# Shape parts and add mouldings

Rout edge profiles, give a panel round corners, taper or turn a leg, and run skirting, architrave or cornice.

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You shape parts in the **Properties** panel, under **Manufacturing**. The model shows the shape, and the cut list orders the square blank and notes the operation.

## Rout an edge profile

1. Select the part.
2. At **Edge profile**, select the edges in the first list, for example **top**.
3. To pick one edge, click **pick**, then click near that edge in the viewport.
4. Select the profile: **roundover**, **chamfer**, **cove**, **ogee** or **bevel**.
5. At **W × D, ease**, type the width and the depth in mm.
6. Click **apply**.

If you leave the depth blank, it is the same as the width. Ease softens the edges where the profile meets the faces. To remove a profile, select **none** and click **apply**. The **Edge profile** row shows the profiles that the part has now.

## Change the shape of a panel

This works on a panel that you drew, not on a generated panel.

1. Select the panel.
2. At **Shape**, select **rectangle**, **rounded corners**, **racetrack (D-end)** or **oval**.
3. For **rounded corners**, type the radius in mm.

The shape fills the panel, and KerfCraft draws it again when you resize the panel. Set the banding at **Edge banding**.

## Taper a leg

1. Select a timber member.
2. At **Shape**, select **tapered**.
3. At **Taper faces**, select the inside faces or **all four**.
4. At **Taper from top**, type the distance below the top where the taper starts.
5. At **End size**, type the section at the bottom, for example `30 × 30`.

## Turn a leg

1. Select a timber member.
2. At **Shape**, select **turned**.
3. At **Profile**, select **taperedLeg**, **baluster** or **bunFoot**.

KerfCraft fits the profile to the length and blank of the member. The **Operation** row tells you what to do in the workshop. To make the member square again, set **Shape** to **square**.

Tapered and turned parts show "needs extra checking" in the cut list.

## Add skirting or cornice round a room

1. Select the room.
2. In the **Properties** panel, at **Mouldings**, click **Skirting…** or **Cornice…**.
3. At **Profile**, select the profile.
4. If you want a different section, type the **Height** and the **Thickness**.
5. Click **Add**.

Skirting is mitred at the corners and stops square at door openings. Cornice goes round the room at the ceiling, mitred at the corners. If you leave **Height** and **Thickness** blank, KerfCraft uses the section of the profile.

## Add architrave round a door or window

1. Select the door or window opening.
2. In the **Properties** panel, at **Mouldings**, click **Architrave…**.
3. At **Profile**, select **Ovolo architrave** or **Torus architrave**.
4. Click **Add**.

A door gets two legs and a head. A window gets four sides. The architrave is on the room side of the wall.

## Add a moulding along a line

Use this for a dado rail, a picture rail or a bead.

1. Click an empty area of the viewport, so that nothing is selected.
2. In the **Properties** panel, at **Moulding**, click **Along a line…**.
3. At **Profile**, select the profile.
4. At **Points**, type the plan points in mm, for example `500, 500; 1500, 500`.
5. At **Z**, type the height of the bottom of the moulding.
6. Type a **Name**, for example `Dado rail`.
7. Click **Add**.

Put a `;` between two points. If you select **Closed**, the line goes back to the first point. **Side** sets the side of the line that the moulding is on, as you look along the line. If you leave **Z** blank, the moulding is at the floor of the active level.

## Moulding profiles

The skirting profiles are torus (the default), ogee, bullnose, chamfered and lamb's tongue. The architrave profiles are ovolo (the default) and torus. The cornice profile is cove. Quarter-round and scotia beads go with skirting and cornice. Each length of moulding is a timber part in the cut list, with its mitre angles.

For a custom moulding profile, ask the assistant. Parts with a custom profile show "needs extra checking" in the cut list.

## Related

- [Add joints](/docs/how-to/furniture/add-joints/)
- [Choose materials](/docs/how-to/furniture/choose-materials/)