Customising Units (BathCAD)

Customising a unit allows you change the door range, handle and handle position for an individual unit. It also allows you to split the door/drawers.

By customising a unit, you are telling BathCAD, that the unit is special. If you make changes under 'This Design', customised units will not update.

The Customise Dialog
Double click on the unit you’d like to change and select the ‘Customise…’ button:

This will bring up a new window showing you all the options available when customising this unit:

With a door selected Clicking edit opens the interface to allow you to customise that individual door further.

With a door Selected, if you click remove, it will permanently remove that door from the currently configured unit.

With a door selected, if you click Insert Door/ Drawer Above it will add another door or drawer above which you can then manipulate further.

With a door selected, if you click Insert Door/ Drawer Below it will add another door or drawer below which you can then manipulate further.

With a door selected, if you click Insert Appliance Above it will add an Appliance Above which you can then manipulate further.

With a door selected, if you click Insert Appliance Below it will add an Appliance Below which you can then manipulate further.

Will move the selected element up by one.

Will move the selected element down by one.

Split the currently selected door/drawer. You can specify the number of ways to split, as well as the width of the resulting door/drawers.

Will return the unit to its default layout and door configuration.

Will remove all doors and appliances, allowing you to create your own unit from nothing.

Changing the handle on a unit
This is a standard tall cabinet in BathCAD: 
 

Open the ‘Customise…’ window for this unit and choose the door you want to change the handles of (when you select a component of any unit, the outlines will highlight in yellow), then click ‘Edit’:

This will bring up the current properties of this door:

Click ‘Customise Door…’ to change the handle.

Click ‘Handle Location…’ to change the handle position on this door:

To choose a handle location, just click on the option available:

You can change the type of handle by clicking on ‘Handle…’:

Select the desired handle by clicking on the option:

Click ‘OK’ to return to the previous window and ‘OK’ again when you’re happy with the new handle.

Here is the standard tall unit next to the same unit but with customised handles:

Changing the door range

You can also change the manufacturer or range when you edit a door:

Select the door you want to change:

Edit this by clicking 'Customise' as before:

Click on ‘Change Range…’:

Select the door you want to use:

Double Door Units

ArtiCAD will automatically split the doors once the unit width exceeds the ‘Double Door Threshold’. This can be found ‘Special’ - ‘Edit current room system ini’:

Under the ‘RoomDefaults’ tab, you can change the DoubleDoorThreshold along the bottom:

You can also insert double door cupboard from the options available within a base/wall units:

The default unit will split the doors 50/50:

But you can change this when editing the properties of the unit doors:

Changing the ‘Width of LH Door’ automatically resizes the width of the right hand door. Update this for each door by clicking ‘Apply new size’ to see previews of your doors:

Click ‘OK’ to place the unit onto your design.

Full-width doors

You can create full width doors greater than the double door threshold by using a different style of door.

The above image shows two 700 wide base units - ArtiCAD will automatically split the doors once the unit width exceeds the double door threshold.

To change the double doors of one of the units to a single full-width door, open the unit’s properties to edit, then click on ‘Style…’

Choosing a full-width door will overwrite the double door threshold in ArtiCAD:

You can also change the door to drawers by selecting a different style:

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