Adding Nailers and Sleepers to Corner Cabinets

 

For purposes of this manual, nailers, which mount against the back and sleepers, which support under the deck are both treated as stretchers. Nailers (stretchers) are always located against the back of the cabinet. When a corner cabinet is taken to the Stretcher Editor these are the only two elements that can be added.

 

Before working with corner cabinets, you should become familiar with using the Stretcher Editor to add stretchers to non-corner cabinets. This is covered in the section titled Working with Stretchers and Internal Braces.

 

We will again use an example to demonstrate these functions. Load the Std. Corner Frameless into the Cabinet/Assembly Editor. If it is not the only cabinet in the workspace you need to highlight it, otherwise just press the Stretcher Editor icon on the top toolbar.

 

We will first demonstrate how to add nailers.

 

Click on one of the back panels to highlight it then press the Add Stretcher button.

 

An abbreviated version of the Add New Stretcher dialog appears which you can modify if necessary. Since only back nailers can be added to corner cabinets, some of the fields are not needed.

 

When your parameters are correct press OK.

 

The stretcher has been added to the back of the cabinet to be used as a nailer. To adjust its position, click on it to highlight it and press Adjust Stretcher. A diagram and Insets similar to those discussed in Working with Stretchers and Internal Braces is displayed. Insets and Locks work in the same manner as discussed in that section.

To add a sleeper under the deck, rotate the cabinet so that the under deck area is visible and highlight the parallel back panel and toe kick panel that you want the sleeper to span as shown to the left. Note that the first part you highlight in this process will be used when you want to adjust the stretcher.

 

Press Add Stretcher and the Add New Stretcher dialog is displayed. Here you may want to adjust the Width to correspond to the distance from the bottom of the deck to the floor. Press OK and a stretcher is added between the two highlighted parts as shown to the right.

 

To adjust the position, click on the stretcher to highlight it and press Adjust Stretcher. It is displayed along with the first part you highlighted