Shadow Rails - Drawing properties explained
Shadow Rails in Drawing Properties
Adjusting the options for Shadow Rails is most simply done in Drawing Properties, on the Shadow Rails’ Settings page:
Shadow Rail Settings
The options on this page are defined by the colour-coded details set out below:
Height
is the height of the shadow rail above the top drawer, highlighted below in
cyan
.
Hgt Drw
is the height of every shadow rail except the top one, highlighted in
light
green
.
Top of Door/Top Drawer
is how far the top drawer will overlap the top shadow rail, highlighted below in
red
.
Top of Lower Drawers
is how far the bottom drawers (all drawers apart from the top drawer) will overlap the lower shadow rails, highlighted below in
orange
.
Bottom of Individual Drawers
is how far the bottom edge of all drawers (except the bottom drawer) will overlap the shadow rails, highlighted below in
purple
.
Bottom of Door/Drawer Bank
is how far the bottom edge of the bottom door/drawer will overlap the Bottom of the cabinet’s carcass, highlighted in
grey
.
Set Back Option
In addition to the above options,
Set Back
on the same
Settings
page gives the option of having the shadow rail positioned at a specific distance behind the drawer front. As shown here in yellow, a setting of 20mm moves the shadow rail back by that distance.
Enabling/Disabling Shadow Rails
To apply Shadow Rails to all cabinets in the drawing, go to the
Shadow Rails
"
Include
page as shown below, and tick the checkboxes for each group as per your requirements.
Radius vs Notch
Oversizing
Extra space can be included surrounding the shadow rail, as shown here by the exaggerated value of 10mm.
The
cyan
value adjusts how much of a gap is created behind the shadow rail, and the
red
value applies that much of a gap below the rail. This example shows just the Top drawer, but the two columns on the right provide for the same options to be applied to all lower drawers.
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