Macros to Design Cabinets
- I design cabinets and other projects one part at a time.
- Each part uses 3 layers solidlayer,planelayer and dimlayer to display the parts. The layers are determined by part no starting with part 1 on layers 10,11,12 and so on. This way when I display solid view for a part (showpart.d3m) the macro knows which layer to show. Once a part is drawn using the anymaterial.d3m I then display the solid view and position it at its assembled location. (rotating and moving to proper position) and if more than 1 part of this type is used I add the duplicates in their proper location also. The next step would be to also duplicate the Attributes on the dim layer so the bill of material has the proper quantities.
- This procedure is repeated for each part.
- At any time the assembly can be viewed by showing a collection of the proper solid views. There are 2 macros that aid this process. ShowSolidLayers.d3m will display consecutive parts you input the first and last. ShowSubAssy.d3m allows you to enter any specified parts to display a subassembly.
- When design is complete a list of attributes is a material list that I take to Excel as a ":" delimited file to print a easy to read parts list.
- My directory structure is used in some macros and is as follows.
C:/Data/ShopProjects
/Symbols
/Macros
- I have included a cedar chest design to illustrate the use of my macros
Contributed by: Keith Krueger
