CabMasterPro User Guide
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    To locate information about any menu commands, Clickon 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:
    1. 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.
    2. 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)
    3. Menu
    * Note on Status Bar
    In machining view, the status bar displays information about the currently selected machine step.
    See FAQ - Measuring in Machine View using the status bar.
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    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.

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    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.

    View


    Preview View

    Rotate


    Preview Rotate

    Machining Options

    Machining options are only available with CabMaster Machining.
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