Understand how inset and outset carcass edges change panel sizes
Learn how each per-edge construction choice decides which panel covers the other's end and resizes both panels.
Wherever two carcass panels meet (left and right against top and bottom, and the back against each side, the top and the bottom), there is a per-edge construction choice deciding which panel covers the other's end. For example the top panel can sit between the side panels (sides run full height) or on top of the side panels (top spans full width). Changing an edge's construction changes the width/height of both panels in the model, the cutlist and CNC output. These options are edited per edge from the cabinet's construction settings. There is also a separate overall construction preference (carcass depth = box depth) under kitchen/wardrobe construction preferences that computes all panel sizes so the stated cabinet dimensions are the finished outer box; with that mode the back panel and its offset consume internal depth. If panel sizes in a cutlist look off by exactly one panel thickness, the edge construction settings are the first thing to check.
Switching the top edge construction between 'top between the sides' and 'top on left/right' resizes both the side panels and the top panel by one panel thickness, and the same per-edge choice exists for the bottom edges.
✓ Diperiksa di produk pada 10 Oktober 2026When the top edge is set so the top panel sits between the side panels, the top panel is sandwiched between the left and right side panels, which run full height, rather than sitting over them.
For each top and bottom edge of a carcass, the construction dropdown offers two options — e.g. 'top on left' and 'left on top' for the left edge, and 'top on right' and 'right on top' for the right edge — so the panel can be set to sit on either side.
The construction options for each pair of meeting panels are presented as a dropdown with a small legend image for each choice, so you can see at a glance which panel will sit on or between the other.
✓ Diperiksa di produk pada 10 Oktober 2026To make one panel sit above another — for example the top panel above the side panels — open the cabinet's construction tab, scroll to the edge connections, and set the connection for the relevant edge pairs (top on left and top on right).
For an inset bottom panel, the automatic width is the cabinet width minus the two carcass side panel thicknesses, so it recalculates whenever the cabinet width or column size changes.
✓ Diperiksa di produk pada 10 Oktober 2026Changing a carcass edge's construction (which panel is inset and which is outset) also changes how hardware such as minifixes and dowels are fixed, because the drills are placed against the panels as actually built, not just the visual model.