Doors with the right gaps
Two doors, 1997 × 496, on the front of the box: 3 mm under the top, flush at the bottom, 2 mm in at each outside edge and 4 mm between them.
Do it here, step by step
The model is ready below, with SketchUp's own tools and keys. Watch a step beside it, then do it in the model: each step ticks itself, and Check my work measures every board to the millimetre. No download, no account.
Follows the model you're drawing: each step ticks itself once it's done.
Press Set up the model. The wardrobe so far is there, locked.
You should see: The box with its back, plinth and shelves.
RectangleR On the front of the box, click the bottom-left corner of the bottom board, where it meets the plinth. Move right and up, type
496,1997Enter. Push/PullP Pull it towards you and type18Enter. SelectSpace Triple-click it, press G and name it Door.You should see: A door from the bottom of the box to 3 under the top, flush with the left end.
MoveM Click its corner, move right, press → for the red axis and type
2Enter.You should see: A 2 mm gap at the left end.
MoveM With the door selected, tap Ctrl (Option on a Mac) to copy, click its corner, move right with → for the red axis and type
500Enter.You should see: Two doors with 4 between them, 2 in at each end.
Press Check my work.
You should see: 2 of 2 right.
Keys and axes
Tools
- RRectangle
- PPush/Pull
- MMove
- LLine
- SpaceSelect
- GMake Component (select the board first)
Axes: an arrow key locks the way you're drawing or moving
- →red axisleft and right: the width
- ←green axisfront and back: the depth
- ↑blue axisup and down: the height
- ShiftAlready moving along an axis? Hold Shift and it stays on it.
- CtrlWith Move: makes a copy (Option on a Mac)
- EscCancels what you're doing
Sizes: just type, they go in the Measurements box at the bottom right, then Enter. Two sizes: 1000,600 (1000;600 if your computer writes decimals with a comma).
On a tablet or phone: press Full screen, tap to click, drag one finger to move the pointer while you draw (or to turn the view), pinch with two fingers to zoom, and type sizes on the keypad under the model (its red, green and blue keys lock an axis, as the arrow keys do). A mouse and keyboard is quicker.
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What you draw
- Left door1997 × 496 × 18
Why that size: 2000 box − 3 under the top = 1997 high; 1000 ÷ 2 − 4 = 496 wide.
Where it goes: In front of the box, its bottom level with the bottom of the box, 2 in from the left end.
- Right door1997 × 496 × 18
Why that size: The same as the left door: 1997 × 496.
Where it goes: In front of the box, 4 to the right of the left door, 2 in from the right end.
Stuck? A hint
Each door is 1000 ÷ 2 − 4 = 496 wide: 2 at the outside edge, 2 of the 4 between them. It's 2000 − 3 = 1997 high: flush with the bottom of the box, 3 under the top.
What Check my work looks at
- Each board is its own component, not a group or loose faces.
- Each board is the size CabinetOS would cut it, to 1 mm.
- Each board is in its place, to 1 mm.
- Nothing missing, nothing extra.
When something's wrong it says which board and why, for example that a board is 21 thick instead of 18, or 3 mm too far left. Show it selects that board in your model.
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