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Here we have a fixed shelf displayed that is using blind mortise and tenon along with rafix connector (the cabinet maker calls it his 2 bit clamp)

The Dxf routines come from simple DXF which creates cut down versions of DXF files. Here we have 32 cabinets in a kitchen with 489 parts and here I chose individual DXF files 1 per part. The DXF files were created in under 1.1 seconds on a 5 year old computer. All the DXF files combined take up 2.2 megabytes of space.

There are essentially hundreds of different drawer box combinations. Architects and Designers usually aren't interested in the complexity of the permutations and combinations. So this is why cutmaster handles the drawer system construction details.

Here are just a few of the machining details that are used for this drawer construction.

Hook Holes on the back for undermount slides
screw holes on bottom for front clip
grooving on sides to allow 18 mm material to make use of 16 mm hardware.

The list goes on.

Since Andrew did not get ahold of me, let's talk a bit about CabMaker and CutMaster.

When you enable drawer system then Sketchup shows a simple box where the sides, tops and bottoms are equal height and the bottom is simply butted inside of the draw box frame. Please note that the drawer system is colored magenta and the original drawer system has a number of parameters that are magenta. These are the only parameters that are used by drawer system.

All the drawer system magic happens in Cutmaster. Mortise and Tenon joints, dadoes drilling, hook holes, pockets etc. CabMaker Design is ONLY for designers and architects. Cabinet makers and manufacturing need CabMaker Build. There are a number of parameters where the label in blue text has a mouse over hint that states clearly. "This setting is only used by reports". This includes drawer part adjustments, 5 piece door adjustments etc. Adjusted part sizes show up in Part_List_2 csv files.

Here are a couple of areas that have adjustments.

Drawer Adjustments

Door Adjustments

I originally made use of components exclusively in CabMaker. When you created a medium size kitchen and then look at Components tab in the tray Sketchup would appear locked up and often take minutes as it created hundreds and hundreds of images for use in the Components tab. This was un acceptable so I went through the exercise of changing my code to make Groups instead of Components. The results were infinitely better as it became instant. A much appreciated side effect was the skp file dropped significantly in size since there weren't hundreds and hundreds of images stored in the skp file.

Anyway - I have no intention of going back to components for cabinet parts - been there - done that.

Skype me and I can show you what can and cannot be done.

Garry

If you convert the outermost group into a component then CabMaker can still edit the Cabinet. There are a number of parts that get resized on there way over to CutMaster - but do not have the finished size in CabMaker. This includes drawer box parts, 5 piece door parts sides where cabinet makers want to let the side into a dado in frames etc.

CabMaker use to use Components exclusively - I wen to Groups for the speed and to reduce bloating. CutMaster is a fully featured panel optimizer that imports the csv file that cabmaker creates.

The parameters in Red are rules the items in black are cabinet parameters and are stored with cabinets.

Set up your units in Sketchup. Cabmaker supports mm, decimal inches and fractional inches. I don't recommend architectural.

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I'm happy to help you - however you need to get ahold of me via Skype.
Please go to my website and email me and then we can communicate over skype

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Garry

Contact me via Skype and we will see what is going on
My Skype handle is gkernan@telus.net