Detailed New Feature List

  • New command to move and copy existing cabinets to a new location and make them a unique cabinet.
  • Divided base and upper now have doors and drawers drawn automatically when cabinets are initially drawn or when they’re edited or re-drawn.
  • Divided base and uppers can now have up to 15 openings specified per box.
  • Moved the Associate Material to Hatch dialog box to CabWriter Settings on a new tab called Materials. Along with this change the Materials section of the Project tab has been removed and placed on the Materials tab.
  • Automatic generation the Cut List, DXF, Purchased Parts, Base Plan, Upper Plan and Ladder Plan scenes.
  • Ability to override hinge hole drilling on a per box basis to prevent hinge holes from being drilled.
  • Label printing using Avery 5160 style label stock. All parts on a specified scene will have a label printed with ability to specify contents of the label.
  • Optional ability to drill screw hole locations in planted carcass backs in CNC mode.
  • Ability to hide parts on the DXF and Cutlist Scenes to prevent them from being exported to the associated production reports.
  • New command to mirror an existing cabinet. After selecting a part on a single cabinet, the command will redraw it in place, but exactly mirrored from end to end.
  • Divided base or upper cabinets now automatically draw a single adjustable shelf behind every section with a door. More shelves can be added by simply copying the first shelf as many times as necessary.
  • New command to automatically convert and update user parameter files to the latest CabWriter version format.
  • Improved error reporting.
  • Automatic generation of four perspective views when using automatic basic scene set creation.
  • Improved the Story Stick User Mode functionality so that when a cabinet is re-drawn, custom stile width are redrawn with the user specified width.
  • The CabWriter user guide now resides on the users computer rather than online when using Extensions->CabWriter->Open Users Guide to view the user guide.
  • New command: Extensions->CabWriter->Customize CabWriter Toolbar allows the user to specify what tools to show on the toolbar.
  • Changed View License and Check for Updates dialog box to show both the Base (Pro or Home) and optional CNC licenses that are registered.
  • Added ability to under size slab doors on the cutlist tab.  This is useful when edgebanding slab doors and drawer fronts so that the undersized slab shows up correctly on the cutlist.
  • Enabled ability to have different joinery methods for frame and panel end panels vs. sheet ends on the same cabinet.
  • Basic support for integrated notched beaded face frames.  The bead is not drawn, but a length oversizing can be specified that is automatically applied to the ends of face frame members that butt into other members which will show up on the cutlist for those parts.
  • Implemented the Carcass Side to Floor Gap parameter in the Refrigerator Upper section of the Upper Cabinets tab.
  • New ability to oversize refrigerator end panels that go to the floor to account for floor scribe.
  • Bug fixes