There are a number of ways to access elevations, depending on how you want to view these...

• When in Plan View, use the Plan Tools | Elevations tab discussed below;
  • Use this method if you want elevations placed on the Plan.
  • This allows you to place as many elevations directly on your plan as you want.

Example

If you want to quickly generate an elevation of a single cabinet, you can also use the right click Item menu Auto Elevation option, which was used to create the side on view of the Tall 1 Door cabinet.

Note that the red elevation lines are not all shown at the same time, added here only as a visual aid.

• When in Plan View, you can use the right click 'Edit Elevation...' menu command on a placed elevation to view it on a separate page;

Example

The right click Item menu has the options to Edit or Format the selected elevation item.

 

• Use the View > Elevations command button or the Status Bar Elevation shortcut button;
  • Use these methods if you want to view elevations on separate pages.

Example

When you use these commands, both automatic and manually created elevations are made available on separate pages.

• Use the Breadcrumbs Bar drop list to select a placed elevation or cabinet;
  • The view options are dependent on what you select, as per the following examples.

You can select a placed Elevation when in Plan or 3D View.

The drop list allows you to select any of the items/cabinets placed on the page.

Click on the image and you will see that if you select any 'Elevation' for viewing, all elevations will be made available on separate pages for subsequent selection.

Click to view resulting elevation

You can select a placed cabinet when in Plan View.

When you select a cabinet, in this example the 'Tall 1 Door Right', it opens the Current Item Editor and you can switch to Elevation using the shortcut button on the status bar, as shown. Note that additional Left/Right and Front view tabs are made available.

Using Plan Tools | Elevations tab

CabMaster™ automatically generates an elevation of cabinets along each wall and manual elevations can be created. All elevations created can be accessed and placed on your plan using the Elevations tab (which can only be accessed when in Plan View).

Tools for use in Plan View  -  Click to see difference to View > Elevations

Place Elevation

To place any elevation, whether it is a wall with cabinets or a manual selection, simply...

• select the wall or manual elevation you want to place on plan using the drop list (or blue navigation arrows);
  

  

  • A red line is displayed to indicate your selection.
• select the Place Elevation  command button;
• then click a point on the drawing to add the elevation on the plan.
  • After placement you can select and drag to reposition, as well as change the style, size and annotate.

Examples of selection and placement

The illustration below shows a Plan View with Wall Edge 1 selected and the placed elevation of the cabinets on this wall.

 * Click on image to see Manual Elevation 1 selected and placed.

Click to view Manual Elevation

Moving an Elevation

To move an elevation to a separate page, first ensure that the drawing Page you want it moved to is already created.

Then select the elevation to be moved and either...

• right click on the elevation and select the 'Move to page...' menu option;
  

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or

• double click on the elevation and on the Position page, change the value in the Page # edit box which is used to show or set which drawing page the object appears on.
  

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Auto-Elevation

You can also use the Auto-Elevation Tool command which automatically adds an elevation for a wall, a single cabinet or a run of cabinets.

Simply click on the tool and then on the specific wall or cabinet/s.

Display Options

Elevations can be further enhanced by turning on/off the Show Door Swing option on the Display > Options page  of the Catalog/Drawing Properties [F4].

The colour and line style, and more, can also be changed here.