The information in this article applies to: QUESTION I would like to create a custom shaped countertop for a kitchen island. How can I accomplish this? ANSWER Creating a Custom Countertop in almost any shape is easy to accomplish in the Home Designer Architectural and Home Designer Pro versions of the software. To create and edit a Custom Countertop • First, launch Home Designer and Open the plan in which you want to place and edit your Custom Countertop. • If you haven't already placed base cabinets in your plan over which you want the Custom Countertop, and this will be over an island as in the example above, you will want to begin by selecting Build>Cabinet>Base Cabinet and click to place your cabinets in the correct arrangement for your kitchen island. For the purposes of our example, we used the cabinet configuration below. Cabinets generate their own countertop as defined in the Cabinet Specification dialog.

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When a Custom Countertop covers any portion of a base cabinet, it overrides the default countertop. Michael Nyman Discography Rar more. If there are multiple cabinets below, the Custom Countertop uses the specifications for the cabinet with the greatest overall height. If there is no base cabinet below where you want to place your Custom Countertop, keep in mind that its initial material, height, and thickness are based on the base cabinet defaults, but can also be edited once the Custom Countertop has been created. If a sink or built-in appliance is added to the cabinet, a hole for the fixture is automatically cut into the Custom Countertop. • Select Build>Cabinet>Custom Countertop and then click and drag a rectangle to draw the initial countertop. Custom Countertops can be drawn in any view except cross section/elevation views, and while they initially are drawn in as a rectangle, they can be edited into almost any shape once placed. Now that the countertop has been created, it can be selected in 2D and 3D views and edited using the edit handles, the edit toolbar, and their specification dialogs.