![]() This one is towards the bottom of the list since most people have a handle on it, but just in case, it’s worth mentioning that every room in the planner can be customized to match the dimensions of the room you plan to work with. This is a huge help when planning fillers / spacing/ and openings. And for each, you can customize all the dimensions, so you’ve got the correct size in your plan. You can pick a range, fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, hood, etc. But in truth, you can add custom dimensions for any appliance! Just navigate to Kitchen and Appliances > Appliances > Existing Appliances > Resizable XYZ. And many people are of the belief that you must use the Ikea appliances in your planner, even if you don’t plan to use Ikea’s appliance offerings. Having the actual dimensions of the appliances you expect to use in the planner is a very good idea. More often than not, this seems to make everything happy again. In other words, if the planner throws a warning, just drag the offending item over a bit, then back to where you actually want it, and then drag the adjacent items into position as well. But we have found a way to relatively quickly resolve this is by simply dragging a few items ever so slightly. Again, we can’t explain why these things pop up. ![]() We can’t explain why, but often the Ikea Home Planner will pop up with errors or warnings that items are positioned incorrectly or in an incompatible location, even if we are certain that nothing moved. For example, we often wondered how different corner cabinets could come together, so in the sandbox design, we could easily drag and drop different Sektion bases and see how they all fit together. In the case of the Ikea Planner, having a design that is labeled “sandbox” and treated similarly is a nice tool to use for experimenting with different ideas that you don’t want to commit to your actual design. This is a helpful trick, just make sure you label your different copies so you don’t create too much confusion for yourself.Ī well known tool in the software developer world, a “sandbox” is an environment that can be used for testing and experimenting, with minimal consequences to the “real” stuff. If not, no big deal, just close the design and reopen the original design. If you like it, great, continue on with the new version. For example, if you are curious what it would look like to completely rearrange a wall of cabinets, rather than making the change, then having to rearrange everything should you decide you don’t like it, just make a new copy via “Save As”, then make your changes there. #2 Use the “Save As” featureĪgain, nothing like dusting off the terminology from computer labs 20 years ago, but yes, the Save As command can be a useful one for experimenting with (forking) your design. Our recommendation: try to save every 15 minutes, or just before making a big change. And it will almost certainly crash on you at some point during your project, so having a regularly saved plan will make you life much more enjoyable. Despite the fact that Ikea’s tool is a hosted service, it does not in fact autosave as you make changes. Just like the adage from computer systems of the past, it’s a good idea to save often. ![]() Here we will give you what we’ve learned after more hours of use than we’d like to admit #1: Save often It can be frustrating to use, but with some tips and tricks, you can typically coax it to give you the results you need. Ikea’s own kitchen / home planning tool is a bit of a necessary evil. ![]()
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