Building furniture by hand

Tasks

How do I add a shelf or a divider?

Use the 2D plan in the front view, with Select or Board.

1. Click an open space. The offer shows Open space and its clear size.
2. Press Shelf or Divider. The board spans the opening and stops on the faces around it.
3. Drag its line, or type the clear gap on either side of it.

A double click adds a shelf; a third click turns it into a divider. On a phone, tap twice and three times. Click more spaces to fill them all in one step. The offer also gives Door and Drawers where a front fits, and Back when the furniture has no back. A space that takes no board gives the reason, and no button. A right click in an open space shows the same offer.

How do I split a space into equal parts?

1. Click a space that boards close on all four sides.
2. Press Divide…, then Rows or Columns.
3. Pick a count from 2 to 8. A count that does not fit is disabled.
4. Press the apply button. It names the count.

A see-through preview shows the result before you commit.

Can I draw the furniture by hand?

1. Press Sketch in the 2D toolbar, or Add › Sketch (key D). The view goes to the front.
2. Draw one outer rectangle, then shelves as horizontal lines and dividers as vertical lines. A diagonal is a door, a dash is a drawer, a scribble removes.
3. Press Interpret sketch in the sketch bar.
4. Check the review, then press Create furniture.

The pen also edits a cabinet in place: a line adds a board, a diagonal a door, a dash a drawer. A table, a frame of loose boards or a drawn box is refused.

How do I draw one board?

Press Board in the 2D toolbar (key B) and drag. The ends stop on board faces and snap to corners and to other boards. The board takes the default thickness; change it in the right panel after the drag.

How do I start from a ready design?

• Add › Furniture catalogue: 12 templates at standard sizes. Every board stays editable. A template is added to the right of your model, not in place of it.
• Add › Cabinet by measurements (Shift + D): type the size, the front, the interior and the construction, then press Add furniture. The recipe row applies trade sizes.
• Add › Table by measurements: a frame, legs and a top at your numbers.

How do I save a module to reuse it?

1. Select a board of the module.
2. In the right panel, under its settings, press Save to my furniture.
3. Type a name and press Save.

Add › Furniture catalogue shows My furniture at the top. Press Insert to add a copy; Rename and Delete sit on the same row. One entry holds one module, and entries stay in this browser.

How do I copy a module to the side?

1. Select a board of the module.
2. In the right panel, open Advanced › Repeat and mirror.
3. Set Total modules, Gap and Direction. The count includes the module you selected.
4. Press Repeat. Each copy is a separate module.

Mirror to left and Mirror to right reflect the module instead. A turned module cannot be repeated or mirrored.

How do I make the gaps equal?

Select three or more boards of one row, or a whole piece, then press Make symmetric in the right panel footer. The two outer boards stay and every clear gap between them becomes equal. The button appears only when a board would move.

How do I use loose boards?

• Make furniture in the right panel footer turns touching loose boards into one cabinet with the same boards. They need one thickness and one material; the outer boards also need one depth. A tilted, shaped or excluded board is refused, and doors and drawer faces in the front half stay loose. A frame off by up to half a board thickness is squared, and a notice says by how much.
• Convert to independent board frees one generated board at the same size and place.
• In Select, a small round button inside each L corner of the selection gives the corner to the other board.

How do I add a back panel?

Select a board and press Add back panel in the right panel footer, or Back in an open space. The back is 6 mm (1/4 in), fixed outside the rear edges and as large as the furniture. The button appears only when the furniture has no back.

How do I add the fridge to check the fit?

No appliance button exists. Ask the assistant for a fridge, oven, microwave, dishwasher, washer, dryer, sink, hob, hood or wall. It adds a translucent reference box that shows in 2D, 3D and its renders, and never enters the cut list. The assistant sets its size.

How do I give a module a named size?

1. Select a board of the module. In the right panel, press Parameters beside Size.
2. Press Add parameter, type the name and the length, then Save.
3. Type =name or =height - 36 mm in the width, height or depth of the module.

The field then follows the parameter. A typed number stops the formula. Up to 40 parameters, and one formula takes 200 characters. A parameter that a module uses cannot be removed.

How do I tilt a board?

Select a loose board and set Tilt in its position section: -45° to 45°. A positive value drops the front edge. Fabivo does not check a tilted board.

Facts

• A drawn board takes the default thickness, 18 mm. The quick buttons offer 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19 and 25 mm; in inches 1/4 to 1 in, default 3/4 in.
• The open-space offer works only in the front view of the 2D plan.
• On a phone, Add in the top bar opens the tool drawer with the add menu; the right panel becomes a bottom sheet.

What the assistant does itself

• It builds and edits the model with its own tools: boards, shelves, dividers, doors, drawers, a back, a tilt, reference boxes, more modules.
• It measures a clear opening and counts sheets from your stock.
• It cannot click, download, print or install, cannot save to My furniture, and cannot see the Plan, Cut or Assemble screens.

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