To Set your Standards:
1. Click on Library on the main menu bar, make sure you are in the library for the type of cabinets you are designing, frame, frameless, overlay frame or closets.
NOTE: The Closet Library is a separate purchase for cabinet owners.
NOTE: Overlay Frame standard definitions are the same as Frameless definitions.
2. Click on Change on the main menu bar
3. Click on Set Shop Standards
4. Set all of your standards on the list, scroll down to access the end of the list to continue to the end. Click Save as Permanent Standards when your done.
To set your shop standards you must first choose a library. From the main menu bar click on Library or while holding down the Alt key press the L key. Menu selections drop down.
IMPORTANT: Sizes must be set before a job is placed on the job screen area. Changes made after a job is on the screen will not affect the current job. Furthermore, sizes in set shop standards are what is seen when looking at the elevation or the front view of the cabinet. For example, if your kick height is 4" when looking at it but it is actually 4 1/2" because it extends behind the faceframe you would fill in 4" in the set shop standards for kick height. In your part section you can then make the adjustment for the part. The cabinet needs to be designed as it actually looks not for the size of the part, that is done in the Parts section
KCDw®'s default is set to the Frame library and a check mark next to the word Frame shows this is the library being used. To change libraries take the mouse pointer and place it on the library you want active then click the left mouse button; or use the up and down arrow keys then hit the enter key. The library you have selected is now active and its name will appear at the top of Set Shop Standards window box. With your library selected you are now ready to go and set YOUR shop standards.
From the main menu bar place the mouse pointer on Change, then click the left mouse button; or while holding down the Alt key press the C key. Menu selections drop down. Move the mouse pointer to Set Shop Standards and click the left mouse button or press the S key. This opens the Set Shop Standards window box.
This is not your parts list it is for design only. There are many choices to be made here so we suggest you scan the list first. This will help you get to know the range of changes available. To view the list use your up and down arrow keys; or place your mouse pointer on one of the small arrows located on the right side of the window box. With the mouse pointer on an arrow, hold down your left mouse button and this will move you through the list. To scroll the list at a slower pace click the left mouse on the arrow instead of holding it down; or use the up and down arrow keys located on the key board.
To make a change to an item highlight it, then type in the change. For example when the Set Shop Standards window box opens Wall Height is highlighted. In the example above, wall height is 90 1/4. Suppose I want to change this to 92. I would type in 92.
Once you have scrolled the list and made all your changes, you must decide if this is for the current job only or it is to be saved as a Permanent Standard. One of the advantages of KCDw® is that you can make these changes for one job only and they will be saved with that job. To save as a Permanent Standard click the Save Sizes as Permanent Standards button. To save for current job only click the Use Sizes for this job ONLY button. If you choose not to save the changes, click the cancel button.
IMPORTANT: It is important to note that sizes MUST be set before a job goes onto the job screen area. If the job is not designed with the correct sizes, your parts will be incorrect. For example, if you design a 35 1/4" tall base cabinet but you really wanted it 34 1/2" your parts would be incorrect. Make sure cabinets are designed with the sizes you want, any size can change, but it needs to be the size you want.
Frame Standards Definitions:
1) Wall Height
The height of your wall
| 2) Floor to top of Top Cabinets |
The distance from the floor to the top of a top or wall cabinet
3) Height of Top Cabinets
The height of top or wall cabinets
4) Depth of Top Cabinets
The depth of top or wall cabinets
5) Top Cabinet - Top Rail Width
The width of the top rail on a top or wall cabinet
6) Top Cabinet - Bottom Rail Width
The width of the bottom rail on a top or wall cabinet
7) Top Cabinet - Middle Rail Width
The width of the middle rail on a top or wall cabinet
8) Height of Base Cabinets
Height of base cabinets
9) Depth of Base Cabinets
Depth of base cabinets
10) Base Cabinet - Top Rail Width
Width of the top rail on a base cabinet
11) Base Cabinet - Bottom Rail Width
Width of the bottom rail on a base cabinet
12) Base Cabinet - Middle Rail Width
Width of the middle rail on a base cabinet
13) Top Drawer Opening Height
Drawer opening height for the top drawer
14) Kick Space Height
The amount of kick space seen from the front of the cabinet
15) Depth of Kick
The amount the kick is held in from the front edge.
16) Base Lower Rail Width
The width of the lower rails on a drawer base cabinet. Note, not the bottom rail width.
17) Height of Tall Cabinets
The height of a tall or pantry cabinet
18) Depth of Tall Cabinets
Depth of tall or pantry cabinet
19) Pantry Top opening height
The top opening height on a pantry cabinet
20) Height of Walloven opening
The opening for the wall oven on a wall oven cabinet
21) Distance off floor of wall oven
The distance from the floor to the bottom of the wall oven on a wall oven cabinet
22) Height of Vanity Cabinets
The height of a vanity cabinet
23) Depth of Vanity Cabinets
The depth of a vanity cabinet
24) Left Stile Width
The width of the left stile on all face frame cabinets
25) Right Stile Width
The width of the right stile on all face frame cabinets
26) Middle Stile Width
The width of the middle stile on all face frames cabinets
27) Base Lazysusan Width
The width of a Base Lazysusan
28) Lazysusan Stile Width
The width of the Lazysusan Stiles
29) Top 45 Corner Width
The width of a Top 45 Corner Cabinet
| 30) Top 45 Corner Stile |
The width of stiles on a Top 45 Corner Cabinet
31) Base 45 Corner Width
The width of a Base 45 Corner Cabinet
32) Base 45 Corner Stile
The width of stiles on a Base 45 Corner Stile
33) Top Blind End Width
The blind end width on Top Blind Cabinets
34) Top Blind Corner Stile Width
The width of the corner stile on a Top Blind Cabinet
35) Base Blind End Width
The blind end width on Base Blind Cabinets
36) Base Blind Corner Stile Width
The width of the corner stile on a Base Blind Corner Cabinet
37) Door Lip
The amount of overhang, lip, on cabinet doors
38) Gap Between Door Pairs
The amount of gap between a pair of doors
39) Lazysusan Door Lip
The lip for doors on Lazysusan Cabinets
40) Dishwasher Width
The width of a dishwasher
41) Stove Width
The width of a stove
42) Ref Width
The width of a refrigerator
43) Trash Compactor Width
The width of a trash compactor
44) Back Panel Thickness
The thickness (depth) of a back panel
| 45) Panel Top End Stile (Front) |
The width of the front stile on a Top End Panel
46) Panel Top End Stile (Back)
The width of the back stile on a Top End Panel
47) Panel Top Top Rail
The width of the top rail on a top panel
48) Panel Top Bottom Rail
The width of the bottom rail on a top panel
49) Panel Base End Stile (Front)
The width of the front stile on a Base End Panel
50) Panel Base End Stile (Back)
The width of the back stile on a Base End Panel
51) Panel Base Top Rail
The width of the top rail on a base panel
52) Panel Base Bottom Rail
The width of the bottom rail on a base panel
53) Panel Middle Stile
The width of the middle stile on all panels
54) Panel Middle Rail
The width of the middle rail on all panels
55) C. Top Overlap
The amount the counter top overlaps the front face of the cabinet
56) C. Top Overhang Width
The amount the counter top overlaps the front of the cabinet
57) C. Top Thickness
The thickness of the counter top
58) Wall Thickness
The thickness of the wall
59) Window Width
The width of the window
60) Passage Door Width
The width of the kitchen or room door
61) Door Thickness Exposed
Width of door from face frame to edge of door
62) Kick Box Height
The height of a kick, for separate kicks
63) Base Cabinet Off Floor
Amount base cabinets would be off floor, for using separate kicks
64) Lazysusan Corner Door Space
Space between the faceframe and the front face of the door.
65) Uses Inches=254, Mm=10, Cm=100 Auto=0
Determines scale for library
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