To show architectural door swings on your Mozaik shop drawings, turn them on in your drawing preferences (View > Drawings preferences), where you can also choose to print the rulers you draw on your floor plans and elevations. Once enabled, the door swings — and any rulers you add — appear on your drawings and carry through to print.
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Turn on door swings and rulers in drawing preferences
Open View > Drawings preferences. Inside, you'll find options to show architectural door swings on your shop drawings, and to print the rulers you've drawn on the floor plan and on the elevations.
Once door swings are enabled, switching to a wall elevation view shows the architectural swings drawn right on the cabinets.
Draw a ruler to show separation between items
Rulers are created with the Dimension Tool. To measure the gap between two items:
- Click ruler and move toward the edge you want to start from. As you get close, the ruler snaps to that edge.
- Hold the Shift key to lock the ruler into a straight line. Without Shift, you can draw the ruler at any angle you choose.
- With Shift held, the ruler also snaps to the second point, giving you a clean straight measurement.
The dimension reads out automatically as you draw. Rulers can be drawn in either elevation or floor plan view.
Reposition a dimension without redrawing it
You don't have to redraw a ruler to tidy up where the number sits. Use the nodes on the ruler to drag the dimension around. Hold Shift while you move it to keep the measurement straight.
Set an exact ruler length (locating an island, tolerances off cabinet fronts)
Rulers are useful when you need a specific distance off the front of your cabinets — for example, when locating an island with set tolerances:
- Start the ruler at the front of the cabinet (it snaps there for you).
- Hold Shift so the ruler draws in a straight line. Shift matters here — the mouse is hard to hold perfectly steady, so locking the line keeps your measurement clean.
- Right-click the ruler and choose edit to set its length to an exact value. Type in the distance you want — for example, 42 inches — and the ruler stays locked at that length.
This lets you push a fixed distance off the cabinet faces so you can drop in another cabinet, an island, or whatever the space calls for.
Print drawings with swings and rulers
When you print — either out to HTML or to Multi-Print (where you fully customize a drawing set) — the door swings and the rulers follow through onto the output. Drag your floor plan into the job and you'll see the rulers on it; bring in the elevation and you'll see both the architectural swings and the rulers you added.
Bonus: the ambiguous-resize prompt when changing cabinet width
Mozaik also adds a small but handy prompt. When you resize a cabinet by typing in a new dimension and it's ambiguous which direction Mozaik should stretch it, Mozaik now asks you.
For example, if you change a cabinet's width to 24 inches, there's no way for Mozaik to know which end you want to move. So it prompts you to either:
- Make the change equally from both ends, or
- Move the left position, or
- Move the right position.
If you pick one side, the change happens from that end — leaving open space on the other side that you can come back and fill with another cabinet.
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
Where do I turn on architectural door swings in Mozaik?
Go to View > Drawings preferences. There you can enable showing architectural door swings on your shop drawings and also choose to print rulers on your floor plans and elevations.
Why should I hold the Shift key while drawing a ruler?
Holding Shift locks the ruler into a straight line and helps it snap to your start and end points. Because it's hard to hold the mouse perfectly steady, Shift keeps your measurement clean and straight.
Can I set a ruler to an exact length instead of dragging it?
Yes. Right-click the ruler and choose edit, then type in the exact length you want (for example, 42 inches). The ruler stays locked at that value — handy for setting precise tolerances off the front of your cabinets when locating an island.
Will door swings and rulers show up when I print?
Yes. Whether you print to HTML or to Multi-Print (where you fully customize a drawing set), the architectural door swings and any rulers you've added carry through onto the floor plan and elevation output.