To locate information about any menu commands, 
click on the area of interest on image above.
Be aware that this discussion primarily applies to cabinet properties in Floating mode. When docked, the Preview pane is positioned vertically under the cabinet options.
Refer to the CM-Cabinets Library User Guide 
for discussions on General Settings and cabinet design.
Major components
The preview pane consists of three major areas:- Preview area: Displays the cabinet in a 3d orthographic or openGL view. It can also display a preview of the machining for the current component in 2d as it would look going out to machine.
- Slider / Status Bar*: When in Ortho or openGL view, the slider can be used to rotate the cabinet. A status bar is only shown when in Machining View (see note)
- Menu
In machining view, the status bar displays information about the currently selected machine step.
See FAQ - Measuring in Machine View using the status bar.
Machining and Grain Direction
All cabinets have the ability to show the grain direction in Machine view, if the option 'Add Grain Direction Indicators' is enabled in the Catalog/Drawing properties and a grained material has been selected. Arrows in the preview show the direction of the grain.
Note that the arrows DO NOT get machined, and they are only indicators to assist with understanding the current grain direction.
Selecting and Editing machining
NB: Machining options are only available with CabMaster Machining.In machining view, the slider is replaced by the status bar, which has its own status bar - divided into 3 areas - see image above.
- The 1st pane displays the position of any mouse click or the position, diameter and depth of the last machine step selected.
- The 2nd pane displays the layer and name of the selected machining.
- The 3rd pane displays the distance and angle between the two most recent clicks. Note: You can only view the part in the Preview. As soon as you 'Edit' the part it will be opened in the main window - see Machine Part Editing.
View
Rotate
- Rotate to cabinet-front: Rotate to view the front of the cabinet, regardless of the orientation of the cabinet on the page
- Rotate to page view: Rotate to view the cabinet as it is oriented on the page.
- Rotate to section: Rotate to view the front of the cabinet.
- Auto rotate to section: Automatically rotate to the selected section.
- Angle relative to cabinet: Changes the slider angle to one relative to the front of the cabinet.
- Angle relative to page: Changes the slider angle to one relative to the current orientation of the cabinet on the page.
- View whole corner cabinet: Display both the main and extension parts of the corner cabinet.
Machining Options
Machining options are only available with CabMaster Machining.
- Highlight entire group: Highlight all machine steps in the same group as the selected machine step.
- View donor face shadows: View the shadow of the donor section. When previewing donor machine steps, it is useful to a view a shadow of the face itself that the machine steps are defined relative to. When previewing these machine steps as they arrive on an accepting face, using this feature also allows us to see where the donor face meets the accepting face. Note that the machine steps themselves may exist outside this shadow. For example, adjustable shelf holes may be above and below the shelf shadow.
- Filters: Displays the Machining Options Page.
- View Machining in 3D: Displays machining in 3D OpenGL view.
Spin
- Spin Options: There are 3 speeds - slow, medium, fast. Can spin clockwise or anti-clockwise.
- Spin: Automatically rotate the cabinet at the selected speed.