global cabinet updates

[cabinetrep]

Is it possible to change all features of the cabinetry on a plan globally?

Example: change or update the cabinetry color - carcasses, drawer fronts, doors (panels and frames) and toe space - for all cabinets on a plan - bases, walls, and talls (the industry calls them talls or tallers)? Same for all of the sniggling details such as dimensions, reveals, etc.

Cheers

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[solver]

22 minutes ago, cabinetrep said:

Example: change or update the cabinetry color - carcasses, drawer fronts, doors (panels and frames) and toe space - for all cabinets on a plan

 

It's important to understand Defaults and what may be changed using them. Once you have manually changed a setting (dimension or material) it will no longer respond to changes in defaults.

 

Unfortunately, many settings do not respond to changes in defaults.

 

See Defaults>Materials>Cabinets

 

You may group select. Click the Full Height Cabinet tool (this causes all cabinets to be included. Select the Base Cabinet tool and only base cabinets get selected), then marquee select your plan (only works one floor at a time) which will select all cabinets. Only items common to all may be changed. If you select an upper and a base, you cannot change the toekick because an upper does not have one.

 

The Marquee Select Similar tool is sometimes helpful, as is the Object Eyedropper.

 

I understand your desire to make this as simple as possible, and it's been asked for multiple times. 

 

The Chief Architect products have tools to make this easier, but it's still not perfect.