[Plugin] GKWare Cabinet Maker

utiler

Garry, I just can't keep up with you at the moment!!!!
Been a busy few weeks so each time I get to read back through some posts I find that your plugin is moving super fast!

Are you nearing completion? I s'pose at some point you should put it out as a 'release' version and give your fingers a rest!!

Garry K

Andrew,

One of my profs once said that "Software is never completed - it is simply left in various stages of abandonment"

Perhaps I'm wrong - but I would have thought that users are happy to see new features - especially when some users have asked for them.

I would have thought that users would be happy to see that a plugin author is committed to improving their software.

Incremental improvements are way less risky that large updates especially when the code is fresh on the authors mind. This software life cycle is called RAD (rapid application development) and is iterative in nature.

Do you think that this software approach is holding users back from adopting this plugin as their solution?

bparker002

Personally I like the updates so that if you're experiencing a bug/problem you know it'll be resolved shortly. I'm currently experiencing a bug of my own. For some reason the toe kick has decided to sit vertically. I can't seem to reset the standards and every new cabinet I try to create, in the same sketchup file and a new one, all of my kicks are now vertical w/o a thickness.

[highlight=#ffff80:1q6xngzl](edit: after speaking with Garry it appears I have a zero/nil error from accidentally entering 0 as a thickness for the toe kicker)[/highlight:1q6xngzl]

Toe Kick Bug

I'm also wondering if there is a way to create fillers without a cabinet so that they show up in the materials breakdown. I have a client who would like waterfall counters. We have an opening for the dishwasher but I have to create the 'L' shaped filler against the counter myself and add it to the CSV reports.

Stand alone filler

I'll happily send the SketchUp files as well if you'd like to look at it.

A few additional questions:

Is there anyway to add more than two doors to a cabinet? In this case (very custom cabinet) the sink basin is almost 4 feet wide so the client wanted more than two doors. I've exploded everything just to show them a model but know this cabinet probably won't show up in the reports. In this case there is an additional 3" vertical stile being added between the pair of doors and the single door so the hardware for the right door of the pair can have its hardware installed.
When making this custom cabinet to show the clients I found it a little difficult to get down the base components to modify the doors, cabinet, etc to make a custom cabinet. I know this probably won't go on the report but maybe an 'explode cabinet option' would be useful as I was under a time crunch to create a layout but had to explode the super custom cabinets like 10-12 times just to get objects that were unique components that wouldn't change the remainder of the normal cabinets.
With this bug none of my cabinets can be updated. I can't make any modifications when I hit the SAVE and then OK.

Thanks for all your hard work Garry!
Bill

Garry K

Here is another completed feature. You can now adjust the Back Overhang for a finished panel.
Set it to a negative value if you want a finished panel to work like a filler that comes out flush to the front of the drawer / doors.

editor back overhang.png

Garry K

Bill,

All horizontal cabinet parts are first created vertical (so wood grain works and length is length for reports). Then the parts are moved and rotated into cabinet position.

The toe kick part that remained vertical means the cabinet create process quit at an error. In this case it is probably a nil reference because of the 0 thickness for the materials. Toe kicks are the last thing I create - so that is why the rest of the cabinet is complete - however the cabinet itself would stay at the origin and would fail to move and rotate into position.

Currently there is no way to create a cabinet with more than 2 side by side doors. To do so the permutations and combinations become staggering. To handle your 3 door example as a cabinet maker I always created 2 cabinets - 1 with 2 doors and 1 with 1 door. In my opinion the 1 extra side panel is very inexpensive as compared to all the extra labour to handle everything from design to all the logistics of that custom cabinet.

Finally - when I want to draw a custom cabinet I just create the parts from scratch and use the Door Maker to fit the drawers. However you can right click and explode the various parts - but it is probably more time consuming than creating a single cabinet from scratch.

Garry K

I've been asked to consider a lease to own program and I would like to hear from people on how they feel about this.

For easy round numbers let's take a plugin that is 100 $
If the lease to own program is a one year program then the monthly lease would be 10 $
This means your total cost of ownership would be 120 $

Any comments?

Garry K

Version 1.0.30 is now ready for download

Updated Rules editor. Fields now automatically enable / disable based on "Overlay / Inset" and "Construction".
Added Drawer Back Length Adjustment for drawer boxes. This corrects the parts listing when cabinet makers want to create dovetail drawers.
Added Back Overhang for finished panels. You can use a negative value if you wish.
Added Filters so that examples can be filtered out. From main menu run 'Cab Maker - Edit Config'
Fixed problem with un-profiled door panels. They were always showing up as 6mm or 1/4". Cab Maker now honors panel thickness from the materials template.

Garry K

Set Filter to 1 of 4 values, 'None', 'Metric', 'Imperial', 'Both'

All template examples now start with the text 'metric_' or the text 'imperial_'
If you work in inches then filter out metric or vice versa.

Filter Examples uses a text file called filters.txt for additional specific filtering.

edit config.png

Garry K

Version 1.0.31 - Feb 10 2016

Single pullout door and pullout created error. Fixed.
Fixed bug with tall cabinets and frameless construction.
Run filler to floor when notch is set to 0 for base cabinets.
Fixed parts report. Sorting and Summarizing now working.
Added side by side drawers for Standard and Sink Base cabinets (not angled).
Added auto size drawers. Works for Standard cabinets where there are at least 2 drawers and no doors. Works for Tall cabinets if there is at least 1 drawer.
Added Top Filler for frameless construction when Top Gap is increased to more than 1/2 the thickness of the top.

For faceframe construction you can now have side by side drawers for standard cabinets where there is at least 1 drawer (full frame) or exactly 1 drawer (partial frame). You can have 0, 1 or 2 doors.

side by side.png

For Drawer Banks and tall cabinets you can now ask Cab Maker to calculate the proper height of the bottom most drawer

auto drawer.png

Filler works for all cabinets. With sink cabinets the top filler takes precedence over the sink stretcher.

Top Filler.png

Garry K

Version 1.0.31 is now ready for download.

Garry K

Version 1.0.31 has a number of bugs all relating to Top Gap for frame less construction.

Version 1.0.32 addresses these issues and provides a solution.

Fillers with frameless construction were too low when using Top Gap > 0. Fixed
Upper cabinet insertion point with frameless construction was wrong when Top Gap > 0. Fixed
Dividers overlapped Top Filler when Top Gap > 0. Fixed
Top Filler wrong for Return and Angled cabinets. Fixed

Garry K

Version 1.0.32 ready for download

utiler

Hi Garry, not sure what's going on here. I can't seem to get the plugin going....?
When I click to start the second point ['select right front corner"] won't happen. Neither will it allow me to enter a length in the VCB.

Any ideas?

Garry K

Andrew

Not sure what's happening with your setup.
Please email me with the email address I PM'd you with. We will get this working for you.

In the meantime. If you would open the Ruby Console and then try - maybe there are some errors.
Also - when you email me - please include your OS version and SU version.

Garry

Garry K

For some unknown reason Andrew hasn't picked up the PM that I sent him.

Users can also contact me via my web site.
http://cabmaker32.com/contact/

I see these emails just as fast as if you emailed me directly. I also respond fairly quickly. After I respond you would have my email address and I will have yours.

The last few releases are in response to a few users that have had some issues. They emailed me and I dug into the issues. Thanks to Scott, Bill, Grant and Piere.