Filler is a side treatment that can be used either for aesthetic purposes or to fill in gaps between components and walls (especially with uneven walls). They are typically required when designing with wall-to-wall backing or when a component containing doors, drawers, hampers or other pull-outs is next to a side wall. Filler is always added AFTER placing components in the design zone. Filler is often added with scribe.
If adding filler and/or scribe to most of a design, it is easiest to add it on a global scale. In the Options section of the ribbon toolbar, left click the Filler drop down tab and select Filler. This will add filler material to any space existing between a wall and a component.
Users can use the same method to quickly turn all fillers off. Just select None as the option.
Filler has a minimum and a maximum width, and it will not add it to a component if the space is outside of those parameters. This will vary by location.
Filler can be turned on/off for a specific partition in the partition Properties [Part]. If selecting Auto in the pulldown, it will auto-fit the filler to the available space if it is within the set parameters.
If selecting On in the Options pulldown, users must manually type in a width for the filler. Filler can also extend beyond the Design Zone, if entering a number wider than the available space.
This can be applied to other select partitions using the Apply properties to.. function.
If there is filler between the component and the wall, you cannot auto-fit the component to fill that space – It won’t work, it will recognize the filler as taking up that space.
If moving or resizing the component, the filler will automatically adjust to the new available space if it is still within the minimum and maximum.
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