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Design-to-production thinking
- What the floor needs from the office, and in what form
- Where re-keying between systems creates errors
- One source of truth for dimensions
VORGEN Education · 03 · Advanced / Scale
Cabinet Design Software
A drawing is a production instruction, not a picture.
How a cabinet is designed so it can actually be produced: parametric carcasses, construction methods, hardware, panel lists, nesting settings and the production data that reaches the machine.
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Who it is for
- Drafters and designers producing files for the floor
- Owners quoting from a model rather than by guesswork
- Operators who want to understand where their file came from
- Basic computer literacy
- Understanding of cabinet parts and how a carcass goes together
What you will be able to do
- Build a parametric cabinet that resizes without being redrawn
- Choose a construction method and apply it consistently
- Account for hardware clearances before parts are cut
- Produce panel lists, nesting layouts and labels from one model
- Take material and hardware quantities straight off the design for quoting
Syllabus
10 modules.
Draft course outline for confirmation. Module order and depth to be finalised with the training team.
02
Cabinet libraries and parametrics
- Standard carcasses and how they are defined
- Driving width, height and depth by parameter
- Building your own library from your standard details
- Why redrawing every cabinet is where margin disappears
03
Construction methods
- The 32 mm system and line-boring logic
- Dowel, confirmat and cam-lock construction compared
- Back panels: groove, rebate or applied
- Choosing one method and standardising on it
04
Material and thickness
- How substrate choice changes every part size
- Edging allowance and where it is added
- Grain direction rules inside the model
- Handling mixed thicknesses in one job
05
Hardware
- Hinges: cup position, drilling pattern, overlay and clearance
- Drawer runners: side-mount and undermount clearances
- Handles, legs and connectors
- What happens downstream when hardware is chosen after cutting
06
Panel lists and cutting lists
- What a complete panel list contains
- Edging notation and drilling references
- Checking a list before it goes to production
- Communicating changes without re-issuing everything
07
Nesting and optimisation settings
- Kerf, trim and margin settings and their effect on yield
- Rotation rules and grain constraints
- Small-part strategy and hold-down implications
- Reading the optimisation report
08
Labels and production data
- Designing a label the floor can actually use
- Sequence and sorting information
- Barcodes and part tracking, where they help
09
Quoting from the model
- Material take-off: boards, edging metres, hardware counts
- Turning quantities into a costed quotation
- Keeping quoted and produced quantities in agreement
10
Revisions and version control
- Changing a job after cutting has started
- Communicating a revision to the floor
- Keeping a record of what was actually produced