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Hi Adam,
I am not sure what you mean by the result is poor. If you are resizing the divided upper using the edit story stick tool, you will not change the size of the drawer boxes, drawer fronts or door fronts, since they were added to the divided upper with the insert a drawer (or door tool). Dont add doors and drawers to divided boxes until you are sure of the final size. If you email me your model I can setup a join.me on-line session to show you how to repair it. ZIP you model before sending it to me.
Joe….
Hi Brandon,
Here is the link. Let me know if you have any problems or questions.https://cabwritersoftware.com/the-edit-story-stick-tool/
Joe….
Hi Ed,
The error message is correct. There is no C3LB1 Bottom. It appears you deleted it. You could have assigned the end panel to C5L but you deleted that bottom also. What you can do is re-draw just cabinet C3L. When you re-draw it the cabinet will have a new number (probably C15L in your case). Now add the end panel to the new cabinet number. When you have the end panel you want, edit the cabinet you re-drew to delete the bottom and make whatever changes you need to.
The reason you are getting this error is because CabWriter assumes that all cabinets have a back and a bottom. An assumption that is almost always true. It needs to make this assumption for two reasons (features). It needs to assume there is always a back to allow the Auto Swap feature of Cabinet mode. It needs to assume there is a bottom for the Create A Back Panel, Insert A Drawer and Insert A Door features.
Perhaps for CabWriter 3 I can change this to expect only one part; a back, though I seem to recall ruling that out when I created the back panel tool. I do some more research.
Joe…..
Could you try zipping the .skp file and emailing it to me at [email protected]? Thanks.
Joe…..
Hi Jeroen,
Yes, I suspect the problem is a mistake in the settings. Could you pleas email me your .skp file? Send it to [email protected] . I will examine the settings and let you know what I find. If you are a new user, I recommend beginning with one of the provided settings. I assume you are a Metric user and that your SkechUp application is set to use Metric mm. You can choose a starting set of parameters by using the Open and Load CabWriter Defaults tool and choose one of the CabWriter Metric Defaults from the drop down list. By the way, you can go to https://cabwritersoftware.com/cabwriter-2-0-user-guide/ and download the user’s guide. Chapters 4 – 7 explain in detail how to draw cabinets. Appendix A defines each of the more than 350 parameters, so you might want to look at that too. But send me your .skp file and we will get you going.
Joe…..
Hi Kevin,
Try this as a solution and let me know what you think. I am a little reluctant to add more layers for fear of it being too cumbersome.
1. Select the back of interest (or more than one).
2. Unlock the selection with right click.
3. Hide selection with right click.When you want them back back in view go to Edit > Unhide > All.
Joe…..
Hi Matt,
At the moment that tool does not exist, but it is on the list and will likely make it into the release of version 2.0. In the meantime, it is quite easy to do with native SketchUp.. What I do (see image attached) is copy both the top rail and the bottom rail and combine them into one rail (the top rail provides the bottom dado and the bottom rail provides the top dado. Be sure to make the copies unique parts immediately after copying them or you will end up changing the top or bottom rail. Once you overlay the parts you can use the SketchUp Outer Shell Solids Tool to create the final part. This works especially well with raised panel rails and stiles as shown in the attached image.
Joe….
Hi Matt,
I think we have to look at what exists now and how many steps it takes to accomplish the same thing and then prioritize what efficiency improvments can be made. Right now the steps are:
1. Select a part with the Select tool.
2. Right click and choose CabWriter > Select Sub-Assembly > Face Frame (or other sub-assembly)
3.Right click and choose Unlock (or Lock)Your approach would add four more categories to the right click and choose CabWriter sub-menu. It would save Step 3 above. My concern is that as the context menus/sub-menus get long, they loose efficiency because you are left to ‘hunt’ for the selection you want and can slow things down a lot. See the attached image of the context menu as it exists now. Adding 4 or more items to the CabWriter sub-menu is getting into that area of inefficiency. This is why I think it mare be more efficient to have a toolbar that is customize-able by the user. If a user thinks that locking/unlocking sub-assemblies is something they do often then they can burden their toolbar with the icon. Others can leave it off and use the three steps above. Burdening all users with a very long context menu would be counterproductive I think.
I too would like to hear from others.
Joe…..
Scratch my last thought. It is easier to select one or more components and then right click and choose Lock/Unlock.
I don’t want to get into providing a method for selecting a cabinet and/or any of its sub-assemblies on the toolbar. That would take about six icons. I would favor never locking the cabinets or your original proposal to Lock or Unlock an entire cabinet based on the component selected. Greg, is this the kind of thing we should put to all users in an email?
Joe….
Hi Guys,
What if you had a Lock and Un-Lock icon that locked or unlocked a selection. Then, if you chose one , or a number of components it would Loc/Un-Lock all selected. Would that work?
Joe…Hi Matt,
I have always regretted locking the cabinets. I would be interested in what you think about CabWriter leaving them unlocked. As a developer I am always needing to unlock them to try something, and find it a pain in the butt to do. So I could be convinced to leave them unlocked and let the user select all of them and lock them when they wish to.
I am less inclined to add more tools to the toolbar. But I would like to hear others thoughts on it too. Maybe we should send a questionnaire to the users to get more opinions.
Joe….
Actually, I assumed that, but I was just yanking your chain. There are some things to be careful of though. For example, the auto-swapping of grain direction that CabWriter does (actually CutList Bridge) depends on sides and shelves actually being co-planar with the cabinets back. If your modifications violate that rule you should shut off Enable Auto Swap for that cabinet(s). See attached image.
Hi Kevin,
Divided lights have little chance of making it into revision 2.0. But likely will make it into version 3.0. In 3.0 I hope to provide the capability for cathedral, roman, curved and half curved as well as a couple patterns of divided lights. We will not attempt to provide a wide variety of pattern and styles; rather just a representative set. It’s our belief that most of our customers will purchase door and drawer fronts from a third party, and those that build them will have custom designs of their own.
Joe….
