U-Shaped Kitchen Layout

[Paul Hilbig]

Can anyone please tell me how to get rid of the extra line on this U-shaped kitchen layout? The one just above the bottom right hand corner....between the 'skinny' cabinet (bottom RHS) and the 'empty' space just above it that Chief fills in automatically.

I have been covering it up with white CAD lines/boxes for years and I wonder whether there is an alternative to getting rid of this stray line. Like placing another cabinet in the empty space or something.

Oh, and I know about custom countertops.....seemed like an overkill to get rid of one lousy line if you know what I mean.

Appreciate any help on this little nuisance line of mine.

Regards

Paul

[mcqueenhomes]

Turn off cabinet module lines? Just a WAG.

[Paul Hilbig]

Jason

I just turned them on so everyone could see the location of the cabinets easier. The brown line I am talking about is not a module line. It stays there when the module lines are turned off.
WAG? Wild #$%&@# guess?

Paul

[mcqueenhomes]

Yeah, you guessed WAG right.

If that didn't do it, though, you're stuck with either custom counters or electronic white-out.

[lavor]

It appears that the cabinet in the corner, two cabinets to the right of the range is too wide, creating the extra line. Select the cabinet and pull the right side of the cabinet to the left so its left side aligns with the front of the sink cabinets. As it is now the front of the cabinet is behind the cabinet that is left of the sink.

[lavor]

For the penensula cabinets... do you want the little "+"s where they are? if not, I have a solution that might work well for you.

[Paul Hilbig]

It appears that the cabinet in the corner, two cabinets to the right of the range is too wide, creating the extra line. Select the cabinet and pull the right side of the cabinet to the left so its left side aligns with the front of the sink cabinets. As it is now the front of the cabinet is behind the cabinet that is left of the sink.

You're right Lavor, that's what happens when you throw cabinets together quickly just to get the drawing finished quickly and out the door. One of the first times I've been so careless with cabinet placement, may not be the last.
Anyway, I was referring to the other darker line right of the sink. And the little plusses only seem to appear when the cabinet module lines is turned on.....which I never normally use. But others may be intersted to know how to get rid of them. I just assumed they were part of the module effect.

TIA Paul

[lavor]

Paul,

Do you want the plus and arrow symbols to show? Or, should I ask, how do you want the cabinets to appear in the plan view?

LaVor

[jsimanyi]

C'mon LaVor...spill it...I don't do a lot of kitchen work, but you've piqued our curiosity!

John S.

[lavor]

John,

Will spill it when I get some free time this afternoon/evening.

[jsimanyi]

Thanks. This forum is a great learning center, but I know what you mean about free time!

John S.

[Paul Hilbig]

Here's the line I'm talking about in an updated image. Surely there are some kitchen design experts out there that can help me out........or maybe it is not possible to do this in Chief?

Paul

[Jay Palmer]

I'm not sure I understand why you're referring to it as an "extra" line - it's the back of the cabinet. When cabinets are adjacent the lines between them are replaced by corner marks showing the demarcation between the different cabinets. When a cabinet isn't positioned against another cabinet, its outline remains whole. You can make the line disappear by placing a "dummy" cabinet against the cabinet in question and setting the "dummy" cabinet not to display (or change its line to white, etc.), but then your material list will be off. I think just using a CAD line or box is probably the correct way to accomplish what you want, unless you don't use Material lists, in which case maybe the "dummy" cabinet option will be more appealing to you.

Regards,

Jay

[Paul Hilbig]

Thanks Jay for replying. You have given me a third option in placing a 'dummy white' cabinet in the empty space. I don't use material lists so that may be another good option for me.
It seems to be such a typical kitchen layout.......I thought there may have been something I was missing or doing wrong.
Maybe ART could think about getting rid of such lines when a cabinet is backed onto an empty space that is surrounded by other cabinets and/or the bench is automatically filled in by Chief?

Paul

[ambrozac]

If you do use the Materials List, you should be able to open the dummy cabinet's components dbx and uncheck all the items. That way it won't show in the Materials List.