Combined Components

It is possible to combine two or more components that you always use together into a combined component to speed up the design process. The shelf with nosing component is an example of this.

To make a combined component:

1. Import all the components that will make up the combined component
2. Set the options of each to the most used settings
3. Position them correctly relative to each other.
4. Select all the components you want to combine
1. Make a new component
   1. Save the new component to your library.

To use the combined component:

1. Import it into your model
1. Explode it
   1. Now you have all the individual components that can be used in the same way as if they had been imported individually.

**Other ideas of when to use combined components are:

1. Multiples of shelves with predefined % from bottom of cabinets. Use this if you always put 3 adjustable shelves in your upper cabinets. You can make a combined "upper adj shelves" component that contains 3 adjustable shelves with 25%, 50%, and 75% from bottom spacing.
1. Sink and faucet component. Placing them at the same time helps position them correctly. Once you explode the component you can size them independently
2. Oven and hood
3. Islands prebuilt with cabinets, panels, and countertops