From cabinet dimensions to a complete parts list.

Choose a starting cabinet, then make it fit

Start with a base, wall, pantry, basin or drawer cabinet, an open-bottom robot cabinet, or a replacement panel. Standard sizes are starting points. Adjust width, carcass height, depth, panel thickness and back thickness for your own design.

Carcass height excludes the feet. Check both the panel height and installed height when matching adjacent units. The cabinet lineup helps you compare the units together, but it is a schematic preview rather than a room survey or installation drawing.

Understand how panel thickness changes the cut list

For a 600 mm wide carcass with two 16 mm sides, the internal width is 568 mm. In KerfGuide's cabinet construction, the back fits inside that width and sits flush with the rear. Horizontals fit between the sides and in front of the back.

Changing a thickness affects several parts, not just that panel. Choose material and thickness from your project stock, then check the generated sides, back, bottom, top or stretchers. Shelves are fixed; add a centre support where your design requires one.

Plan drawer fronts and drawer boxes separately

A drawer front is the visible panel. A wooden drawer box has two sides, an inner front, a back and a bottom. Enable drawer boxes and enter the runner clearance per side, box depth, side thickness, bottom thickness and individual box heights.

For example, a 568 mm opening with 12.7 mm clearance on each side leaves a 542.6 mm external box width. That is an example, not a universal runner specification: use the dimensions and tolerances supplied for your hardware.

The generated boxes use butt joints and an applied bottom. Total box height includes the bottom. Grooves, rebates, proprietary metal drawer systems and drilling patterns are not inferred.

Use metric or imperial measurements

Your signed-in measurement preference controls millimetres or inches in the planner. Enter decimal or fractional inches when following an imperial drawing. Existing project dimensions stay the same when you switch units; edited measurements use the planner's 0.01 mm internal precision.

Review edging before cutting

Generated cabinet dimensions are finished sizes. Edge thickness is deducted from the blank where specified. Check exposed edges for your installation rather than assuming every edge needs banding. A replacement top, a wall cabinet and an open-bottom cabinet may expose different edges.

Turn the cabinet list into a workshop plan

Keep cabinets in named component groups so a large kitchen remains readable. Preview the units together, create the cutting plan, and review any parts that cannot fit the available stock. Save the project to your account to reopen and modify it later.

Cupboard door styles, mounting hardware, worktop joints and sink cut-outs need separate design work. A sink opening is a secondary operation on its rectangular top blank. Check structural support and hardware fit before manufacturing.