To set up a product in the Mozaik Product Editor, open it from the Products tab (Edit, right-click > Edit, or double-click) and work through the Info tab to control how the product behaves — whether it shows in the room, whether it cuts, how it numbers and dimensions, how it snaps into place, how it grain-matches, and which doors, hardware, and materials it pulls from. Finish by saving your choices back to your library so the product comes in correctly every time.
This guide follows Mozaik's official walkthrough. Watch the original on Mozaik's channel:
How do I open a product in the Product Editor?
You have to be in the Products tab with a product selected (the selected product shows a red outline). From there, any of three routes opens it in the Product Editor:
- Products tab > select product > Edit
- Products tab > right-click the product > Edit
- Products tab > double-click the product
All three do the same thing — pick whichever fits your workflow. Once inside, switch to the Info tab to reach the properties covered below.
What does Non-Graphic do?
Info tab > Non-Graphic controls whether the product is drawn in the room.
- Unchecked: the product displays normally in the Products tab and in the room/3D view.
- Checked: the product no longer displays in the room (it disappears from the 3D viewer), but all of its parts still flow to the cut list and CNC Optimizer.
So Non-Graphic hides the visual while keeping the parts cuttable.
What does No Cut List do?
Info tab > No Cut List is the opposite trade-off.
- Checked: the product still displays in the room/Products tab, but none of its parts or materials go to the cut list.
This is handy when you're showing additional cabinets in an existing room for a customer for visual reference only — you want them visible, but you don't want to cut parts for them. Bring the product into the editor and check No Cut List.
How does Autofill work in the Info tab?
Info tab > Autofill flags whether the product is eligible for the Autofill feature at the bottom of the Products tab.
- Checked: that product is included when you use Autofill.
If you only want certain cabinets to autofill, check this on just those products. It also helps to set up a dedicated heading in your library for your autofill products so you know exactly which ones Autofill will use.
How do I control dimensions and cabinet numbers?
Two Info-tab options handle this:
- Info tab > Auto Dimension — when checked, the product is included in the automatic dimensioning shown in elevation view. Uncheck it and that product is left out of auto-dimensioning. Keep it checked if you want those products dimensioned automatically.
- Info tab > Auto Number — when checked, the product gets a cabinet number (e.g., “1”). When unchecked, it comes in unnumbered (shown as N1).
A practical use: fillers often come in as N1. To number them, open the filler in the Info tab, check Auto Number, then save the library / update that filler. The next time you bring that filler in, it arrives with a real product number instead of N1. Check Auto Number on every item you want numbered in the job.
What does Allow Mirror do?
Info tab > Allow Mirror governs whether you can mirror the product left or right.
- Checked: right-clicking the product in the room gives you a Mirror option (mirrors it left or right).
- Unchecked: the Mirror option disappears from the right-click menu entirely.
So Allow Mirror must be checked for the mirror feature to be available on that product.
How does Grain Match work?
Info tab > Grain Match groups faces so they grain-match in the Optimizer.
- Horizontal: for doors/drawer fronts set up with horizontal graining (e.g., a grain melamine), this groups them (such as a stack of three drawer fronts) so they grain-match horizontally when sent to the Optimizer.
- Vertical: for fronts set up with vertical graining, this grain-matches them vertically.
For full detail on grain matching, the help document for the Info tab (opened from inside the Product Editor) covers the specifics.
How does Snap To position a product?
Info tab > Snap To sets where the product snaps when you drag it into the room. The options include: floor, toe, cabinet top, countertop, under wall cabinet, soffit, and ceiling. (Normal behavior for a base cabinet is to snap to the floor.)
Important: for snapping to work, the snap setting must be saved to your product library. Saving the same product multiple times — each copy set to a different snap position — lets you see how each one behaves:
- Floor — snaps to the floor.
- Toe — snaps the cabinet up by the toe height (e.g., a 4″ toe places it 4″ off the floor).
- Cabinet Top — snaps to the top of the cabinet (not the countertop).
- Countertop — snaps to the countertop (slightly different position than cabinet top).
- Under Wall Cabinet — snaps from the top of the cabinet, placing it directly under the wall cabinet.
- Soffit — snaps to the room soffit (the soffit is set in the Room tab; a 6″ soffit, for example, snaps the product 6″ from the soffit).
- Ceiling — snaps to the ceiling.
Save each product to your library with the snap position you want, and it will land in the right place when dragged in.
How do End Panels and Back Panels pull from job settings?
By default, end panels and back panels pull from your job settings:
- Settings tab > Ends and Back Panels is where the default (e.g., the base end panel) comes from. When you go to the Shape tab, select an end, and change it (e.g., to an applied door), that door pulls from those job settings.
- In the Info tab, you can set an override on a specific product. With the override on, adding an applied door in the Shape tab will use the overridden setting (e.g., always a slab door) instead of the job setting.
- Back panels work the same way: in the Shape tab, a panelized back pulls from job settings, but with an Info-tab override you can force a specific back (e.g., a slab on a finished back) every time.
Save the product to your library as left end / right end (and with the override) so the behavior comes in automatically each time you place it.
What is the SketchUp Model setting for?
Info tab > SketchUp Model links a product's display to a SketchUp model when the actual part geometry can't be shown as one piece.
Take a miter fold shelf: in the Parts tab it's essentially a single piece of material with specific operations (the miters), which can't be displayed folded as one piece. So a SketchUp model is created and the parts are linked to it — meaning what you see in the room is the SketchUp model, while the real parts still drive the cut list.
How do door, hardware, and material overrides work?
At the bottom of the Info tab are overrides for doors, hardware, and materials. By default they all read Use Job Settings, which is why everything in the Parts tab — faces, hardware, drawer guides, and so on — pulls from the job settings. You can override any of them per product.
A key distinction:
- Finished Interior (Face/Interior tab) only changes the textures (interior texture to exterior texture). It does not change any parts.
- To actually change the interior material/parts (e.g., make an open cabinet's interior 3/4 melamine), set up a new material template and override it in the Info tab. With that override, all the parts in the product become the template material.
You can also override hardware here — hinges, guides, shelf pins — on an individual product. Apply overrides at the job level, or save them as a new product or update the existing product so they stick.
How do I make my settings permanent?
Throughout the Info tab, the pattern is the same: configure the setting, then save it to your library — either by updating the existing product or saving it as a new product. That's what makes a product (a numbered filler, a snap-positioned item, an applied-door end, an overridden interior) behave correctly every time you bring it into a job.
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
What's the difference between Non-Graphic and No Cut List?
Non-Graphic hides the product from the room/3D view but still sends its parts to the cut list and CNC Optimizer. No Cut List keeps the product visible in the room but stops its parts from going to the cut list — useful for showing reference cabinets you don't intend to cut.
Why does my filler come in as “N1” instead of a numbered cabinet?
Because Auto Number isn't checked on it. Open the filler in the Info tab, check Auto Number, then save/update it in your library. The next time you bring it in, it arrives with a real product number.
Why won't my product snap into place when I drag it into the room?
Snap To has to be saved to your product library for snapping to work. Set the snap position in the Info tab, save the product to your library with that position, and it will snap correctly (to floor, toe, cabinet top, countertop, under wall cabinet, soffit, or ceiling) when placed.