Just bought this program a few weeks ago. finally getting time to mess around with it. Are there any experienced users here who can give advice on how to work the settings and organizing a list of cabinets? It seems like some of the settings are not staying in place for me and they revert back to a standard option

Hi
I was looking for information on cpp, and i see you had posted a q some time ago. I guess either cpp was a success for you or you binned it, either way your knowledge will be a help.

I am currently using mozaik software to design and create g codes for mostly kitchens, but also closets. I am a one man shop, making the carcasses from melamine, making doors from mdf cut on the cnc or traditional 5 piece, spray painting prior to installation and then finally installation. As you can Imagine 20 good kitchens and a similar amount of wardrobes along with other bits and pieces just about fills a years work for me.

I had prior to getting the cnc used cabinet planner for sales purposes, and although it is not the most sophisticated it certainly was good enough to show the customer the basic layout.

I find with mozaik that I do the initial design as quickly as possible, skipping details as the job may not come to fruition. Later on if the job is won, I end up going back in and redesigning each cabinet to the correct specs, shelf location, drawer spaces etc, etc. In the end i could end up spending hours redesigning cabinets. It is a PITA.

I could do the initial drawing probably quicker on cabinet planner. I was hoping that you could tell me if cpp is the solution to get parts to g code quickly, both cabinets and mdf doors. mostly the cabinets are straight forward base and wall cabs with some tall dresser type units etc. It is for the most part quite repetitive.

Thanks for any help or advice

Well there's some things to get used to like any software. For me, I had to stop using it because one of their updates eliminated the feature for plant on backs. Which is how I do them. They have a new paid update that is out, but I haven't paid for it... I am using a program called cabinet planner which for $80 for a permanent license cant be beat. Again you kinda have to learn the way of the software, but it does export dxf file for machining. My biggest complaint with the program is that there is no option for blind dados, and if you use undermount slides, the position of the drawer bottom dados have to be manually edited. Other than that, I actually like it better than Mosaik.

Thanks for the reply. I think I will give cpp a skip. I'm interested to hear that you are using cabinet planner, I have used it for 10 years as a design aid but didn't consider it powerful enough for CNC purposes. Again thanks for the reply, I'll report back.