Terms as we use them in the app and in these docs.
| Term |
Meaning |
| Project |
The objects for one client or one room |
| Object |
One piece of furniture — a cabinet, wardrobe or shelf unit |
| Panel |
One cut piece of board: a side, shelf, door… |
| Carcass |
The main body of a cabinet: sides, top, bottom, back |
| Side panel |
A side of the carcass |
| Back panel |
The thin back, usually HDF |
| Shelf |
A horizontal panel inside the carcass |
| Divider |
An upright panel inside the carcass |
| Front |
The visible front — a door or drawer front |
| Plinth |
The bottom kick board along the floor |
| Group |
Panels that move and resize together, e.g. a drawer |
| Blocking space |
An empty volume panels must not take up (e.g. for pipes); not cut |
| Object box |
The outer size of the object; panels must stay inside it |
| Placement envelope |
The space an object takes in the room, including its clearance |
| Term |
Meaning |
| Face A / face B |
The two large surfaces of a panel |
| Edge |
The narrow side of a panel; edges are labelled a, b, c, d |
| Edge band |
The strip glued onto a panel edge |
| Edge banding |
Gluing on the edge band |
| Grain direction |
The direction of the wood pattern on the decor |
| Anchor |
The point positions are measured from (e.g. the front bottom left corner) |
| Doubled panel |
Two boards glued into one thicker panel |
| Build-up strips |
Strips glued along an edge so the panel looks thicker |
| Term |
Meaning |
| Board / sheet |
A board as you buy it, e.g. 2800 × 2070 mm |
| Decor |
The look of the board surface (colour, wood pattern) |
| Chipboard |
Melamine-faced chipboard — the most common furniture board |
| MDF / HDF |
Fibre boards; HDF is thin and hard, for backs and drawer bottoms |
| Remnant |
A usable piece of board you have left over |
| Term |
Meaning |
| Hole |
Through (all the way through the panel) or blind (to a set depth) |
| System 32 |
A row of holes 32 mm apart, for shelf pins |
| Cutout |
A rectangular or round piece cut out of a panel |
| Rabbet |
A step along a panel edge |
| Groove |
A slot that holds a back panel or drawer bottom |
| Joint |
Two panels connected with hardware |
| Term |
Meaning |
| Hardware |
Everything that connects and moves furniture |
| Hinge |
A concealed door hinge; the cup is a Ø35 hole in the door |
| Dowel |
A wooden pin for a joint |
| Confirmat |
A screw joining two panels |
| Cam fitting |
A knock-down connector (eccentric) |
| Shelf pin |
The pin a shelf rests on |
| Drawer slide |
The runner of a drawer |
| Term |
Meaning |
| Specification |
The document with every panel, material, hardware item and hole |
| Cut list |
The list of panels with sizes for cutting |
| Sheet layout |
How the panels are laid out on the sheets |
| Kerf |
How much material the saw cut takes |
| Edge trim |
The cut that cleans the sheet edge before cutting |
| Yield |
How much of the sheet is used (the rest is waste) |
| Revision |
One lock of the specification |
