This is a brief overview of how the runner holes obtain their relative positions and how CabMaster determines the heights.

Cabinet Properties

The cabinet we will refer to will be a Floor Drawer, standard 600mm wide with 2 drawers.

General Settings

Drawers

For this example we will focus on the drawerbox Blum Antaro D No Element 30kg Inserta, as shown below on the Drawers page.

• Note that each of the current drawer fronts are 362mm in height.
  • As a side point, note that Depth and Box Height is also stated on this page but not relevant for this discussion. See extra notes.

Cabinet Details > Drawers page : Blum Antaro D No Element 30kg Inserta with Front Height 362mm

Gaps

• The drawer fronts are flush with the bottom of the carcass, with a 3mm gap
  • Set on the Labour & Construction > Gaps page

View Machine Holes

• On the cabinet, select the Cabinet Machining > View page.
• Tick the 'View' checkbox which allows you to see the applicable machining for each part.
• Choose 'End Left' from the dropdown.
  • The vertical positions of each set of runner holes relate to both the height of the drawer fronts and also the bottom face of the drawer bases.

Cabinet level : Cabinet Machining > View page

Drawing Properties and Tables

We will now focus on the heights of the drawer runner holes and how CabMaster determined the heights.

Understanding Heights of Holes

To begin understanding these heights, in Drawing Properties...

• Select the Pricing > Material/Hardware page and click on the Runner Editor button, as shown, and see Note.
• Using the drop lists, select the relevant table for drawerbox.
  • In example below we will edit the Metal Premium Runner table 'Blum TandemBox K 30kg Screw Front Board Back'
• Click on the View Original Table button, as shown.   

Pricing > Material/Hardware page  -  Click to Expand

The Runner Editor is not provided to create new tables, just to override the settings in existing ones. CabMaster distribute most of the runner tables and allow customers tweak them for their use. Any tweaks you make using the runner editor are written to a separate override file and so preserving the original. This means that any changes made using this interface edits the original table itself and does not the override data, so any changes made using the Form Editor will not be applied to these tables. It can, however, be useful for viewing the current table, as we are doing here.

As shown below, the table displays certain information regarding the drawerbox selected.

• The highlighted "BottomClearance" column states that the default amount is 9mm.

• The following diagram shows the relevance of the 9mm.

• If we now scroll to the right hand side of the table, we will find a column called "RunnerHoles".
  • This basically tells us the actual table to view/adjust the positions of the runner holes.
  • The vertical positions within this new table, Blum 558 30Kg Tandembox, will be combined with the 9mm shown in the above images.

Vertical Distance - VDist

To find out what the vertical distance of the selected drawer runner is, using Windows Explorer ...

1. Locate your CabMaster Folder and then the folder \Table\Machining\DrawerRunners
2. Locate the qlt file referred to in 'RunnerHoles' column, which in this case also includes a subfolder i.e. Blum Tandembox\Blum 558 30kg Tandembox
3. Open the table (.qlt file) by double clicking.
   • This will show both the vertical and horizontal positions of the runners.
   • The image shows a column called "VDist"

The "VDist" amount will be added to the previous 9mm "BottomClearance" to give Cabmaster a position for the holes.

• This amount will obviously vary between drawerbox brands etc.
• In this example VPos (Vertical Position) is set to "Bottom" so the VDist is measured from the bottom face of the drawer base (+ve). 
• Remember that on the Cabinet Machining > View page the vertical positions of the runner holes are as shown below.

These heights are determined as follows:-

Include Drawer Front

If you would like the middle and top drawer runner holes within the cabinet to include the Carcass bottom thickness (16mm in this example) for consistency, then the option 'Include Drawer Front' should be turned on the Mach.General > Const2 page in your Catalog/Drawing properties.

• At Cabinet Level...

  • The 16mm Carcass bottom thickness is designated in the Materials category of the cabinet.

On the Cabinet Machining > Drw Adj page the option of including the Carcass bottom thickness can also be turned off/on.

This would then change the existing runner hole locations as follows:-

Vertical Position - VPos

Table Format: Explanation of Columns VPos etc

Drawer Spacers - Drill Runner Holes

At Cabinet Level, if you are adding a drawer behind a door, you can include spacers to offset the runner from the edge.

You have the option to drill the runner holes through the space so they line up with the runner holes in the Carcass End to assist in correct assembly.