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   daverichards | Feb 05, 2009 04:56pm | #1

   I would draw the door in place in the opening of your cabinet. Draw the rails and stiles first, making them components. As far as doing the raised panel itself, there are several ways to do it.  Depending on the profile of the raising, you could draw the outline of the panel and a section of the raising for Follow Me. If the raising is simply a wide bevel, you could draw the panel to the thickness of the edges (Rectangle tool followed by Push/Pull) and then use Offset on the front face. Select the face inside the offset lines (this is the field of the panel) and, while holding Alt, use the Move tool to move the field out to the desired distance. Alt invokes Auto Fold which will automatically create the ends of the bevels. So, if the panel is 3/4" thick over all and you'll make the edges1/4" thick, Draw the rectangle and Push/Pull to 1/4". Offset say 2" for the raising. Get the Move tool, hold Alt and move the field 1/2".

   I'll make a quick illustration for you to show it.

   p.s. I thought we got you set up with a better template when we talked.

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   jtravnick | Feb 05, 2009 05:48pm | #2

   Dave,

   Yes I think we did set up a better template when we talked. This file was done on the laptop which I just set up. I will have pull up the desktop and see how I have that one set up.

   Jim

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   daverichards | Feb 05, 2009 09:00pm | #3

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   A Quick Raised Panel

   It's done slightly differently than described above.

   1. Rectangle to exterior size of panel.
   2. Push/Pull to 1/4" thick.
   3. Offset edges of front face in 1/4".
   4. Offset in 2".
   5. Select inside face and its edges (double click on that face with Select tool. Alt+Move face forward 3/8".
   6. Push/Pulll field 1/8". Make the panel a component.