How to Set Up Hinges in Mozaik – Phill Anton Consulting

Q: Which hinge mode should I use if I only run one hinge style?

Stick with Standard hinges. All your existing hinges import into the Standard category, and keeping one standard hinge selected keeps a job simple.

To set up hinges in Mozaik, open Libraries > Hardware > Hinges and choose Standard hinges if you run one hinge style per job, or Advanced hinges (added in version 12.3) if you mix multiple hinge types in a single job. With Advanced hinges you assign a hinge type — overlay, half overlay, inset, corner 90, corner angled, b-fold, b-fold inline, blind corner, or blind corner offset — to each situation, then set your chosen hinges as the base and wall defaults under Settings > Door and Drawer Fronts so Mozaik applies them and swaps in the right type automatically as you edit cabinets.

This guide follows Mozaik's official walkthrough. Watch the original video on Mozaik's channel:

This walkthrough is based on Mozaik's official "Advanced Hinges" training and is written here in plain terms for cabinetmakers. You can also watch Mozaik's official video for the full demonstration. The Advanced hinge option was added in version 12.3.

Standard hinges vs. Advanced hinges: which do you need?

Open Libraries > Hardware > Hinges. On the right you'll find two options: Standard hinges and Advanced hinges.

Choose Standard hinges if you typically run a single hinge style for a whole job. After the update, all of your existing hinges carry over into the Standard category, so nothing is lost.
Choose Advanced hinges if one job uses several hinge types and you want Mozaik to pick the right one for each cabinet condition automatically.

The payoff of Advanced hinges: as you change a product's configuration, the hinge operations update themselves to match.

How do you set up an Advanced hinge?

In Libraries > Hardware > Hinges, select the Advanced hinges option.
Choose a hinge name from the dropdown. In the training, a Blum Clip Top Blumotion hinge is selected. (These hinge selections become available after you pull them in — see the import step below.)
Each Advanced hinge has a Type column. Assign the hinge type that fits the situation. The types covered are: overlay, half overlay, inset, corner 90, corner angled, b-fold, b-fold inline, blind corner, and blind corner offset.
To fine-tune a hinge, select it and click the pencil to open the specialty hinge editor, where you can assign fixed locations to a hinge or use the array feature for placement.

Once assigned, these hinge types automatically change as you modify your cabinets.

How do you import updated hinge data?

The hinge selections shown become available through Mozaik's cloud-based data updates.

Breadcrumb: Tools > Import Updated Data

Data imports are now cloud-based, so new options can be added over time through this same updated-data path.

How do you make Mozaik apply your hinges automatically?

Set your chosen hinges as the job defaults so they're applied the moment cabinets come into the job.

Breadcrumb: Settings > Door and Drawer Fronts > Base hinge / Wall hinge

Set the base hinge and the wall hinge to your chosen hinge (the training uses the Blum Clip Top Blumotion). With those defaults in place, the correct hinge operations apply as you bring cabinets into the job, and you can watch them update in a live setting in the product view.

How does Mozaik switch hinge types as you change a cabinet?

This is the core benefit of Advanced hinges — change the cabinet, and the hinge follows. Working in the product editor (with the 2D/3D viewer on — switch to wireframe so you can see where the plate goes and where the hinge stamp lands), the training demonstrates several automatic switches:

Re-hinge a door / add a partition: Use the Face tab to split the opening and add a partition, locking it into the center, then re-hinge a door to the other side. The hinge operations move with the door, and plate operations are added to the partition. A door re-hinged this way switched from full overlay to the 110 half overlay hinge that was set up in the library.
Turn a door into a panel (blind corner): On the Face tab, drop the door type to a panel and delete the interior partition. The hinge operations move onto that panel and Mozaik switches to the blind corner hinge you set up.
Add a sub-panel: Select the panel, go to Adjust, and use the subpanel option under reveal adjustments. You can then adjust reveals on either the panel or the sub-panel. With a sub-panel added behind the panel, the operations move to the sub-panel and the hinge switches to the blind corner offset type (the training shows a Blum Clip Top kn 95 overlay blind corner offset).
Inset vs. overlay faces: On the Face tab, change the face style from frameless to frameless inset and Mozaik uses the inset hinge; change it back to a regular frameless (essentially an overlay) and it returns to the full overlay hinge. (The face style you choose also depends on how your doors are built.)

How do corner and angled cabinets get their hinges?

Corner cabinets use dedicated hinge types, and Mozaik assigns them based on the door's position and angle.

90° corner (Susan) cabinet: The doors use corner-specific hinges — the training shows a Blum 60 b-fold on one door and a Clip Top Blumotion 155 corner 90 on another. If you're running a standard hinge on this cabinet, make sure your standard hinge is selected for the corner 90 type so it applies to the right door.
45° corner (Susan) cabinet: Switch the base corner to the 45° Susan and the door uses the corner angled hinge type (shown with a "110 diagonal 45" name). You can see the hinge stamp at the center of the door and the plate stamp at the end.

How do you set up a b-fold inline hinge with custom operations?

The b-fold inline type is set up as a new hinge with array placement and its own boring operations.

In Libraries > Hardware > Hinges, click the plus (+) to add a new hinge and set its type to b-fold inline.
Keep the hinge location at array, with 4 in from the top, 4 in from the bottom, and a max separation of 30 in. As the door grows, the hinges multiply automatically while keeping that max separation.
Left-click the door operation (pull side) to open the part editor and add the operations. Switch units to millimeters. The training sets up holes for a plastic dowel and a wood screw — for example, an 8 mm diameter at 13 mm depth, plus a 35 mm diameter at 9 mm depth — positioning them with X and Y values relative to the hinge axis.
X/Y sign convention: Everything to the left of the axis on X is negative; above the axis on Y is positive and below the line is negative. (For example, the pull-side holes use X = -5 with Y values of -4, +4, and 0.)
Repeat on the hinge side with its own X/Y values (the training uses X = 15 with Y = 24 and Y = -24, and a 35 mm / 9 mm hole at X = 15).
Name the hinge (e.g., "b-fold inline"). The names you enter here are the names that pull into the product editor > Parts tab.

When you split a pair of doors and re-hinge one to the side, the b-fold inline hinges appear in the middle of that door. You can also select a door, go to Adjust, and delete a redundant pull so it hinges from the side while keeping the b-fold inline hinges in the center.

Best-practice summary

If you use one hinge style for a job, keep your Standard hinge settings.
If you use multiple hinge types — or want them in your library — make a new template with the Advanced feature and learn the available hinge types.
Set your base and wall hinge defaults so operations apply automatically, then let Mozaik adjust the hinge type as your product configuration changes.

Related guides

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 libraries can help — phillanton.com.

Full disclosure: this guide is published by Phill Anton Consulting.

FAQ

Which hinge mode should I use if I only run one hinge style?

Stick with Standard hinges. All your existing hinges import into the Standard category, and keeping one standard hinge selected keeps a job simple.

When is Advanced hinges worth it?

When a single job uses several hinge types — overlay, inset, corner, blind corner, b-fold, and so on. Advanced hinges let you assign the right hinge to each condition and have Mozaik swap them in automatically as you edit cabinets.

Do I have to re-pick the hinge every time I change a cabinet?

No. Once your hinges are assigned and set as the base/wall defaults, the hinge type updates itself when you re-hinge a door, convert a door to a panel, add a sub-panel, or switch between inset and overlay faces.

How do the X and Y values work when setting up b-fold inline operations?

They're measured relative to the hinge axis: left of the axis is negative on X, above the line is positive on Y, and below the line is negative on Y. It takes a little getting used to, but the placement is consistent once you learn the convention.