Tops - Add a Benchtop to your Kitchen
We will add benchtops to your kitchen design
a) Plan view > Tops tab on left hand panel
b) Select the wall you wish to add a benchtop to - denoted by dotted red line as shown on illustration below
- Select Autobuild Tops > Select current wall face (denoted as a red dashed line) > OK
c) The first section of the benchtop is now placed
d) Repeat the above instructions for the next wall, and select OK
e) Repeat for last wall - we will now edit the benchtops to get the correct joins and shapes
f) Right click the benchtop to be edited
- Select 'Edit Shape'
g) Zoom in to the part of the benchtop to be edited
- Select the point to be moved - when selected with the 'Select' tool, the point will change colour from yellow to blue
h) Using the 'Select' tool drag the blue point to the correct position as shown below
- Select the return key in the top left of the screen to return to the tops plan
i) Save New Shape warning box appears
- Select Yes
j) Use the same process to edit the buffet top
- Drag the point at the intersection on the kitchen side of the benchtop > select > turns from yellow to blue > drag to new position
- Repeat this process with the lower right hand point on the dining side of the benchtop > drag to new position to create the buffet top
k) The newly created benchtops are denoted in the dark lines below in the Countertops section.
All done for now - time to add a sink and a hob!!!
a) Add a sink
- Plan view > Catalogs > Your Cabinet Library > Appliances > Left click on Square Basin
b) Drag and bounce the sink off the wall which the sink is to be placed - this will arrange the sink to correct front to back in the plan
c) Drag the sink back to the front of the sink unit > Ctrl + left click to drop into the position.
- Left click the sink unit to identify center position
d) Left click the sink and adjust the center position to match the sink unit
e) Left click the sink and set the outset for the sink to 60mm or distance required for sink from wall
a) Add a hob
- Plan > Catalogs > Appliance > Cooktops > Radiant Cooktops > make your selection for this job (RC-1)
b) Left click and drag and drop as with the sink by bouncing on the wall behind where it is to be positioned and then Ctrl + left click to drop in front of the underbench oven unit
- Select the underbench oven unit and discover its center position
c) Alter the center position of the hob to align with the under bench unit and give it an outset to suit the manufacturers specifications for the hob
The kitchen is now coming together - time for a splash back behind the hob and a view thru the window - coming up