Cabinet Solutions: Designer

Edit Screenshot: This will hide the UI, and take a screen shot and open it in the default program that opens PNG files, which is by default the Microsoft Picture Viewer. If your default program is set to something more advanced like Paint or Adobe Photoshop, you can modify the picture.

Print: This will take the current view you are looking at and print it on your default printer.

Camera Height: This raises or lowers the camera to give the illusion of eye level height. If the customer is taller, the camera height can be raised up to give a better perspective of what the kitchen will look like at their eye level. 

Hide Countertops: This option removes the countertops in the view of the job. With countertops hidden, the stretchers or cabinet top will be visible.

Use Environmental Colors: Environmental colors are what makes the cabinets appear darker because it uses colors in the environment for shading. If it is disabled, the colors appear brighter.

This section is where non-cabinet materials are set. When a material is set from the drop down box, the item that was changed immediately updates.

This section changes the texture, or color, of each of the material that is listed. To change the items, select a material from the top section of the box, then select what Material, or Texture, you want it to look like. For example, select "RED OAK" from the top part of the window, and then select "RED OAK" from the drop down list, will change all items that are made using the material "RED OAK" to look like that texture. The Tour will then store that choice until it is changed.

A good Rule of Thumb is to change the Material of only the visible items, mainly side panels, tops, bottoms, and doors to change the colors of the job.

Stains: This section, different stains can be applied to different materials for certain parts of the job. For example, let's say the doors are the same material as the face frame, however the customer wants to make the doors slightly darker than the face frame so they stand out. Select the material that the doors and face frame is made out of, and then change the stain for Face Frame to 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100%. That will adjust the darkness of that material by those amounts.

If you are unsure what material is on which part of the cabinet, hover your mouse over that part and in the lower left hand corner of the screen will display the Wall Number that the cabinet is on, the cabinet number (including type of cabinet), the part that your mouse is over and the material it is made out of.

This section changes the types of hardware displayed for knobs and pulls. We have different knob and pull types and color options that can be selected from the drop down list.

In the Designer, when an appliance or obstruction is placed, a place holder for the floor plan and elevations is displayed. In the Tour, from this section, the actual model of the appliance or obstruction can be changed to be a closer fit to what the customer has in their kitchen. More models will be added over time.

This setting will increase or decrease the overall brightness of the job.

This section will temporarily hide walls for better screen shots and/or visibility.

If you are unsure which wall the cabinet is on, hover your mouse over that part and in the lower left hand corner of the screen will display the Wall Number that the cabinet is on, the cabinet number (including type of cabinet), the part that your mouse is over and the material it is made out of.