Making Cabinet Design and Part Cut List in Advance Steel in 9 Easy Steps

Written by Arthur in 3D Software

Designing cabinetry and cut sheets is very easy to do in Advance Steel.

Below you will find the entire procedure for creating cabinet and shop drawings in nine easy steps. 

Since your drawings will be made in Autodesk’s Advance Steel, you can cut them with CNC machines.

I hope you like it.

Making Cabinet Shop Drawings in Easy 9 Steps -

STEP 1 - Make Side Panels

  • Draw the temporary lines (22 1/4″ x 34 1/2″) with a cutout for the kick toe (2.25″ x 4″) in which to insert the side panel.
  • Make sure that the UCS is rotated so the X,Y plane is oriented vertically.
  • Go to the Ribbon and choose the Polygon Platetool:
  • Draw the cabinet side panel, following the temporary lines you drew earlier.
  • You will want to number your parts later, so do not change the material to timber.
Leave the material as steel
  •  Your side panel should look something like this:
First side panel created
  • Next, copy your side panel and space it apart. We are going to make a standard 21-inch cabinet for this example.
  • Draw the 21-inch horizontal line from the outside edge of the panel.
Draw the horizontal line to space the side panels

STEP 2 - Copy the Side Panel

  • Copy the side panel you created, and insert it at the end of the 21-inch line:

STEP 3 - Make the Panels at the Bottom of the Cabinet

  • Position the UCSso the X,Y plane is oriented vertically and perpendicular to the side panels.
  • Draw the front bottom panel in between the side panels:
  • Copy the front bottom panel to the other side:

STEP 4 - Create Bottom Panel

  • Place the UCS at the top of the front bottom panel.
  • Using the Plate 2-Points tool, draw the panel at the bottom of the cabinet.

STEP 5 - Create the Top Panels

  • Place the UCS at the top of the cabinet.
  • Draw a temporary outline of the top panel:
  • Draw the top panel using the Rectangular Plate 2-Pointstool:
  • Position the UCS so the X,Y plane is parallel to the face of the side panels.
  • Copy and rotate the top panel to the back of the cabinet:

STEP 6 - Make a 1/4" Rear Panel

  • Move the UCS to the rear of the cabinet and orient it so the X,Y plane is perpendicular to the face of the side panel:
  • Create the 1/4″ Rear Panel:

STEP 7 - Adjust the Position and Width of the Elements

  • Move the top rear panel 1/4″ to align with the 1/4″ rear panel:
  • Shrink the bottom panel by 1/4″ by dragging the middle grip.

STEP 8 - Draw the Front Door

  • Move the UCS to the front of the cabinet.
  • Draw the front door of the cabinet:

STEP 9 - Create Shop Drawings

  • Next, you need to number all the parts in your model. Go to the Output tab and click on the Numbering Tool. Check all three boxes. I prefer to name my assemblies using capital letters:
  • Click “OK.”
  • The numbering results will come up; you can close it.
  • Open the Drawing Processes Palette from the Output Ribbon tab:
  • Make Single part drawings:
  • Make “All Assemblies with Parts”:
  • Your drawings will be created, and you can find them in the Document Manager:
  • When you open the Document Manager, all your drawings will be visible. You can print your drawings from here:

Your drawings are complete and ready for production.

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