Materials and edge banding
Keep material names and visible edges clear before moving into nesting and export.
Set materials before export
Assign carcass, back, front, drawer, and solid-lumber materials in CabCAD using names that match the stock your shop buys. Those names travel with the 3MF and give CutCAD a useful starting point for thickness-based material groups.
Edge banding follows part intent
CabCAD records edge-banding intent on generated sheet parts and includes it in ShopCAD 3MF metadata. In CutCAD, select a part to inspect or adjust its cut face, grain, material override, and carried edge-banding information.
- Use the project edge-band thickness for visible cabinet edges.
- Verify fronts, doors, shelves, and exposed sides when appearance depends on grain or finished-edge direction.
- Material changes do not erase the original part role or edge-band metadata.