#Sketchup kitchen cabinets with cut list full#
#Sketchup kitchen cabinets with cut list pro#

Īt the moment I am on Sketchup Pro 7, the additions in 8 area bit of a pony show, I do not find the need to draw mortice and tennons etc with new tools. tchUp.aspxĪspire is not mean't to be a design tool for furniture there are far better programmes for that, I do use Aspire for designing my individual cabinet part or adding all the grooves, rebates, notches and holes etc. I'm looking at this very positive review. (c) With regard to (b) has anyone purchased the Woodworkers Guide to Sketchup DVD by Bob Lang. (b) For those using the PRO version of Sketchup 8 with all the new features (apparently targeted at woodworkers) but not included in the free version how are you finding it? Do the files transfer well and which of the numerous file formats do you find work best with Aspire? with an associated 3D (three decade) learning curve, at my speed

#Sketchup kitchen cabinets with cut list full#

I'm not expecting it to be a full blown 3D design program. (a) Is anyone using Aspire as a stand-alone program for designing fully custom furniture and free-standing cabinetry pieces and what are your experiences in this regard. GerryV wrote:Hello, a triple-barrelled question regarding the design of premium custom furniture pieces.

some modeling software is another that I have been contemplating to use for 3d shapes and then import into Aspire for final work and cutting.

Sketchup can easily do this for you.įabrice (search here and Shopbot forum) has done some really interesting work in Solidworks that he slls to be cut with Aspire, but that program has a really huge learning curve and is expensive. They tend to use sketches and sample boards to show clients, I believe they are correct that rendered 3d presentations take away from the wow factor of the final job, it better to show a great sketch showing form and function and leave the photographic look for the real work. I do a lot of work cutting curved parts for some very exclusive cabinet makers. I also like the Sketchy styles that Dave Richards explained in The best beginning tutorials have been the free one Joe Zeh has done at He is an excellent woodworker and a great teacher so they are worth the time to watch. I have used Sketchup Pro and free to show some clients what their entertainment centers will look like. I have Ryans Cabinet Parts Pro for boxes - it is simple and fast and you can export the parts you want to carve to Aspire as DXF and work there - smooth workflow. It works, BUT it is not parametric so you cannot scale parts and keep your dados the same for example without using the trick of entering Node editing mode and moving the joint without scaling it. I have used Aspire to do some complicated cabinets. Great question, and I don't think there is a simple answer.