Material & Edge Banding

This group determines what the carcass is built from and how its visible front edges are treated. It is also where you enable whether the carcass stands on the project plinth and carries a worktop.

Carcass material

• What it does: Selects the sheet material for the carcass parts (sides, bottom, top panel, vertical dividers, shelves without their own material). The choice also sets the material thickness and the grain direction.
• When to use it: Always first — material drives thickness, appearance, cost and the grain logic during cutting.
• Pros & cons: You create materials in the material editor. A material with grain forces its parts into a fixed run direction when nesting (it cannot be rotated) — this costs a little sheet yield, but is mandatory for decors/real wood so the grain runs correctly.

The bundled catalogue includes, among others, white chipboard (16/19 mm), oak decor (19 mm, with grain), birch plywood (18 mm), raw MDF, HDF and chipboard back panels, as well as a worktop.

Edge banding

The edge banding seals and finishes the open edges of sheet materials (chipboard, plywood, MDF). Settings:

• Coverage: None, Visible edges (front) — the visible front edges of the carcass, shelves and dividers (default); doors and drawer fronts are visible all round and are always banded on all four edges — or All 4 edges for every part.
• Band thickness (0–3 mm, default 1 mm): a thicker ABS edge (2 mm) is more impact-resistant, a thin one (0.4–1 mm) less noticeable.
• Subtract band from cut size: off = the band is added on top, the cut stays at nominal (you cut to size and rout/sand the overhang flush). on = the cut size shrinks by the band thickness on each banded edge, so the finished, banded part hits the nominal size exactly (matters most for reveals/gaps on fronts).
• Band decor: Match panel decor (default) — the band takes each part's own panel decor — or a custom tape with a name and colour, e.g. a contrasting edge.

The banding feeds the running metres of edging in the material list and the "Edges" column of the parts list; in the 3D model the banded edges show via the Edges view toggle — a contrasting band appears in its decor colour, a panel-matching one as a highlight. For ordering, the Costs tab also lists Banding by decor (running metres per band decor + thickness), downloadable as its own Banding CSV. It does not count geometrically towards the sheet thickness.

Stands on plinth

• What it does: Raises this carcass to the height of the project plinth.
• When to use it: For base cabinets that stand on a shared plinth.
• Pros & cons: The checkbox is only active when a plinth has been created in the project ("Enable in the project first"). This keeps the carcass setting consistent with the project. Individual carcasses (e.g. a wall cabinet set on top) can leave the plinth out.

With worktop

• What it does: Places a worktop on this carcass (on its respective top edge).
• When to use it: Work/cover tops over base cabinets.
• Pros & cons: Also gated — only usable once a worktop has been enabled in the project. You control overhangs and material centrally in the project, so that a continuous top spanning several carcasses stays uniform.

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