It is possible to apply edge banding material to one or more edges of cabinet parts. This applies to all the basic cabinet parts as well as partitions and shelves. Banding on slab doors and drawer fronts is defined in the Door/Drawer Editor when the slab door or drawer is defined. Banding for all other parts is defined in the Edge Banding Editor accessed from the top toolbar.
Before banding can be added, it must be defined. Edge banding material is defined in Settings/Preferences – Define Stock Materials. When added to a part, part size is reduced to allow for the thickness of the edge band and the edge band is shown in the cabinet display. This is more apparent if edge banding is a different texture than the rest of the cabinet.
You cannot place edge banding on any edge that has construction such as dado or blind dado. Also, for cabinet ends the toe kick notch is not banded. You also cannot place edge banding on any edge that is cut or modified in the Part Editor.
The total amount of edge banding needed is shown on the Cut List which also details each edge of each part that is banded. Part labels also show which edges of the part are edge banded.
Edge banding is applied in the Edge Banding Editor accessed from the top toolbar.
When the editor is first opened, you are offered a list of cabinet parts. Edge banding is defined one part at a time. Begin by selecting a part and then define the edge banding for that part. Note that for Shelf and Partition these are Add features which means that the edge banding selected here will not apply to existing shelves or partitions but will apply to any new shelves or partitions that are added. For all other parts, adding edge banding here automatically adds it to the existing cabinet part.
There are three components to banding a part,
- selecting the edge to band
- selecting the banding material
- defining the overlap with banding on connecting edges.
The edge to band is selected from the list at the top. All selects all edges for this part. Otherwise you must select a single edge to band. When this is complete, you can add banding to another edge. Basically, you can add banding to all edges or to one edge at a time.
This approach allows you to add different banding to each edge.
You can view the banding added to each edge in the Edge Summary display.
Banding material is selected from those available at the top of the dialog. If you select None, no banding is added to the edge. If banding currently exists, it is removed. Otherwise the banding selected is used on this edge.
Select the edge and the banding material and it is added to that edge.
Finally, you can define how the banding you are adding overlaps banding on connecting edges. In the Overlap Preset area, you can select from typical overlap patterns or you can custom define the overlap. If you select Custom, you are presented with a set of checkboxes where you can define the overlap.
When you have completed this part, press OK and you can select the next part for banding.