Dynamic Block Auto Cabinet Door divison with 1/8" reveals between doors

[Raul Ruiz]

Hello everyone,

 

So I work in a cabinet shop as a drafter. I am trying to save time drawing our shop drawings using dynamic blocks. I have been trying all morning and researching through forums with no luck. I have simple 3/4" MDF slab doors and I need a block that can divide the doors between 10" to 20" equal widths with 1/8" space between the doors. In essence I will need 2 blocks, one for the plan section and one for the elevation, the same concept applies. Previously I would use the divide command after subtracting all 1/8" reveals to manually get equal doors. I will greatly appreciate if someone can help me and ease the process. Please see attachment to see what I am trying to resolve.

 

Thank you,Auto Cabinet Door Division.dwg

[BIGAL]

I am no dynamic block expert but why not add a line on a non plottable layer that is the 1/8" offset this way its part of the block and allows for correct insert point. Maybe even use a "POINT" again part of block, you can turn POINTS on and off etc. DDPTYPE note 2016 PTYPE.

[Dana W]

I need a dynamic block that will reach out and smack every architectural draftsman that EVER typed out the phrase "6 EQ DOORS".

[Dana W]

I need a dynamic block that will reach out and smack every architectural draftsman that EVER typed out the phrase "6 EQ DOORS".

Or at least translate it to "I have no clue how to lay out cabinets, so I'm going to make the sub-contractor figure it out and then red-line the result because it doesn't match what I didn't draw."

[steven-g]

You need to use a stretch action for each gap, these all use just one stretch parameter but each has a different multiplier (this is done in the properties palette). You can make a block with different numbers of doors but for that you have to make use of visibility states and have a different layout in each visibility state. In the attached is a 3 door and 4 door example.

Auto Cabinet Door Division(1).dwg