CabMasterPro User Guide
Use Context Help for a quick and easy way to find relevant help when you are working in CabMasterPro!
For beginners there are is a 
Getting Started webinar which will walk you thru the basics and Easy Step-by-Step Video Tutorials on our website 
Also, check out the Tutorials section for more on Drawing a Kitchen, adding Dimensions, creating Templates, placing Walls and more...
See Installation and Licensing to locate relevant instructions for CabMasterPro, EzyNest, ShapeMaster and DoorMaster LT.
- Where do I find the latest CabMaster Installer's?
- How do I transfer CabMaster to a new computer?
- How do I initiate a Software Update? and ensure that it activates automatically when a new version is available?
- How do I update my Catalog/Library with newly released cabinets i.e. Add Unused Based Ons? (Video)
- How do I create a copy of the “BasedOn Item”, starting with its original configuration i.e. Insert Unmodified BasedOn Item?
See FAQ's Machining and EzyNest, discussed separately in this User Guide.
- How do I setup CabMaster Defaults? (see Video for Beginners)
- Job Defaults
- Materials (Video and Tutorial)
- change materials/colour of board of multiple cabinets quickly and easily?
- Material tags
- Why are some Categories/Pages missing from Drawing Properties?
- Lost/hidden category tree i.e. when I open, for example the Drawing Properties, I only see one page i.e. About page.
- What is the difference between a Catalog and a Library?
- What is the difference between a Catalog, the Drawing and Cabinet Properties?
Many of the topics related to the Library take you to the CM-Cabinets Library User Guide
The Library User Guide is specific to setting up the CM-Cabinets library including Catalog/Drawing defaults and Cabinet Design. A Quick Access Help button is located on the Drawing Job Setup>About page (opened on startup or using F4) where you can also check out details of new library features.
- How do I customise the Cabinet Palette for quick placement selection? (Video)
- How do I hide cabinet labels on an entire drawing?
- How do I hide cabinet labels in only Elevation View?
- How do I use the Properties Sidebar to quickly make minor modifications to cabinets/items on plan?
- How do I customise individual cabinets?
- How do I slope the Ends of a Cabinet?
- How do I create and customise Universal Cabinets and Robes?
- How do I create Door and Panel Materials?
- How do I rotate cabinets by smaller increments i.e. 1° or 0.1 degrees?
What do the following messages mean?
- How do I filter my 3D view, so that I can focus on specific display areas?
- How do I create PhotoView renders? (Includes Video)
- How do I get an Environment maps (.EXR file) to get a 360° background with natural lighting shining in the window.
- What are the best specifications for purchasing a computer?
- How much does the performance of the graphics card actually affect the 3D view?
- Why am I getting poor graphics performance?
- 3D image contains lots of jagged lines. How do I smooth them?
- Why do I keep getting "Illegal Operation" error messages?
- Why is my cutout not clearly visible in 3D view?
- How are Wall, Ceiling and Floor tools used? (Webinar v12)
- How do I create a custom tool and set as my default command setting? (Video)
- Why can't I see some cabinets/parts in my elevation?
- How do I display/hide the Cabinet ID in my elevations?
- How do I edit an elevation e.g. annotate or move cabinets/parts? (Video)
- How do I import data into CabMaster? (Import Item List)
- How do I import from eTemplates using an EDF import file? (supports curved walls)
- How do I install and setup JobMan to work with CabMaster? (PlugIn)
- How do I open older versions of CabMaster (prior to v10.1) into current drawing?
- I saved a drawing as a template but when I go to apply a template it isn't there!
- Cabinet movement is locked to a set Quick Length value and I can't drag/move a cabinet!
- Elevation view not showing for all cabinets!
- I can't open Adobe PDF reports directly from CabMaster!
- I still can't see cabinets/items displayed in the gallery palette even after using the 'Generate Missing Images' (or 'Regenerate All') button.
- Lines on my drawing are too thin when printing. How do I increase the line thickness?
- How do I select and apply the best pricing method?
- How do I generate and export a report to Word? (Video)
- How do I customise an RDL report?
- How do I print multiple pages i.e. select a print range? (Video)
All of our tables for drawer runners, handles, hinges and materials are now available for download from our StoreMaster website.
- How do I download tables from StoreMaster?
- How do I install downloaded tables into CabMaster?