[Plugin] GKWare Cabinet Maker
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Version 1.0.45 now available for download.
Add a requested feature for face frame construction. You can now hide the left and or right outer edge of the stiles. This means you can set up your cabinets so that where 2 stiles meet they appear to be a single stile. This along with adjusting the width of the stiles will provide the effect of a single stile. Please note that you must have edge profiles turned off.
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I've been requested for additional door overlay adjustments for face frame construction. Now you can adjust cabinets so that they have a similar look and feel to frame less cabinets but they have frames.
These cabinets have full face frames with 1 1/2" stiles and rails. Along with the 4 door overlay rules, this results in a consistent door gap of 1/4".
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Just about ready to release. I have a question. Does this look reasonable for drawers and their drawer boxes or do you guys need something different.
I've got it all working but I'm not yet convinced that the drawer boxes are correct. For the 1-1/4" overlays I set the Drawer Height Adjustment to 2".
The 1-1/4" overlay has these settings.
Frame stile and rail width = 1-1/2"
Door Overlay = 1/2"
Overlay Side = "1-1/4"
Overlay Top = 1"
Overlay Bottom = 1-1/2"This works fine for the middle drawer where the drawer front ht is 1" greater than the opening.
However, the top drawer front ht is 1 1/2" greater than the opening.
And the bottom drawer front is 2" greater than the opening.What I have done so far is adjust the placement of the drawer box so that it has the same clearance at the bottom of each drawer. This part I think is right as it will better facilitate bottom mount drawer slides.
What I did is adjust the drawer box so that it maintains the same overall height clearance of 1". The other way to look at it is to try and use the same ht drawer box for the top 2 drawers and just adjust the bottom drawer.As we all know - the devil is in the details.
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Version 1.0.46 is now ready for download
- Added Door Overlay Top and Door Overlay Bottom. This allows you to create cabinets with consistent gaps.
- Added Override Delimiter in Config file. This is for better compatibility with CabMaker and CutMaster Pro or CutList Plus.
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Garry,
Any progress on the CutMaster Gold plugin? -
Sorry - I've been tied up on another custom project (got to make a living).
Hopefully I can get back to it early June.
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Version 1.0.47 now ready for download. Fixed a few bugs.
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I have started working on CutMaster Pro.
Mac users will have to install Parrallels, Fusion or Boot Camp. The compiler that I use just has too many bugs for proper cross platform compilation. I am, however changing the way I store data to make it simpler and safer. Once the data base is changed I will then look at completing the nested dxf output.
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Here is CutMasterPro after importing a csv file. It is now using sqlite database where you can store many projects.
The right hand corner shows thumbnails of the sheets. In this case the 4th sheet is selected (red frame around the thumbnail) and the 4th sheet is also showing in the larger bottom area.
The pink represents rotated parts.
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Very interesting !
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Here is the same cutting list but in this case I've added 3 off cuts.
Notice there are 6 thumbnails. The first is the 600 X 1220 off cut and the next 2 are the 1220 X 1220 offcuts. They will be used first.
Here is 1 page of the cut plan report.
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@garry k said:
...Mac users will have to install Parrallels, Fusion or Boot Camp.
Garry, you do realise that's a $300+ option to do do legally on a mac...
john
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John,
That is unfortunate, but for me, reprogramming CutMaster for a Mac would around 3 months and that is not an option at this time.
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I'm looking at adding edging information (along with additional information) for cabmaker's parts report. This information will be imported into CutMaster Gold.
So I'm thinking of adding edging on the Materials tab and also adding more rules for edging. Essentially each edge of a part can have a different edge.
This would then allow CabMaker to adjust the texture for edging.
CutMaster Gold would adjust the width and length of parts based on the edging and will show the different edges base on color coded lines on the cut plan reports.
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Great .... it would be nice if you add a hardware fittings holes to the dxf file like hinge and cam lock holes.
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Hinge holes for sure.
CutMaster Gold will come out in several weeks with some of the final features. I will add in more over the next couple of months.
Edging is first. Then will come DXF. DXF will start out with Construction holes (usually 8 mm dowels) and with system holes (usually 5 mm drilling on 32 mm centers). Next will be the routing for backs etc.
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I use Cab Maker and love it. However, the project that I'm working on is complicated and all custom, including the boxes. I've been using Cab Maker for the boxes only minus the backs and any doors etc. I’ve had a few complaints from the shop that’s cutting the material and doing the assembly. I supplied them with drawings and everything seemed fine until the cut lists were being worked out. They had to re do all my box measurements because of the way they wanted the gables to sit in the box. Basically the gables were to be sandwiched between the top and bottom, stapled and screwed from above and below.
Is there a way to set the way the gable/s are attached in the box using the form/s that is used in Cab Maker? Maybe I’ve missed something because I’ve been through the manual several times already.
I'm wondering if anyone else out there builds there boxes this way and would like to be able to set the parameters in the Cab Maker form?
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You can do this if you want.
Set the "Side Dado / Rabbet" to the same value as the case thickness.
Does not work with Integrated Kicks.
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Working on the next version. The major changes are adding Quantity for each cabinet so that your cutting lists automatically adjust.
The quantity field will automatically default to 1
Here is the Cabinet listing. Notice that I changed the quantity to 5 for the Drawer bank on the left hand side.
The new parts listing has additional fields so that Cutmaster Gold knows how to deal with the machining and edging. We are going to use short codes for edging and you can set these on your Material tab. Cutmaster will also have these short codes and you can give different colors and different edging thickness to each of the short codes. Cutmaster Gold will automatically adjust the panel width and length for edging thickness. You will also see different line colors that represent the edging.
The Part Type, Cab Type, Base and Frame Type fields are sent to cutmaster Gold so that it will know what to do with machining - drilling etc.
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