Corners and Cutouts Tutorial

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The Machining Editor provides commands for editing a selected cabinet part and applied cutouts.

In this topic we will discuss...

Curve Edge command;

Chamfer, Fillet and Add Corner commands;

Adding new machining such as Cutouts, including notches to a part edge.

Remember that you first need to click on the Unlock command button before you can edit.

See Tip on Machining Editor and Depth.

Curve Edge

To curve edges use the right click menu option, as shown.

In this example, we have selected the 'End Left' part of a cabinet but curved edges can also be applied to cutouts.

Click on the required part/cutout, the border will turn blue and you will see handles;
Select the centre handle (highlighted in green) and use the right click menu to select 'Curve Edge'.

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Then simply...
- Drag to size (relevant dimensions are displayed in real time as you move the mouse);
  or
- Use the Precise Movement Input dialog, which is automatically opened, to manually type in a dimension.

Curved Edges can be added to parts or cutouts

Here we see the part now displayed with curved edges. These commands also work with cutouts, as shown.

Create Notch Cutout

Create a notch by using the Rectangle or Circle cutout.

In this example, we are creating a notch on the right side of the 'End Left' part of a cabinet using a Rectangle cutout.

The View > Grid has been turned on and we have zoomed in on the required area.

Click on the Rectangle (or Circle) command, in the Cutouts group;
Click and drag, starting outside perimeter as shown.
When you release the mouse, a notch will be created.

You can Move In / Out by dragging a selected point. The example shows the mid point moved out (left) by 15mm.

Corner Chamfer

This option works the same when creating a Chamfer to a part or a rectangle cutout.

To move, chamfer, fillet or remove corners use the right click menu, shown below. To chamfer the corner...

Right click the corner to be chamfered and from the presented menu, select Chamfer Corner.
Then simply...
- Click on the corner and drag to size (relevant dimensions are displayed in real time as you move the mouse);
  or
- Use the Precise Movement Input, which is automatically opened, to create the required chamfer.

This method can also be applied to a cutout

In this example, we have added a Rectangle cutout and then Chamfered the corner. The resulting cutout can be seen in 3D.

The chamfer can be converted back to the original corner by right clicking on the chamfer and selecting 'Add Corner'.

Add Corner

To add a corner use the right click menu option which will open a Precise Movement Input dialog.

This means that we will need to know some details about the part/cutout first.

In this example, we are going to convert the above chamfered corner, for the End Left part, back to the original corner.

Step 1

Right click on part and select Format Machining and refer to the Size details - which here shows the X dimension of the part is 541mm.

You can also use the Tape Measure as per Step 2, if preferred.

Click to view Machine Editor window

Step 2

Now we will measure the relevant border - here we have used the Annotate > Tape Measure command.

From this we can determine that we need to move the corner by 200mm (i.e. 541mm - 341mm).

Step 3

Right click on the relevant border and select Add Corner.

To input a specific dimension, just press keyboard dot once (and let go) and a precise movement input box appears and you can input a variety of different options. Here we are going to Move X 200mm to the Right (Ensure Y:0mm)

If using Add Corner to a Cutout, you may need to Move Y in the Up direction (ensure X:0mm)

You can also use the Move Corner option.

In this example, we have selected the top right handle and used the rc-menu.