V5.339 Illustrated Operation Manual

1. Fast start: the correct operating order

Use this order for every new kitchen. Defining the room and cabinet intent before generation prevents most corner, opening, and filler problems.

2. Know the V5.339 screen

View controls: Floorplan, Zones, and Cabinets are icon buttons in the upper-right corner of the 2D floor plan header. Hover or focus an icon for its label. Open Elevation from the Views bar. Report sits beside Files and Save in the top toolbar. Open Preferences for Cabinet Height and Ceiling Height; the second toolbar has been removed.

The creation rail is on the left, working controls are across the top, the canvas is in the center, and support controls are at the upper-right.

3. Mouse, keyboard, and touch operation

4. Create the room and openings

Room menu

1. Click Room.
2. Choose Rectangular for a quick editable shell, or Draw for a custom perimeter.
3. For Draw, click each corner in order. Press Enter or right-click to finish; press Esc to cancel.
4. Return to Select, click a wall, and edit its length/height or add a short wall where supported.
5. Use Fit whenever the room is partly outside the canvas.

Columns

Drag Column from the Room tools into the room, or click the tool and then click the plan. The default footprint is 24″ × 24″; height follows Ceiling Height automatically. Move it near a right-angle room corner to snap flush to both walls. Select the column and drag any edge to resize width or depth while keeping the opposite edge fixed. Use Dimensions or click a column dimension to enter inches, decimals, or fractions. Dimensions preserve a snapped corner. Wall-touching column faces join the continuous door/window/building-element dimension chain, including the gaps between elements and the remaining wall. Corner columns appear in both adjacent wall chains; the overall wall length remains outside. Column dimensions stay visible without selection and can be clicked or tapped to edit. Undo/Redo, Delete, Save/Open and 3D retain columns. Columns are solid obstacles: placement zones stop beside their footprint, with space for adjacent fillers. Drop on either side of a middle-of-wall column to use that clear span. Moving or resizing a column adjusts existing zones and generated cabinets; an edit is rejected if no usable space remains. Zone dragging, edge resizing, dimension edits, and Auto Fill keep clear of columns.

Openings menu

1. Click Openings.
2. Drag the required item onto a wall and release when the wall highlight appears.
3. Click the placed item to edit width, opening height, sill height, and left/right wall offsets.
4. Place openings before cabinet zones so generation can reserve safe cabinet spans.

5. Define cabinet runs and function zones

Place Base and Wall zones

1. Click Runs.
2. Set Next Base depth before the drag when a depth other than 24" is required. Accepted catalog depth is 12"–36".
3. Drag Base onto the inside face of a wall. The floating edit window shows Start, Length, End, and Depth.
4. Drag Wall zone onto the same wall where upper cabinets are allowed.
5. Use the end handles or edit-window values to shorten a zone. Fractions such as 30 1/2 are accepted.

Reserve appliance and tall-cabinet intent

1. Open Preferences first when the next function should use a non-default width. Sink/Fridge support 30", 33", and 36"; Stove supports 24", 30", and 36". The established defaults are 36", 30", and 36" respectively.
2. Under Auto Design tall program, optionally select Pantry and/or Appliance. Both are unchecked by default. Auto Design always treats Fridge as primary and keeps every selected tall unit together with it as one contiguous block at the end of a wall run.
3. Use the visible Sink, Stove, and Fridge tools.
4. Drag Sink, Stove, or Fridge onto an existing Base run. The new area uses the selected preference width.
5. Click an existing function to choose a different width in its floating editor; preference changes never resize existing areas.
6. Drag Tall Cabinet Area to reserve pantry/full-height cabinetry, or drag Island area into free floor space and edit its length, depth, rotation, and clearances.

6. Generate cabinets and edit the result

Complete Preferences setup

Open Preferences and choose RTA or Custom under Cabinet system. The dark button is the active system. The selection is saved with the editable kitchen project and applies to every generated Base and Wall run.

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RTA setup workflow

1. Complete the room, openings, Base/Wall runs, functions, and intended corner solution.
2. Open Preferences and click RTA under Cabinet system. The RTA button becomes dark.
3. If cabinets already exist, the mode switch immediately recalculates all runs once. If this is a new plan, click Generate Cabinets.
4. Review every cabinet width against the supported catalog sizes. Review each filler dimension; an ordinary RTA fit filler must remain between 1 1/2" and 3". A structural blind-corner filler remains exactly 3".
5. Check that fillers are at usable endpoints where possible, are not placed consecutively, and do not displace a sink, stove, refrigerator, panel, or corner cabinet.
6. Open Report in 3D and confirm that the cabinet codes, quantities, filler widths, and total run length match the 2D dimensions.

Custom setup workflow

1. Complete the same room, run, function, and corner setup used for RTA.
2. Open Preferences and click Custom under Cabinet system. Custom is already active by default for a new plan.
3. If cabinets already exist, the switch immediately replaces the RTA fit calculation with the Custom calculation. Otherwise click Generate Cabinets.
4. Locate the one balancing cabinet in each odd fill segment. Its actual width may be non-standard, but it is reduced from—not enlarged beyond—the next larger supported catalog source cabinet.
5. Confirm the actual cut width in the 2D dimension chain and Report. Use the cabinet code as the source/SKU reference and the displayed actual width as the fabrication dimension.
6. Review doors, drawers, adjacent appliances, panels, and corner clearances before saving or producing the order report.

Switch an existing plan safely

1. Click Save before changing systems if the current cabinet solution must remain recoverable.
2. Open Preferences and click the other system. All existing runs recalculate immediately; a second Generate click is not required for the switch itself.
3. Compare cabinet codes, actual widths, fillers, blind-corner ownership, and dimension totals. The layout should change, but the room, run extents, and fixed functions should remain in place.
4. After any later zone or function edit, click Generate Cabinets again using the currently selected system.
5. Save the revised project under a new filename when both RTA and Custom alternatives must be retained.

Generate

1. Confirm room, openings, zones, functions, corners, and the active RTA/Custom setting.
2. Click the orange Generate Cabinets button.
3. Review cabinet codes, actual widths, filler sizes, and dimension chains in 2D.
4. If you change a zone, function, or corner, generate again. Generation is designed to remain stable across repeated runs.

Edit a generated cabinet

Edit, drag, resize, or convert Tall Cabinet Area modules

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1. Open Functions, drag Tall Cabinet Area onto a wall, and set the overall length. The Tall Area boundary snaps in 30" increments.
2. Click Generate Cabinets. A 60" Tall Area initially becomes two independently editable 30" Tall modules.
3. Return to Select and click one cabinet body inside the Tall Area. Confirm the floating cabinet window says Level: Tall and shows Tall Cabinet, Fridge, and Appliance.
4. Drag the cabinet body over an adjacent editable Tall module to exchange their positions. Fillers, panels, refrigerators, and appliance modules remain fixed boundaries.
5. Drag either width handle to resize the selected Tall cabinet. The adjacent editable Tall module compensates so the Tall Area keeps the same total length; the cabinet codes and displayed widths update immediately.
6. Click Fridge to convert a valid 30", 33", or 36" Tall module. V5.238 uses the matching refrigerator model and automatically adds its matching 24"-deep cabinet above.
7. Appliance requires exactly 30". If Appliance is disabled, first convert the item to Tall Cabinet and drag-resize it to 30". Then click Appliance. The active 84", 90", or 96" kitchen height selects SO3084, SO3090, or SO3096.
8. To undo a conversion without moving the module, click Tall Cabinet. Structural Split/Merge and width-resize controls become available again where neighboring Tall modules permit them.
9. Open 3D and verify the refrigerator/top cabinet or SO oven model, full-height panels, fillers, and cabinet height. Save the editable project after the 2D and 3D results agree.

7. Design validation: blocking errors and planning guidance

Use the Design check after every meaningful change

1. Complete the room, openings, zones, functions, and cabinet-system preferences, then click Generate Cabinets.
2. Open Preferences → Design validation display and enable Show design review overlay. Read the separate pink-error and amber-warning counts. Hover any numbered plan marker to read that finding beside the cabinet. Click the marker or its matching entry under Review numbered findings to open Guided repair with the measured gap, required cabinet width, shortage, affected run, and available repair actions. Drag the review panel heading or dotted grip to move it; use −/+ to collapse or restore it without hiding markers.
3. Match each listed finding to its same-number plan marker. Pink means repair the geometry or physical-operation conflict. Amber means compare the advisory target with the customer brief and record the designer decision.
4. Use Floorplan for wall, door, window, and opening corrections; Zones for placement intent, functions, islands, peninsulas, and clearances; and Cabinets for generated gaps, widths, and collisions.
5. For an UNRESOLVED blind corner, use Show affected run to locate it. When a compatible explicit LS3612 already occupies that physical corner, choose Use LS3612 + refill gap; the planner reconnects the corner, preserves the neighboring function, and re-solves only that run. Choose Move Sink/Stove/Fridge area when space must be redesigned. Every guided repair supports Undo and Redo.
6. Regenerate whenever run or function intent changes. Do not approve while any pink error remains; amber guidance may remain only after explicit designer review.
7. Perform the 3D door/drawer/appliance-operation review, confirm local requirements, and save the editable project.

8. Kitchen layout planner logic

Generate Cabinets is a constraint solver: it measures the usable pieces of every run after walls, openings, protected functions, panels, peninsula junctions, and corner reservations. Each protected reservation splits a run into independent segments. The planner fills those measured segments without silently moving or shrinking fixed kitchen functions.

How the solver chooses among legal bundles

1. Reject overlaps and missing required components.
2. Require exactly one dishwasher for a generated Sink and prefer direct adjacency.
3. Avoid unresolved spans, then prefer fewer/smaller fillers and the smaller Sink-to-Window offset.
4. Prefer the solution closest to the default corner bundle; deterministic tie-breaks keep repeated generation stable.

9. Corner solutions, blind cabinets, island, and peninsula

Understand the corner solution editor

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1. Create two compatible Base runs that meet at a real inside wall corner, then click Generate Cabinets. For upper cabinets, create two compatible Wall zones.
2. Return to Select and click the generated blind-corner cabinet body. The floating Corner solution group shows the current owner and all valid replacements.
3. The current Base choice is shown like Blind R on Top Wall. The alternate button is shown like Blind L on Right Wall. Click the alternate wall to move ownership to that run; the visible L/R handing changes automatically and both runs realign.
4. The selected catalog width and separate wall clearance follow the cabinet to its new owner. For example, a 42" BBC4245 plus 3" clearance occupies the complete 45" physical-corner interval; a relocated dishwasher may use another legal run but may not shorten or overlap that reservation.
5. For Wall zones, the same operation switches the WBC blind cabinet between the two connected Wall runs.
6. After every switch, verify the cabinet door/open side faces the usable run and that the yielding perpendicular run contains the correct filler rather than a second corner cabinet.

Move the blind corner and resize its cabinet

Drop LS3612 or WDC2436 onto an existing blind corner

1. Open Corners. Choose LS3612 for a Base corner or WDC2436 for a Wall-cabinet corner.
2. Start the drag from the palette tile and move over the existing generated blind-corner footprint, not merely an empty wall point.
3. Release when the target corner preview/highlight appears. V5.238 replaces the blind solution with one explicit corner cabinet and re-solves both connected layouts; it does not stack a second cabinet over the blind.
4. Click the new LS3612/WDC2436. Its floating editor offers Blind R on … and Blind L on … buttons for the two connected runs, so the replacement is reversible.
5. Confirm there is one corner cabinet, no duplicate blind cabinet, no UNRESOLVED gap, and no internal finish panel at the connected joint.

Switch a straight filler and BCF3 angle filler

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1. Use two compatible 24"-deep Base runs that meet at a true inside wall corner, or create a valid Base-to-peninsula joint.
2. Return to Select and click the small corner filler itself. Do not click the large Base placement body. The floating window must show Accessory, Width, and Code rather than placement distances.
3. Open Accessory. Choose BF336 for the normal 3" straight filler or BCF3 for the 3" × 3" angle filler.
4. Generate Cabinets validates the complete BF336 assembly. BF336 is retained only when the connected owner run also contains one full supported blind-corner cabinet. If no supported blind cabinet fits, the same generation command automatically chooses BCF3 and recalculates both connected layouts.
5. When BCF3 is chosen, V5.238 removes the blind-corner cabinet at that joint, draws a concave six-point L at the cabinet-front intersection, and keeps both connected 24" runs exactly 27" from the physical wall corner.
6. If cabinets were already generated, both connected layouts recalculate immediately: the host blind cabinet is removed for BCF3, the wall cabinets stop at the 27" setback, and the adjacent peninsula cabinet ends exactly at the 3" filler boundary. This also works after a peninsula cabinet has been dragged or resized. If only planning zones are visible, make the selection first and then click Generate Cabinets.
7. After generation, the visible 3" filler keeps a larger touch/click target than its narrow face. Click the filler at the joint; the adjacent cabinet or blind corner must not steal that selection.
8. For a peninsula, confirm the joined internal end panel is removed and the exposed free-end panel remains. BCF3 occupies the inside/front corner only; the peninsula back panel continues behind its 3" interval and then crosses the complete host-cabinet depth—24" by default—until it touches the physical room wall. It must not stop at the host cabinet front.
9. Switch back by selecting the L filler and choosing BF336. The original placement envelopes are restored and the automatic straight-filler/blind-corner solution returns.
10. Review 2D dimensions and 3D countertop/toe-kick connections, then save. The selected RTA/Custom cabinet system remains unchanged.

Design a free-standing island

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1. Open Functions and drag Island area into open floor space. Keep it away from a wall/run while releasing so it remains a free-standing island.
2. Click the island and enter Length, catalog-valid Depth, and Rotate. Drag the body to move it, or edit its Left/Right/Top/Bottom clearances for an exact location.
3. A standard Auto Design island uses 24"-deep cabinet boxes plus a separately modeled 1 1/2" exposed countertop allowance, giving a 25 1/2" finished 2D depth reference. Enter a deeper Depth only for an intentional double-sided or custom island.
4. Set Cabinet Front to Auto, Side A, or Side B. Auto follows the layout; use A/B when seating or aisle orientation requires a specific face.
5. Place Sink/Stove function intent on the island before generation when required. Confirm aisle and appliance-door clearances on every side.
6. Click Generate Cabinets. A stand-alone island receives cabinet modules, exposed end panels at both short ends, and a full exposed back finish panel.
7. Read the two dimension lanes outside the island back side, opposite Cabinet Front: the near lane gives each cabinet/accessory width, and the outer lane gives the overall island length. The dark Cabinet Front line runs continuously from physical corner to physical corner, including both 3/4" end-panel widths.
8. In 3D, verify the cabinet fronts, countertop overhang/coverage, end panels, back panel, and toe kick before saving.

Design a peninsula

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1. Create the wall Base host first. Then use either workflow: drag a free Base toward an existing Base until it snaps, or drag Island area near a wall and release when the preview says it will attach at 90° as a peninsula.
2. Release only after the short end is flush with the host/wall and the joined clearance reads zero. If there is no snap message, it is still a free placement and must be moved closer.
3. Edit length, depth, rotation, and the remaining room clearances. The attached short end remains snapped while supported edits are made.
4. Add Sink/Stove intent to the peninsula before generation if required. Set the cabinet front to Auto/Side A/Side B so doors and drawers face the intended aisle.
5. At a Base-to-Base joint, use the Corner solution controls to choose which run owns the blind cabinet or to switch to LS3612/BCF3 where appropriate.
6. Generate and verify: the connected joint has no internal end panel, the free end has one finish panel, the exposed back has a peninsula back panel, and countertop/toe kick geometry closes the join without a gap.
7. Use the back-side dimension lanes, opposite Cabinet Front, to verify every generated cabinet/filler width and the complete peninsula length, just as you would verify a wall run. The dark Cabinet Front line must be one complete straight segment with no gap at either end.

10. Import Joyplan DAE, room selector, File menu, and Prompt Edit

Design proposals: choose Proposals → Save current design to save a named option with a short description and automatic plan thumbnail. Review the cards with your customer; opening an option restores its editable design. Save current & open first keeps the current working design as another proposal. Edit details changes only the notes; Delete asks for confirmation. Proposals are stored in this browser and included in Save File. Reopen that project with Open Design to restore the options on another device.

Files at the top right contains Save File, Open Design, Open GLB Floor Plan, Import Joyplan DAE, and Copy Planner JSON. Save is also a direct action; Prompt Edit is on the bottom bar.

Import a Joyplan DAE room

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Room selector and Complete floor plan mini map

1. Start Kitchen Planner with the supplied local launcher/server. DAE conversion requires the local conversion service; opening the HTML directly with file:// is not sufficient.
2. Choose File → Import Joyplan DAE…, select the Joyplan .dae file, and wait. Do not click Import again while conversion is running.
3. Confirm the status message says Converted [name].dae and loaded [name].glb. The imported file name appears in the plan badge.
4. If the import contains multiple rooms, the room picker opens automatically. Move over the highlighted spaces, then click the room that will be the kitchen. Only that room's floor, boundary walls, doors, and windows remain visible.
5. The Complete floor plan mini map stays at the upper-right of 2D and highlights the current kitchen in green. Click its Full plan button, the mini map itself, or Room → Change Kitchen Room to see the whole house and choose again; press Esc to return without changing the current kitchen.
6. Click Fit and inspect the selected wall outline. The isolated room uses one consistent six-inch wall stroke instead of mixing thin outlines with partial imported wall fills. The room boundary is the inside wall face, so cabinet backs align to that face rather than the wall center. Confirm scale, wall thickness, room height, doors/windows/openings, and every inside corner before adding cabinet runs.
7. Imported Joyplan wall heights remain available. The top-right Cabinet Height selector controls the active cabinet system; it does not overwrite the source-room wall geometry.
8. Add or correct cabinet Runs and Function zones in 2D, choose RTA or Custom, then generate cabinets. Do not treat the converted GLB as an editable cabinet project.
9. Choose File → Save File to create an editable .kitchen.json design. The file retains the complete source house plus the selected kitchen-room identity, while 2D planning and 3D show only the chosen room. Use Open Design… for later revisions.

AI Render: In the 3D view header, open AI Render, choose Current view or a suggested camera, then choose Daylight/Nighttime separately from Rustic/Contemporary/Nordic. Choose coordinated surfaces, furniture and decoration, and click Render in 2K to capture and generate a 2048 × 1152 image. Settings never generate automatically. Compare the source and AI result before saving. Styling affects the image; the editable layout remains unchanged. Rendering requires the local server connection described in AI Render setup.

Rendered elevations: Each wall now uses the installed 3D cabinet and appliance models in a straight-on orthographic view, including doors, drawers, handles and generated countertop, toe kick and crown molding. Choose a wall, then expand the elevation to inspect details. Current finishes and edits refresh the drawing; SVG exports include the rendered images with vector dimensions.

V5.339 design views: Start and open files in the 2D floor plan. Open 3D or Elevation manually from the Views bar, or choose All views to display all three. When all three are open, Elevation and 2D share the left column, with 3D on the right. Use each header to expand, restore or close its view, and select a wall in the elevation header. Visible views update from the same design. Opening another file returns to the 2D floor plan.

Each elevation has an item list on the right with code, name and dimensions in width × depth × height order, in inches. Base items come first, followed by Tall and Wall; each group reads left to right across the elevation. Repeated items have separate rows. Downloaded elevation SVGs include the same lists.

The Finishes group lists generated Molding and Countertop pieces with the same code and name. Dimensions show countertop overall length × depth × thickness, or molding cut length × profile depth × height. These items are included in SVG exports and linked selection.

Click or tap an item in the elevation drawing to highlight it and scroll its matching list row into view. Click blank drawing space to clear selection. Drag to pan; two-finger gestures navigate without selecting. Click or tap an item-list row to highlight that individual item in blue on the elevation. Click the selected row again to clear it. Tab to an item code and press Enter or Space for keyboard selection. The highlight follows pan and zoom without changing the design.

Drag the elevation drawing to pan and scroll to zoom around the pointer. On iPad, drag with one finger or use two fingers to pan and pinch. The item list stays fixed at its original text size and scrolls independently. Use the minus, plus and Fit buttons inside the drawing; double-click also fits the drawing. With the drawing focused, arrow keys pan, plus/minus zoom, and zero/Home fits. Switching walls fits the new drawing and updates its item list. In narrow split-view panels, the list appears below the drawing.

11. Complete 3D operation

Switch to 3D only after the 2D plan is stable. Wait until the loading message says the toolbar actions are ready.

Navigate and select

Edit the countertop contour and seating overhang

1. Click or tap the countertop in 3D. Its connected outline turns blue, with edge dimensions and overall size. The selected edge is orange.
2. Drag an exposed outline edge outward to add seating overhang, or select the edge and enter Extra overhang (in), then choose Apply. Decimals and fractions such as 12 1/2 are accepted. The value is additional distance from the original contour.
3. Dragging uses 1/4-inch steps. Enter a value for finer adjustment. The wall-adjacent part of a short-wall edge stays fixed while its exposed portion can extend. Sink and cooktop openings remain protected.
4. Use Reset edge to restore that edge, Esc to cancel an active drag, and Done to hide the editor. Save File retains the edits in the editable project. Regenerating the same countertop layout keeps its overhang edits; review them again after changing the cabinet footprint.

3D toolbar reference

Create and download dimensioned wall elevations

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1. Generate the complete 2D cabinet plan, switch to 3D, and wait until the viewer says the toolbar actions are ready.
2. Regenerate Countertop, Toe Kick, or Crown first if those components changed after the viewer opened.
3. Click Views → Elevation. V5.238 creates one or more dimensioned wall sheets from the current live 3D cabinet records.
4. Read Wall/Tall cabinet widths above each elevation and Base/appliance widths below. Confirm cabinet codes and the OVERALL run dimension.
5. Verify the vertical chain: toe kick, Base height, countertop thickness, clear space, Wall cabinet height, and molding. Imported/custom room height remains separate from the active cabinet-system height.
6. Scroll inside the dialog to review every wall elevation. The run-axis/facing note identifies the wall direction used for each sheet.
7. Click Download SVG for the vector drawing, or Close to return to the interactive model. Regenerate the elevation after any later cabinet, height, countertop, toe-kick, or crown change.

Use the remaining 3D features

1. Cabinet and Door Style: use Open/Close to demonstrate supported moving fronts, then apply Shaker or Slab. Close fronts again before final documentation.
2. Finishing: use Countertop, Toe Kick, and Crown whenever cabinet geometry changes. Inspect normal corners, BCF3 joints, exposed ends, islands, and peninsulas for gaps.
3. Accessories: click a compatible cabinet in the scene before choosing Roll out tray or Waste basket. Disabled buttons mean the current selection does not support that accessory.
4. Tools: turn Frame debug on only when diagnosing cabinet orientation or frame inference; turn it off after the model is corrected.
5. View: use the viewer's 2D/3D presentation buttons, AO toggle and strength, Fit, zoom controls, and bottom camera switcher. On desktop, orbit/pan/zoom with the mouse; on iPad use one-finger orbit and two-finger pan/pinch.
6. Review: use Report after the final visual check, then download CSV or Print. Compare the schedule with the 2D plan and Elevation dimensions.

Adjustment Planner

1. Click a cabinet in 3D.
2. Choose a compatible item under Cabinet Swap, or keep the current type.
3. Choose the target Kitchen Height when required.
4. Optionally enter an instruction in Type Your Prompt Here.
5. Review the read-only generated prompt, then click Apply Prompt.
6. Use the Selection panel below for UID, dimensions, components, Frame Selection, and Frame Cabinet.

Review and report

12. iPad and touch workflow

1. Open the same V5.238 planner. No separate iPad project format is required.
2. Use the compact Floorplan, Zones, and Cabinets stage icons in the top ribbon; their accessible names remain available to assistive technology.
3. Use the responsive bottom rail to open File or select Room, Openings, Runs, Functions, Corners, or Preferences; tap Prompt Edit there to open the prompt editor.
4. Use one finger for taps, function dragging, and placement endpoint resizing; these layout edits remain in Zones. Use two fingers for plan pan/pinch.
5. Keep the tablet in portrait for detailed form editing or landscape for a wider plan/3D view.
6. In 3D, use one finger to orbit and two fingers to pan/pinch.
7. Choose File → Save File to save the same .kitchen.json project used on desktop/web.

13. Final review checklist

14. Troubleshooting