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Joe Wallace said
Ness said
Hi John,Sorry we don’t have a written user guide in English. We have replaced the manual with training videos and this forum. so feel free to ask your questions and post your projects here.
I’ve amended your cabinet project and added “french cleat” to the back by modifying the back panel.
The cleat is actually the back panel set up from the bottom and divided into 2.
You can’t cut the boards at 45° so depending on how you are planning to cut the cleat you might like it to be represented as just one board that you can rip on a table saw.
In this case select it and go to the Structure>Surface split properties and delete the surface split.
I’ve also added an upper reinforcement between the back and the cleat using a “shelf” element set to 0 from the top.
This will enable you to screw the upper cleat to the cabinet.
Of course these elements are not visible so their total length can be made of shorter parts.
Otherwise your project looks good.
All the best,
Ness
Hi Ness,
Thank you for the file modifications.
I am using Polyboard 4.06g When I try to open your modified returned file I get a message of (Unexpected File Format)
Best regards,
Joe
Hi Ness,
Since my last post re problem with opening your modified design, I reinstalled version 5.14f and all is fine.
Thank you once more.
All the best,
Joe
Ness said
Hi John,Sorry we don’t have a written user guide in English. We have replaced the manual with training videos and this forum. so feel free to ask your questions and post your projects here.
I’ve amended your cabinet project and added “french cleat” to the back by modifying the back panel.
The cleat is actually the back panel set up from the bottom and divided into 2.
You can’t cut the boards at 45° so depending on how you are planning to cut the cleat you might like it to be represented as just one board that you can rip on a table saw.
In this case select it and go to the Structure>Surface split properties and delete the surface split.
I’ve also added an upper reinforcement between the back and the cleat using a “shelf” element set to 0 from the top.
This will enable you to screw the upper cleat to the cabinet.
Of course these elements are not visible so their total length can be made of shorter parts.
Otherwise your project looks good.
All the best,
Ness
Hi Ness,
Thank you for the file modifications.
I am using Polyboard 4.06g When I try to open your modified returned file I get a message of (Unexpected File Format)
Best regards,
Joe
October 4, 2012
Hi John,
Sorry we don’t have a written user guide in English. We have replaced the manual with training videos and this forum. so feel free to ask your questions and post your projects here.
I’ve amended your cabinet project and added “french cleat” to the back by modifying the back panel.
The cleat is actually the back panel set up from the bottom and divided into 2.
You can’t cut the boards at 45° so depending on how you are planning to cut the cleat you might like it to be represented as just one board that you can rip on a table saw.
In this case select it and go to the Structure>Surface split properties and delete the surface split.
I’ve also added an upper reinforcement between the back and the cleat using a “shelf” element set to 0 from the top.
This will enable you to screw the upper cleat to the cabinet.
Of course these elements are not visible so their total length can be made of shorter parts.
Otherwise your project looks good.
All the best,
Ness
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