/Drawer or an inserted appliance. See “Inserted
panel is selected, click the Specify button Objects” on page 940.
to choose an appliance from the Library • Specify which types of front items you
or to customize the selected door, drawer, would like to Show Open in floor plan,
or panel’s front style and hardware. The 3D, and cross section/elevation views.
options available depend on the type of See “Cabinet Doors and Drawers” on
face item currently selected. See “Select page 616.
Library Object Dialog” on page 940 and
“Door/Drawer Panel” on page 636. 4 A preview of the selected cabinet
displays on the right side of the panel.
See “Dialog Preview Panes” on page 42.

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