Adding a New Drawer Slide

Create a New Table for the Drawer Slide   

1. Open the Factory workbook (F) from either the Library or Project spec group setup.

2. Open Workbook Designer.

3. Open the Factory Workbook.

4. In the search field, select one of the tables that starts with “LookUpTableDrwSlide…”

5. Copy the entire range, including the header.

6. Go to the bottom of the worksheet and paste the range leaving one blank row.

7. Change the header name to the name of the slide you are adding then update the data in this table. Each row represents a slide length. The first column is the length of all of the slides. Columns 2 - 6 represents the drilling location on the side of the cabinet. Column 7 is the name of the hardware that should be called out for each slide length. Column 8 is the last hole that is drilled for the slide holes. This is used by rollouts to determine where the rear spacer needs to be placed.

8. Define the range by selecting all of the data (excluding the header row), right-clicking, and selecting “Define a Range.” In the dialog, enter the name “LookUpTableDrwSlide ___” with the name of the slide at the end. (A good practice is to copy the lookuptable name and paste it into the defined range to avoid misspelling).

9. Now that the technical information has been added for the new slide, extend the look up table with new slide details.

Extend LookupTableSystemDrawerSlide with the New Slide Data

1. Append your new drawer slide by inserting a new row into the table.
2. Fill in the correct information for your drawer slide (See LookUpTableSystemDrawerSlide Column Information for help)
   

Add new slide option to LookUpTableListOptions 

1. Copy new slide name from Column 1. In LookUpTableSystemDrawerSlide 
   
2. Append new slide name to the list in the respective region, under “Wood Drawer Slide options”. The slide names should be separated by a pipe symbol “|”.

 

LookUpTableSystemDrawerSlide Column Information

1. Column 1 - (Slide) The slide name is placed in the {LookUpTableListOptions} which is then used to select from the drop-down menu in the Global and prompt interfaces.  
2. Column 2 - (Slide Height From Drawer Bottom) This is the calculated distance Between the drawer box bottom to the Z location of the slide hole that are associated to the side of the cabinet or division. 
3. Column 3 - (Overall Slide Clearance | Is Undermount 1=Yes | Cabinet To Drawer Side Clearance) 
1. Overall slide Clearance: This Value should reflect the desired side gap by the manufacturer(x2) 
2. Is Undermount: Input a 1 after the first pipe to indicate that the chosen slide is an undermount. 
3. Cabinet To Drawer Side Clearance: This is the desired distance between the side of the drawer and the associated side or division. This is the amount used in deducting from the width of the drawer box.  
4. Column 4 - (Bottom Location) This is the clearance from the bottom of the drawer box to the bottom Z origin of the Subassembly.  
5. Column 5 - (Bottom To Side Offset) Distance from Drawer Bottom to the bottom of the Drawer Side. 
6. Column 6 - (Bottom Gap) Similar to the previous column, this value is the Difference between (Bottom Location – Bottom to side offset) Offsetting the drawer system from the bottom of opening. 
7. Column 7 - (Drawer Length Deduction) This column allows a value input if there is a needed length to be removed/accounted for in the overall length of the drawer.  
8. Column 8 - (Rear Undermount Notch Width | Front Undermount Notch Width) If a notch is required in the drawer back or drawer front for an under-mount slide, enter the width of the notch that should be created. Otherwise, leave this column blank. Separate the Rear and Front width values using a pipe |. 
9. Column 9 - (Undermount Hole From Cabinet Side) Some undermount slides require a hole in the back of the drawer box. This is the distance the hole should be placed from the left and right edge. 
10. Column 10 - (Undermount Hole Height From Drawer Bottom) Some undermount slides require a hole in the back of the drawer box. This is the distance the hole should be placed from the bottom of the drawer back. 
11. Column 11 - (Undermount Hole Diameter) Some undermount slides require a hole in the back of the drawer box. This is the diameter of the hole. 
12. Column 12 - (Rear Undermount Machine Notch | Front Undermount Machine Notch) If a notch is required in the drawer back or drawer front for an under-mount slide, enter a 1 in this column. Enter a 1|1 to notch both the rear and front. Otherwise, leave this column blank. 
13. Column 13 - (Undermount Clip Left) If undermount clips are required for this slide, enter the hardware name for the left clip. Otherwise, leave this column blank. 
14. Column 14 - (Undermount Clip Right) If undermount clips are required for this slide, enter the hardware name for the right clip. Otherwise, leave this column blank. 
15. Column 15 - (3D Hardware Graphics Folder) If you are going to have a 3D model to represent the drawer slide, enter in the path from the graphics folder to the folder where you placed the 3D model.  
16. Column 16 - (2D Section Location) If you are going to have a 2D model to represent the drawer slide in cross-sections, enter in the path from the graphics folder to the folder where you placed the 3D model.   
17. Column 17 - (LookupTableSlideLengths) This column should contain the affiliated LookupTable name for the desired drawer slide. This LookupTable should be defined as a range in the workbook. 

Figure 1: Location of Slide names for list selection in LookUpTableListOptions.

Figure 2: Associated Table name from LookUpTableSlideLengths.

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