Inset fronts are considered the third type of overlay. Inset doors and drawer fronts are fitted inside the face frame, while standard fronts sit in front of system and overlays the pars beside and shelves above and below.
An inset front is flush with the front of the system, and is nested inside of the pars and shelves, creating a clean look that works with both modern and traditional front styles. It offers a different aesthetic, but it offers no change in functionality.
Generally, the drawer boxes, glides and inserts, as well as hinges, remain unchanged when using inset fronts.
Unlike editing regular doors in door properties, inset options are turned on in Properties [Component] under the Construction heading. Check the box next to Inset to turn it on. This can be done prior to adding the doors or drawers, or after.
To change a component back to standard, uncheck the Inset box. This may cause double partitions to appear; Turn off (uncheck) the Auto Partitions feature in the ELV ribbon toolbar first to avoid this from happening.
When making a component inset, the user may receive an “Invalid Partition Depths” warning. This will disappear once applied to other components.
Inset components and fronts can be moved, adjusted and deleted just like any other component, door or drawer.
When switching to inset, the program automatically makes some changes to the component. The changes will differ depending on the parts that are in the component. Some things to note:
For internal shelves, drawers, or when countertops are used, the fixed shelf above/below switches to sit behind instead. Note that the shelves above inset fronts are at slightly different heights than those above full or half overlay fronts in a standard component.
Inset fronts will reduce the internal usable depth of a component, due to the nature of the installation. The component automatically adjusts depth to maintain the original shelf or drawer depth (for example, 14” will change to ~0.8”).
A custom drilling pattern is also required as it puts the shelves out of the regular 32mm hole heights. The drilling pattern will automatically be adjusted.
There is logic that will allow adjacent parts (like shelves or doors) to line up with that same custom hole created by inset. Fixed shelves in adjustable (standard) components beside inset components will also detect custom holes due to inset doors and drawers and will automatically line up.
BASE CABINETS & GUIDES
When inset fronts are combined with a countertop, it creates a more “furniture-like” appearance to base cabinets. When switching a base cabinet with drawers to inset, there is a small discrepancy in height. If there are no drawers, it will sit at a standard height pattern.
Due to the way inset is constructed, they will throw off the system height so the countertop heights will differ from what is seen with standard components. It may only be a slight height difference, but it can present an issue if designing a base cab with drawers next to a base cab with doors, for instance.
To resolve this issue, users will make use of the Guide setting. The guide setting is found under the Construction heading in Properties [Component]. A guide component will set the desired top shelf height for other base cabinets that normally wouldn’t snap to that height. There only needs to be one “guide” component per wall.
Click the box to the right of the feature to turn the feature on. The word “Guide” will appear below the selected guide component. Once on, blue lines will appear across the design zone, which shows the guide-line or desired height for adjacent components.
This guide-line will show on every design zone in the space, which allows you to match any component to that height for consistency. This is true for all components, whether it is standard or inset.
Once the guide component is selected, any component that is to be matched to that top shelf height (if it isn’t automatically snapping) must have Snap to Guides turned on in Properties [Component] under the Construction heading. This can be done (or applied) to as many components as needed.
Note that when this feature is turned on, users can still manually change the component height by either clicking and dragging the top shelf, or in component properties, but when it comes close to that guide line it will automatically snap to an irregular height to match the guide component height.
When doing this, it causes custom drilling at the top of the partition. It is a very small adjustment, but there will be a slight difference between the top two holes.
Users may also see a “Drawer Box clearance issue” warning when creating inset base cabinets. This will only appear on the top drawer, and typically with a M sized assembly.
Whenever drawers are inset, the drawer box is moved up higher on the face, resulting in the drawer box being tighter to the top shelf since it is fixed. Medium drawer boxes interfere with the shelf above. The solution would be to change to a S, MS or larger drawer to avoid this issue.
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