Customising Units

Customising Units

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 ArtiCAD, that the unit is special. If you make changes under 'This Design', customised units will not update.

The Customise Dialog

Edit the unit you wish to customise and click the 'Customise' button.





  1. With a door selected, clicking 'edit' opens the interface to allow you to customise that individual door further.
  2. With a door selected, if you click 'remove', it will permanently remove that door from the currently configured unit.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. With a door selected, if you click 'Insert Appliance Above', it will add an Appliance Above which you can then manipulate further.
  6. With a door selected, if you click 'Insert Appliance Above', it will add an Appliance Below which you can then manipulate further.
  7. Will move the selected element up by one.
  8. Will move the selected element down by one.
  9. 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.
  10. Will return the unit to its default layout and door configuration.
  11. Will remove all doors and appliances, allowing you to create your own unit from nothing.

Changing the Handle and Handle Position On a Unit

Edit the unit and click 'Customise'.



Select the bottom door and click 'Edit'.



Click 'Customise Door'.



Click 'Handle location' to change the handle position on this door. For this example choose option 3 (top-middle).




Click 'OK' once you have chosen your location. This will return you to the Customise Door dialog. Click 'Handle'.



For this example, we want to change from a vertical handle to a horizontal handle, which in this case, is option 2.



Click 'OK' to return to the Customise door dialog. Click 'OK' again to return to the 'Select a replacement door' dialog. Click 'OK' again to return to the Customise dialog.

Changing the Door Range

Edit the unit and click 'Customise'.



Select the door and Click 'Edit'



Untick 'Use default door' and click 'Change Range'



Select the new range. Keep clicking 'OK' to add the unit back onto your design.

See Changing colours and Multi-range designs for details on changing the colours of a single unit and mixing ranges on a single design.

Double Door Units



The above image shows a 600 wide wall unit that has had the doors adjusted to a 200 and a 400, instead of 2 x 300. ArtiCAD will automatically split the doors once the unit width exceeds the Double Door Threshold.

Shortcut for Double Door Unit is DD.

Edit the unit.

In the box 'width of LH door', type in the width of the door that you need for the LH split and then click 'apply new size'. This will automatically change the size of the RH door.



Click 'OK' to place the unit onto your design.

Full-width Door



The above image shows two 700 wide base units. The unit on the left has been customised so it has a single door the entire width of the unit. ArtiCAD will automatically split the doors once the unit width exceeds the Double Door Threshold. Changing defaults for details.

Edit the unit and click on 'Style'



When in style, scroll down to 'full width door'


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