Phill Anton walks through drafting a wide walk-in closet in Mozaik using the PAC Closet Library — from job setup to a finished, manufacture-ready design with pricing and a cut list. The flow is: set up the job and settings, pick a room template, then drag library panels and sections in left-to-right (shelving, hang sections, a hutch), run a manufacturing check, price the room, and optimize the cut list. In the demo this whole job took about 17 minutes.
How do you start the job and pick your settings?
Begin in the Job tab and fill out the job information. Then open Settings (Phill calls this "super important") and choose your PAC closets template, then confirm each setting for this job:
- Doors — because this job uses glass doors on the uppers, pick glass doors (a "straight classic glass door" here; making a glass door out of laminate is a separate, more involved topic Phill defers to a future video).
- Hinges — inline hinges, which Phill says are "the best for closets."
- Drawer boxes — metal drawer boxes. Phill notes you can use almost any drawer box you want.
- End panels / Materials — Phill had already overridden the textures to an "ash sandy" look; he says textures don't matter much here unless you're using inserts.
- Library — make sure the PAC Closet Library is selected.
- Miscellaneous — in the demo Phill used adjustable shelf pins. The adjustable legs here are "only for islands," and LEDs (spot/linear lights) aren't used on this closet, so those settings don't matter for this job.
How do you set up the room?
Go to the Room tab and choose the template that matches the space. In the demo Phill specifies a 108-inch ceiling and floor standing, so he picks the FS 108 ceiling template. Choosing the room template populates all the depths for you. (This is why PAC defaults to floor-standing.)
How do you build the closet sections from the library?
In the Products tab (with the PAC Closet Library selected), Phill works left to right across the wall, pulling panels and sections from the list on the left:
- Drop a panel, then a section. Start with a 96 panel, then go to the 96-inch sections and drop in a 96 shelving unit. Phill stays in inches unless he's "really in a pinch," then switches to millimeters.
- Add hang sections. Add a medium hang with a shelf above it (about 24 inches wide), then a double hang.
- Add a hanging panel against the wall. In the elevation view, always put a hanging panel against the wall so you don't have to cut out the baseboard. Phill grabs a 60 hanging panel, positions it at the right height, bumps it right, then highlights the whole assembly and moves it up against the wall.
- Build the other side the same way. Repeat the section work for the right side (medium hang with shelves, etc.). You can copy and paste panels or just grab a new section and place another panel.
Phill notes the closet is "basically ready to manufacture right out of the gate," though you should always check it.
How do you handle exposed (finished) ends and notches?
Library panels still come in with notches. For an exposed finished end where you don't want a notch, you have options:
- Delete the notched panel and bring in the "96 no notch" panel instead, or
- Open the panel and remove the notch with parameters.
If the closet sits against a wall on the right, leave it approximately a quarter inch to one inch off the wall to clear the baseboard — and consider using a hanging panel there instead of a full panel.
How do you draft a hutch section?
The library has a dedicated set of hutch sections. Click the wall (e.g., wall two), go into elevation, then Products → hutch sections:
- Bring in base drawers (a base drawers 20) and a base panel to split between them; highlight the stack and center it in the opening. (Hutches still use sections.)
- Add the tall panels — full 96 in x 14 wide panels.
- Add the upper section. Hutches include uppers: an upper section and upper panels. Type the height you want — Phill uses 30. (He notes height increments always round.) If a section is locked, edit the cabinet → Size → allow height sizing, then type 30, and use the stretch-to-opening button to fit it. Don't forget the matching 30-inch panel.
- Add a countertop. There's a countertop section on the left — drop it in and stretch it to the opening.
- Add shelving.
What are bridge shelves and bridge panels, and why use them?
Phill recommends bridge shelves over "classic rounded corner units" when you can steer the customer that way — they're easier. Place a shelving unit on each side, then add the bridge panels from the bottom of the 96-inch sections list (bridge left and bridge right):
- Drop in the bridge left, then bump it toward the right so it overlaps the adjacent cabinet — this overlap is intentional, because the bridge is the part you may have to cut down on site.
- The demo leaves roughly 15 inches of overlap, and from the edge you want about 26 to 30 inches of clearance. Then drop in the bridge right section.
How do you run a manufacturing check?
With the design done, Phill checks it before pricing:
- Open the Layers tab and put the model back in wireframe in the field view.
- Confirm the Titus outriggers and the 10 mm holes for the adjustable shelves — the adjustable shelves act as structural members.
- Turn off the legs. They shouldn't be on for closet sections. Set this under Job Parms → use legs (turn off).
- Confirm there are two rows of line bore, and that the Titus have adjusted for the baseboard.
- Note the pockets on the drawer boxes: these let you use 3/4-inch material for everything, even though the metal drawer guides nominally call for 5/8 — PAC's setup gets away with 3/4.
How do you price the closet?
Go to Pricing and make a new template (Select template). Two relevant templates:
- Closet invoice by room — prices each room separately (the walk-in here came to about $10,600). Every line should carry a dollar amount; if something doesn't, there should be a good reason (e.g., a linear light section shows up but there are no linear lights, so it doesn't populate — and this room has no true base cabinets, only wall/tall).
- Closet invoice — a single grand total for everything, not broken out by room.
You can then run a report off either template, which includes your company information and logo. Phill defers a deeper pricing walkthrough to a future video.
How do you generate the cut list and G-code?
Send the job to the cut list / optimizer:
- Phill uses Enterprise (the optimizer may look different on other editions). Name the run (e.g., "test"), and select only room two (the walk-in closet).
- Materials show as 3/4 melamine snow day and 3/4 melamine ash sandy — the 3/4 melamine takes the name of the texture attached to it (the override template is all 3/4 melamine plus texture).
- Set your tool set, then batch optimize everything, automatically flip parts, and generate the G-code.
- The drawer boxes come out with 5 mm holes and extra pocketing/cutout because the material is thicker than 5/8 — exactly what PAC's 3/4-material approach expects.
Can you save a whole closet as a favorite to speed up the next job?
Yes — this is the time-saver Phill demos at the top of the video. Highlight the items you want (e.g., a full hutch stack), right-click → Add to Favorites, and file them into a group like "closet hutches." Then you can pull that entire configuration back out from the Favorites tab in seconds. Important caveat from the transcript: favorites can't be exported or imported, so each user has to build their own favorites — but they're great for reusing your own common configurations.
Get it done-for-you
You can set this up by hand (above). If you build these regularly, the PAC Mozaik Closet Library from PAC has it ready in Mozaik. → phillanton.com
Full disclosure: Phill Anton Consulting makes this product.
FAQ
How do you draft a walk-in closet in Mozaik with the PAC Closet Library?
Start in the Job tab and set your settings (template, doors, drawer boxes, materials, and the PAC Closet Library). In the Room tab pick the matching room template (in the demo, a floor-standing 108-inch ceiling). Then in Products, working left to right, drag in panels and sections from the library (shelving, medium-hang, double-hang, hanging panels), build any hutch from the hutch sections, run a manufacturing check, then price it and send it to the cut list. Phill drafted and priced the whole room in about 17 minutes.
Can you save a whole closet assembly as a favorite in Mozaik?
Yes. Highlight the items you want, right-click, and Add to Favorites (Phill saved a hutch stack into a "closet hutches" group). You can then pull that whole configuration back out from the Favorites tab in seconds. Note: per the transcript, favorites cannot be exported or imported, so each user has to build their own.