Kitchen modules

Build a kitchen from individual modules: storage cabinets, drawers, a sink, cooking appliances, a dishwasher and tall units. A module can contain a base unit, a base with a wall unit above it, or a full-height unit. Change its contents, shape and dimensions in the right panel before placement or after selecting it. Neighbouring modules remain individually editable.

The example below is one kitchen along a wall. From left to right it contains a pantry, preparation drawers, a sink, a dishwasher, a hob with an oven, a cabinet and a freestanding refrigerator. Wall cabinets and a hood sit above the worktop. The same arrangement appears in both views.

Open the full-size 3D view.

Open the full-size Top view.

#Place the first module and build the row

1. Choose 2D → Top and select the Level for the kitchen floor.
2. Open Interiors → Kitchen and choose a starting item from the table below.
3. In the right panel, choose Composition, Form and the unit contents. Set the dimensions for your layout; the example values in this guide are demonstration values, not measurements you must copy.
4. Position the preview beside the wall, with its rear edge facing the wall. Click to place it.
5. Choose the next item, use the same Level, Rotation and worktop height, and position it beside the first module. Use Top to line up their rear edges and check the gap between their sides. Click to place it.
6. Choose Select to inspect a placed module. Switch to 3D to check fronts, worktops, wall cabinets and appliance placement.

The kitchen menu provides these starting configurations. Each is still the same configurable Kitchen module tool.

#Composition: which parts the module contains

Changing Composition replaces the arrangement while the module stays in position. Check the resulting dimensions: newly added parts start with default dimensions. The upper unit's width follows the lower unit's width; it is not a separately positioned object.

For a worktop below a window, use Base only, or Base + wall with Wall unit → None. For a tall appliance tower, use Full height and choose its contents under Tall unit.

#Form: straight, double or corner

For an L-shaped kitchen, place one Corner module at the meeting of the walls, then place straight modules along each leg. Corner leg A and Corner leg B determine the overall leg lengths. Base unit depth determines the depth of the L-shaped arms.

Open the full-size Corner plan.

Open the full-size Corner 3D view.

Change an incompatible appliance to Cabinet or Sink before choosing Corner, or to Cabinet, Drawers or Sink before choosing Double. An unsupported change leaves the existing module unchanged.

#Base unit: storage and appliances

These are the widths accepted by the editor, shown in mm. If your project uses another length unit, enter their equivalent values. Choosing contents that require another width can reset the module to a supported width. Recheck its fit beside neighbouring modules afterwards.

#Wall unit: cabinet, microwave, hood or open space

Wall unit appears for Base + wall.

For a cooking module, the tool keeps Composition → Base + wall and locks Wall unit to Hood (required). To change that arrangement, first change Base unit away from Hob or Hob with oven. Wall contents return to Cabinet and can then be changed normally.

Wall unit starts at measures the bottom of the upper unit from the Level, not the gap above the worktop. In the example, 1418 mm minus the 918 mm worktop height gives a 500 mm gap. Choose both heights together for your layout.

Open the full-size Sink settings view.

#Tall unit: pantry and appliance towers

Tall unit appears for Full height. It starts at the selected Level and uses Tall unit depth and Tall unit height.

The model uses simplified appliance fronts. In the combined tower, the oven and microwave currently share one schematic front panel in 3D. Use Tall unit to identify the configuration; this view does not show their separate installation openings.

Open the full-size tall-unit comparison.

#Dimensions, height, Level and Rotation

These limits describe the tool's geometry controls. Choose dimensions and appliance clearances for your actual design. The demonstration's 635 mm base depth, 918 mm worktop height and 2218 mm tall-unit height are example values.

For matching worktops, give each base module the same Worktop height and Level. To align wall-cabinet tops with a tall unit, make Wall unit starts at plus Wall unit height equal Tall unit height. Editing one module does not resize its neighbours.

Open the full-size Double settings view.

#Move, rotate, change and remove a module

Choose Select, then click the module or its row under Interiors → Kitchen in the Project tree. The right panel now edits that object. Dragging a selected module moves it. Its rotation controls turn it; Rotation gives an exact angle. Use Top for precise alignment, then inspect fronts and heights in 3D. See move and reshape for the handles.

Modules use free placement. Line up their edges manually in Top; the preview does not automatically dock to a wall or neighbouring module. Moving a wall or a module does not carry the whole kitchen with it.

A module whose centre is inside a same-Level Room belongs to that Room; otherwise it belongs to the storey. Removing or changing a Room can detach this association. A Room outline is not a cabinet host.

Use Undo and Redo to revise an edit, and the selected-object delete action to remove one module. Save and reopen to inspect the configuration before continuing. Sink, hob and appliance geometry does not create connected plumbing or electrical networks.

Related: Kitchen appliances, change an object's Level, and save and reopen.