# Build a fitted wardrobe

Start a wardrobe as separate carcasses that each go through a door, change between carcasses and one frame, and put sliding doors on a section.

A fitted wardrobe goes into the room as separate carcasses, one for each section, side by side.

![A wardrobe of three separate carcasses with the doors open: two sides stand next to each other between the carcasses](/docs/img/how-to/carcass-wardrobe-boxes.jpg)

## Start the wardrobe

1. Select **File ▸ New ▸ Wardrobe…**.
2. Type the **Width**, **Height** and **Depth** of the space.
3. At **Sections**, type the number of sections, for example `3`.
4. Click **Create**.

Each section is a carcass with its own two sides, top, bottom, back and plinth. The sections take turns: hanging, then shelves. Each section is behind one full-height door, or a pair on a section 800 mm wide or more. The hanging is under a top shelf, over 2 internal drawers. For a door on the top shelf and another on the hanging, and no drawers, clear **Drawers under the hanging** before you click **Create**. To change the contents of a cell, see [Build a cabinet, bookcase or wardrobe](/docs/how-to/furniture/build-a-carcass/).

## Change the drawers under the hanging

![The wardrobe with its doors open: in each hanging section, a top shelf, the clothes rail and 2 internal drawers behind one pair of doors](/docs/img/how-to/carcass-wardrobe-drawers.jpg)

1. In the grid, click the hanging section, for example **A1:A2**.
2. Click **Inside…**. The grid shows the inside of the section: the top shelf, the hanging and the drawers.
3. Click the drawers cell, then click **Contents…**.
4. At **Number of drawers**, type the number, and click the **Apply to** button.
5. Click **Layout** above the grid to go back.

To divide another cell inside, select it and click **Divide inside…**. Use **Split into rows**, **Merge** and **Contents…** inside as in the carcass grid.

The drawer fronts are inset in the section, behind the doors. Their runners are on 25 mm runner spacers so that the drawers clear the door hinges. The cut list notes say this: check the spacers against your hinges before cutting.

## Find a part of one carcass

![The model tree: the wardrobe holds Carcass A, Carcass B and Carcass C. Carcass A holds its sides, top, bottom, kick board, back, fixed shelves and a drawer group.](/docs/img/how-to/carcass-wardrobe-tree.jpg)

In the model tree, the wardrobe holds **Carcass A**, **Carcass B** and so on. Each drawer is a group in its carcass. In the 3D view, each click on a part goes one level in: the wardrobe, the carcass, then the part. To select a part at once, Alt-click it (Option-click on a Mac), or click its row in the model tree. The cut list names each part with its carcass, for example **Carcass A › Side L**. The [assembly guide](/docs/how-to/workshop/follow-the-assembly-guide/) builds each carcass, then joins them.

## Change between carcasses and one frame

1. Select the wardrobe.
2. Click **All settings**.
3. In **Size**, at **Construction: one frame or separate carcasses**, select **One frame** or **Separate carcasses**.

**One frame** makes one carcass with one divider between two columns. **Separate carcasses** puts two sides there, one for each carcass. **Auto** columns share the width that is left after the sides, so the overall width does not change. If **Fixed** columns make the carcasses wider than **Width**, a warning shows the fix. A merged cell across two columns keeps the two columns in one carcass.

## Put sliding doors on a section

![A wardrobe with a sliding pair over the hanging, and a hinged door over shelves and drawers](/docs/img/how-to/carcass-wardrobe-sliding.jpg)

1. In the grid, click the section, for example **A1:A2**.
2. Click **Contents…**.
3. At **Front**, select **Sliding doors**.
4. At **Leaves**, type the number of leaves, from 2 to 6.
5. Click the **Apply to** button.

The section gets its own top track and bottom guide, in front of the carcass. Other sections keep their hinged doors. Drawers behind sliding doors are internal. Sliding doors need a level top: under a raked top, a warning offers a pair of doors.

Next: [Fit a wardrobe under a sloped ceiling](/docs/how-to/furniture/fit-a-wardrobe-under-a-sloped-ceiling/).