An easy-to-use woodworking design software package can also step up to create some of the details and little features needed in woodworking or cabinet projects. This video shows how the shape tool is used to cut a keyhole into a board’s surface.
Category: Furniture Design
This video shows how to design a cabinet side with dado, rabbet, and shelf pinholes. The part is transferred to a dxf file which is used in Vcarve to produce the necessary file for cutting on a CNC machine. [Note – in the video version 4 of SketchList is used. Version 5 is the current release. The process remains the same, but the new interface makes it much easier.
In this video we insert and build out a drawer using the new board form. The drawer container is inserted into the assembly. Then 3D virtual boards are inserted, sized and located within the drawer. The tools to do this are used in the video.
Furniture design software should be as easy to use as laying out a bunch of boards on your screen. You can even use a furniture design software to build a bookcase with ease! This video shows how SketchList 3D accomplishes that ease of use. There are three steps to the design – insert a board, size it, and locate it relative to other boards.
Tapered legs provide a bit of detail to designs like tables. This video shows how to add these in SketchList 3D V5 in a few simple steps.