Single Part Processing
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Single Part Processing is the moducut workspace where you define a single part that is not attached to a cabinet by its size and work on it; for example a shelf, filler or worktop piece. These parts go into the cut list, nesting, CNC and labels.
Short answer
The Single Part workspace
The Single Part button opens the Single Part workspace in place of the editor. With the Room / Single Part switch at the bottom center of the screen, you switch between the room and single parts. If a single part is selected in the room when you switch to Single Part, that part opens; otherwise a new part starts. Selecting a single part in the room and pressing Edit also opens it here.
Creating a new part
- Press Modules › Single Part; the new part steps open.
- In the Dimensions step, type the part name or choose a ready name such as Side, Top panel, Bottom panel, Shelf, Upright, Door, Drawer front, Back panel, Plinth, Rail, Worktop and Filler. Enter Width, Length, Qty and Grain direction.
- Press Next: Material and choose the board the part is cut from.
- Press Next: PVC banding and mark the edges to band.
- Press Create Part.
You cannot go on without choosing a board; the window shows the "Choose a board to continue" warning.
Ribbon and Settings menu
The File group of the Single Part ribbon has Add (Save for a saved part) and New, plus the Connection and Nesting buttons. Features in the Modules group reopens the name, size, quantity, material and PVC steps; Room sets the part’s place in the room. The Settings menu has:
- Grain direction. By sheet, Keep or Free.
- PVC thickness. 0.4, 0.8, 1 or 2 mm.
- Send to cutting. When off, the part does not go into the cut list.
- Show in 3D. When on, the part also appears in the room; a new part is laid flat on the floor in an empty spot and moved by dragging in 3D.
- Orientation and rotation. Horizontal or Vertical; rotation 0°, 90°, 180° or 270°.
- Height from floor. The part’s height in the room, in mm.
- Joining and connector. Connects the part to another single part.
- Save as door model. Keeps a part with surface operations as a door model; the model appears in the doors’ Door model list with the Drawing: prefix.
- Delete part. Removes the part from the project.
Surface operations
The workspace has the part’s drawing and Surface Operations: grooves, LED channels, rectangular and round holes, joint lines and corner radii. The operations are the same as in the Surface Operations window for carcass parts; details are on the Surface operations page.
Frequently asked questions
Panels without a carcass also appear on the List tab of the cut list; the part also goes into labels and nesting. If Send to cutting is off, the part does not go into the list.
Yes. The Nesting button on the Single Part ribbon opens the Nesting Settings window, which lays the parts out on sheets.
Yes. Save as door model in the Settings menu saves the pattern; you choose it with the Drawing: prefix from the module’s Door model list.
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