Posts made by Garry K

CabMaker 4.0.141 is now available along with CutMaster 3.0.1.87

Version 4.0.141 – Jun 9, 2018

1. Materials editor check boxes are now showing the color.
2. Shaker style doors second panel not clearing second panel raised panel. Fixed
3. Added extend bottom in rules for microwave cabinets.
4. Side thickness now can be different from rest of case.
   Version 4.0.140 – May 9, 2018
5. You can now adjust the position of Dimensions at a Cabinet Level.
6. Face Frame construction points not correct for corner cabinets. Fixed
7. Corner Cabinets dimension outline not accurate. Fixed.

CabMaker 4.0.138 is now available.

1. Kick Ht Override sending wrong meta data for pullouts over to cutmaster. Fixed
2. Side by side pulouts sending wrong door information over to cutmaster. Fixed
3. Creating a new library without any files causes CabMaker to not use "Save" or "Save As". Fixed
4. DXF export was adding too much to the undo stack. Fixed
5. Hinged top and hinged bottom doors had pull in wrong position. Fixed
6. Top Section door not honoring number of rows. Fixed
7. Additional panels for Shaker doors sometimes has a raised panel. Fixed
8. Added lateral adjustment to finished panels (doors)
9. Set Lateral adjustment to negative side thickness and turn off side for door to replace side.

Simple DXF 1.0.6 is now available.

Here is some documentation for it.

SimpleDXF.pdf

Arial Unicode MS is a good choice as it works with many different languages.

Error 101 means the internet connection time out on your computer. Stairmaker needs to connect to my web service once every week.

CabMaker 4.0.136 is now available from my website.

Lots of new features.

1. Top and Bottom hangers now edged differently
2. Added bead board for plain doors and for Shaker doors
3. Moved Oven Panel section under Context Help over to additional
4. Added Handle Height for Top Section of Tall cabinets
5. Handle Override wasn't working for Drawers. Fixed
6. Added drawer - 2 handles when wider:
7. Added horizontal offset for handles
8. Added Door Style drop down for Finished Panels and Finished Backs.
9. Added 1 to 4 panels wide for - Finished Panels, Finished Backs, Doors, Top Doors and Mid Doors
10. Added 1 to 4 panels high for - Finished Panels, Finished Backs, Doors, Top Doors and Mid Doors. This option is enabled only when the first mid rail height is set to 0.
11. Added mid rail heights for - Finished Panels, Finished Backs, Doors, Top Doors and Mid Doors
12. Added button that makes a copied cabinet unique
13. Added Handle Offset per cabinet
14. Added ability to save Door image. Images are now used by all Door and Drawer drop downs
15. Now honoring file name case for DXF
16. Added glass2
17. Background color is pale blue for all overrides (-1) values

CabMaker 3.0.135 and CutMaster 3.0.1.85 are now available on my website.
These will be the last updates for Major version 3

CabMaker 4.0.136 will be available later this week along with modifications to pricing. The 25% discount for CabMaker 2 users upgrading to CabMaker 3 will end once CabMaker 4 is released.

That drag an html dialog bug with an open drop down was actually fixed in SU 2018.

However with SU 2018 if you open an html dialog and resize it you would see flashing as the browser contents were continuously redrawn which was annoying. SU 2019 cleaned this up.

With SU 2017 I stayed with WebDialog. With SU 2018 I modified my css file so that disabled controls looked more disabled. I did switch over to htmldialog with SU 2018 because of the speed improvement. I am running SU 18.0.16975 64 bit.

The next major version 4 of CabMaker is awaiting Sketchup 2019.

PLEASE note:

• Licensed users running CabMaker 2 can upgrade to CabMaker 3 with a 25% discount. This discount will end when CabMaker 4 comes out.

• Licensed users of CabMaker 3 who have purchased a license within 3 months of CabMaker 4 release will receive a free upgrade to CabMaker 4 upon request.

Lots of new features.

1. Top and Bottom hangers now edged differently
2. Added bead board for plain doors and for Shaker doors
3. Moved Oven Panel section under Context Help over to additional
4. Added Handle Height for Top Section of Tall cabinets
5. Handle Override wasn't working for Drawers. Fixed
6. Added drawer - 2 handles when wider:
7. Added horizontal offset for handles
8. Added Door Style drop down for Finished Panels and Finished Backs.
9. Added 1 to 4 panels wide for - Finished Panels, Finished Backs, Doors, Top Doors and Mid Doors
10. Added mid rail heights for - Finished Panels, Finished Backs, Doors, Top Doors and Mid Doors
11. Added button that makes a copied cabinet unique

Doors with multiple panels and Finished sides configured independently from doors.

Finished backs - great for kitchen islands etc.

If you experienced a situation where you needed to be operated on - would you want a web app to say work on pumping your blood through your body to keep you alive? Then the internet goes down - OOPS.

Mission critical software should remain offline. As should CNC routers etc. This extends to large models where web apps will bring the entire system down to its knees !!!

Andy,

If you let your maintenance lapse then it will end up costing you more.
You really shouldn't equate yearly maintenance with a new version.
The next thing we will hear is - I can't get SU 2019 because I let my maintenance lapse!!!

Cabmaker now gives you a tool to help you choose door sizes for beaded doors.

As you can see if you choose a bead spacing and cabinet width like this it won't look very good. This spacing is 50 mm and the cabinet width is 700.

If the width is changed to 800 mm then it works.

Or if the width is left at 700 and the spacing is changed to 25 then it works.

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I've added 4 default Panel Bead Profiles and an option for Bead Spacing and a check box for Dead Center. Beading will follow the grain and will work for 5 piece Shaker and Slab.

From top to bottom these are called Standard, Smooth, V Groove and Half Round.

Bead Spacing

Dead Center

I can't see adding a door like this. However I am starting to work on doors and will be adding an optional bead for Shaker style doors.

There are some situations where the back side of a part needs machining. Personally with CNC I would avoid it as much as possible. Having said that there are situations that could benefit from it.

The nesting that cutmaster produces will always machine the left side of common panels. The right side will go into it's own folder and not be a nest. Additionally the outside shape of the part will be in layer that will have it's name appended with an underscore signifying that the polyline is for reference only.

Second side machining means you will have to set aside parts that need second side machining after the nest is complete. Then you will have to load the correct second side DXF and position the part correctly on the CNC.

So there is a lot that can go wrong and that is why I would try to avoid it.

There are a number of closet styles that can be simply created without complicated merging. In this case I adjusted left and right gaps for ALL cabinets by 1/2 the case thickness. Sides go to floor. I omited left side for Cabinets 2 and 3.

I'm looking at providing more merge options to help out users who build closets (wardrobes).

I would like to get construction details from users and or explanations on how you guys build your closets.

I'm thinking something like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq1BOo_g16g

Sketchup DXF import vs Simple DXF

Optional construction points when reading in a DXF

Sample 3D DXF