To make glass display doors in Mozaik, double-click the cabinet to open the Product Editor, go to the Face tab, select the door, open its Overrides, then change the door panel's type to Glass and select OK. Mozaik swaps the solid panel for glass while keeping the same door style, giving your upper cabinets a clean display look.
This guide follows Mozaik's official walkthrough. Watch the original on Mozaik's channel:
Quick answer
You are not deleting the door or adding a new product. You are overriding one element — the door's center panel — and telling Mozaik to build it out of glass instead of solid material. The door frame and style stay exactly the same; only the panel changes.
When to use glass display doors
Glass doors are typically a customer-facing upgrade for upper (wall) cabinets — the spots a client wants to show off dishware, glassware, or decor. In the video, the customer requests glass doors on two specific upper cabinets, and each one is handled the same way.
Step 1: Find the cabinet in elevation view
Work from the wall and elevation so you are looking at the right cabinet face.
- Select the wall (e.g. Wall 1), then switch to Elevation view.
- Identify the cabinet you want the glass door on (in the video these are referenced by cabinet number).
This just gets you to the cabinet face you want to edit.
Step 2: Open the cabinet in the Product Editor
Double-click the cabinet to open the Product Editor. This is where you can edit individual parts of that cabinet, including its door.
Step 3: Select the door and open its overrides
- Go to the Face tab.
- Select the door on the cabinet (the selected door is indicated in the lower-right area of the editor).
- Select Overrides to open the override controls — the panel and material settings — for that door.
Overrides let you change just this one door without affecting the rest of your library or other cabinets.
Step 4: Change the panel type to Glass
Inside the overrides, you target the door's panel specifically.
- Select the door style — this works with a standard door profile such as Flat Panel Square, a real door style in Mozaik's Door/Drawer Face Library.
- Select the panel on the door.
- Change the panel type to Glass.
- Select OK to apply.
That single change turns the solid center panel into a glass panel while keeping the surrounding door frame and style intact.
Step 5: Apply, then close the editor
- Confirm the change (in the video this means selecting OK — on one cabinet it's selecting OK twice to back out through the panel and door dialogs).
- Close the Product Editor.
Step 6: Repeat for each cabinet
Glass doors are applied per cabinet, so do the same thing on every cabinet that needs one — double-click, Face tab, select the door, overrides, change the panel to Glass, OK.
Step 7: Verify in 3D
Open the Floor Plan 3D viewer. You should now see glass doors on the cabinets you edited. Verifying in 3D is the fastest way to confirm the override took on the right cabinets before you move on.
Tip: Show a finished interior behind the glass
Because the inside of the cabinet is now visible through the glass, you may want the interior to read as a finished surface rather than raw box material.
- Double-click the cabinet, go to the Interior tab, and select Finished interior.
This changes the interior color only to match the exterior of the cabinet so it displays as a finished interior. Note: this is a color/display change — to get the actual correct materials on the interior, you still need to do a material override.
Get it done-for-you
You can set this up yourself using the steps above. If you'd rather skip the setup, PAC's Mozaik training and done-for-you services can help — phillanton.com.
Full disclosure: this guide is published by Phill Anton Consulting.
FAQ
Does changing the panel to glass remove the wood door?
No. The door, its frame, and its style all stay the same. You are only swapping the door's center panel from solid material to glass, so the door keeps its original look apart from the see-through panel.
Do I have to set up glass doors for the whole cabinet library?
No — in this method each glass door is an override on an individual cabinet's door. You repeat the steps on each cabinet that needs a glass door, which is handy when only a couple of uppers are display cabinets.
The inside of my glass cabinet still looks unfinished — how do I fix that?
Use the cabinet's Interior tab and select Finished interior to make the interior color match the exterior. Keep in mind that only changes how it displays; to put the correct finished materials inside, you'll also need a material override.
How do I confirm the glass doors actually applied?
Open the Floor Plan 3D viewer after editing. The glass doors will show on the cabinets you changed, which lets you catch any cabinet you missed before sending the design to your customer.