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   daverichards | Nov 14, 2008 02:59pm | #1

   Mike, if you're trying to use the Cut Opening feature of the sink component, no, it won't cut more than one face at a time. It'll only cut a face at the location of the gluing plane. If you know there the sink is going to be, you could just intersect the sink with the countertop component and use Push/Pull to cut the opening.

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   xmike | Nov 14, 2008 04:42pm | #2

   Hi Dave,I'll try that later this morning - it was getting very tired outside last evening.I did try to just make a hole in the countertop with no results - don't know why nothing that I tried worked - will give it another go later. Thanks for responding.Mike

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   daverichards | Nov 14, 2008 04:45pm | #3

   Just a guess, Mike, but did you open the countertop component for editing before drawing the opening?

    

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   xmike | Nov 14, 2008 05:00pm | #4

   You know, I don't know at this point. I'll remember that when I get to it. Being sure that you open a component before editing it seems so obvious, but, in fact, it's an easy step to miss when working on a large model.Another challenge has been to learn how to manage access to all the components and component parts being generated. I am experimenting with creating each cabinet in a stand alone file and then importing each into my large model - that works, but getting access to each sub-component after doing that is not at all intuitive, and the documentation seems to be scattered about and not all that accessible on a moments notice. Finally, I need to impose a far less complicated naming discipline to myself for each component part. Once I've settled on one, I plan to go back through this mess and simplify.Allow me to say "waaaah".Regards,Mike

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   daverichards | Nov 14, 2008 05:04pm | #5

   Mike, we should talk. I think I can help you get this all worked out in very short order if we talk on the phone. I think I e-mailed you my phone number. Perhaps we could talk this evening or over the weekend.

    

   Dave

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   xmike | Nov 14, 2008 05:11pm | #6

   Hi again, Dave,This time I "hid" the countertop and attempted to cut a hole through the top of the cabinet by drawing a box, highlighting it, "pushing" the highlighted square through the two planes (the top has a "thickness" of 3/4"), and deleting the rectangle where a hole should be. No go.This works, of course when there is only a single plane, but I've forgotten how to do it when the wall (or top) has "thickness".
   Apparently I'm doing something boneheaded, but self-enlightenment is not forthcoming.Mike

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   daverichards | Nov 14, 2008 05:19pm | #7

   You can't have any effect on the countertop unless you open it for editing. The countertop component is nested so you first need to open the "super component" Double clic on it with the Select tool. Then double click again to open the counter top. Draw a rectangle for where you want the opening and use Push/Pull to push the opening through the countertop.

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   xmike | Nov 15, 2008 12:44am | #8

   Hi Dave,

   Once again, you've come to the rescue!  The problem was that I was not opening the nested component properly.  If you have a component nested 4 deep, you have to start at the top of the hierarchy and "edit component" or "edit group" for each level of the hierarchy down until you get to the component you want to modify. 

   Once I finally got that, I could make it work.

   Thanks,

   Mike