Set a custom panel's panel type so rules apply

Give a custom panel the right panel type so panel-type rules and their connectors reach it.

1. Rule conditions can target a panel type: exposed panel, shelf, carcass panel, rail panel, end panel, skirting panel, shutter panel, drawer carcass panel, drawer filler panel, and many specific variants.

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2. Umbrella types expand automatically — 'carcass panel' also matches top/bottom/left/right/back and rail panels, 'shelf' matches both fixed and adjustable shelves, 'shutter panel' matches internal/external shutter, drawer fascia, dummy and hinge shutters, 'skirting panel' matches all skirting variants.

3. A custom panel with no panel type set, or the wrong one, will silently fail to match panel-type rules — the most common reason a hardware or manufacturing rule 'works on normal cabinets but not on my custom panel'.

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4. For a scenario or rule to take effect on those panels, a matching rule must exist.

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5. Setting the panel type at panel level is what makes the correct panel-type rules (and therefore the correct connectors) apply to a custom panel.

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6. A custom panel with no type or the wrong type will not match them.

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7. Assigning a panel type to a panel is what drives its drilling behaviour: select the panel, open its construction tab and choose the type it should behave as (for example fixed shelf, left panel, top panel or vertical partition).

8. When setting a custom panel's panel type, the available choices let it behave as a top panel, bottom panel, left panel or right panel. If the required panel type is not among the listed options, the custom panel cannot be declared to behave that way.