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 or frameless.
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.
Frameless 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 Width
The thickness of the top material on a top or wall cabinet
6) Top Cabinet - Bottom Width
The thickness of the bottom material on a top or wall cabinet
7) Top Cabinet - Middle Shelf Width
The thickness of the middle shelf 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 Width
Thickness of the top material for a base cabinet
11) Base Cabinet - Bottom Width
Thickness of the bottom material for a base cabinet
12) Base Cabinet - Middle Spanner Width
Thickness of the middle spanner material for a base cabinet
13) Base Lower Spanner Width
Thickness of the Lower Spanner material for a Base Cabinet
14) Top Drawer Opening Height
The opening height of the top drawer on a base cabinet
15) KIck Space Height
The amount seen of the kick from a front elevation
16) Depth of Kick
The amount the kick is held in from the front edge of the cabinet
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 Side Width
The material thickness for the left side of a cabinet
25) Right Side Width
The material thickness for the right side of a cabinet
26) Middle Divider Width
The thickness of the material for a middle divider
27) Lazysusan Width
The width of a Base Lazysusan
28) Lazysusan Side Width
The thickness of the side for Base Lazysusan
29) Top 45 Corner Width
The width of a Top 45 Corner Cabinet
30) Top 45 Corner Side Width
The thickness of a the side material on a Top 45 Corner Cabinet
31) Base 45 Corner Width
The width of a Base 45 Corner Cabinet
| 32) Base 45 Corner Side Width |
The thickness of the side material on a Base 45 Corner Stile
33) Top Blind End Width
The blind end width on Top Blind Cabinets
34) Base Blind End Width
The blind end width on Base Blind Cabinet
35) Gap Between Door Pairs
The gap between a pair of doors
36) Side Reveal Top Cabinets
The side reveals for top cabinets
37) Top Reveal Top Cabinets
The top reveal for top cabinets
38) Bottom Reveal Top Cabinets
The bottom reveal for top cabinets
39) Gap Between Adjacent Doors
The gap between doors in different openings
40) Side Reveal Base Cabinets
The side reveal for base cabinets
41) Top Reveal Base Cabinets
The top reveal for base cabinets
42) Bottom Reveal Base Cabinets
The bottom reveal for base cabinets
43) Gap Between Door and Drawer
The gap between the door and drawer
44) Gap Between Lower Drawers
The gap between lower drawers
45) Gap over Walloven
The gap over the walloven on walloven cabinets
46) Adjust Gap Center
Used to adjust the center of the gap between door and drawers, positive number adjusts up, negative adjusts down.
47) Adjust Lower Gap Center
Used to adjust the center of the gap between lower drawers, a positive number adjusts up, a negative adjusts down
48) Dishwasher Width
The width of the Dishwasher
49) Stove Width
The width of the Stove
50) Ref Width
The width of the Refrigerator
51) Trash Compactor Width
The width of the Trash Compactor
52) Window Width
The width of the Window
| 53) Door Width |
The width of the kitchen or room door
54) Back Panel Thickness
The thickness (depth) of the back panel
| 55) Panel Top End Stile (Front) |
The width of the front stile on top side panels
56) Panel Top End Stile (Back)
The width of the back stile on top side panels
57) Panel Top Top Rail
The width of the Top Rail on Top panels
58) Panel Top Bottom Rail
The width of the Bottom Rail on Top Panels
59) Panel Base End Stile (Front)
The width of the front stile on base side panels
60) Panel Base End Stile (Back)
The width of the back stile on base side panels
61) Panel Base Top Rail
The width of the top rail on base panels
62) Panel Base Bottom Rail
The width of the bottom rail on base panels
63) Panel Middle Stile
The width of the middle stile for panels
64) Panel Middle Rail
The width of the middle rail for panels
65) C.Top Thickness
Thickness of the counter top
66) C.Top Overhang Width
How much the counter top overhangs
67) Wall Thickness
Thickness of the wall
68) Door Edgeband Thickness
Thickness of edgeband for doors
69) Cabinet Edgeband Thickness
Thickness of edgeband for cabinets
70) Door Thickness
Thickness of the door
71) Kick Box Height
Height of the kick box, for separate kicks
72) Base Cabinet Off Floor
Height base cabinets are off the floor, for separate kicks
73) Lazysusan Corner Door Space
Space between lazysusan doors
74) Corner Cabinet Side Reveal
Side reveal for corner 45 cabinets
75) Uses Inches=254, Mm=10, Cm=100 Auto=0
Determines scale for library
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