Wood design software – FAQ and news items

Wood Design Software – bits and pieces.

Our wood design software is used for a great deal of applications.  Users of SketchList 3D sometimes surprise me with the types of things they design.  It’s been sometime since I’ve posted and wanted to catch up a bit.

I want to address five items in this post.

1. How to move your SketchList 3D to a new computer?

   • Download SketchList 3D to new/fixed computer.
   • On old computer export all projects you want to move. Copy them onto a movable storage device.
   • On new computer import saved projects.
   • Delete copy of SketchList 3D from old computer.
   • Email SketchList confirming deletion and requesting a new key.
   • Enter key on new copy of SketchList 3D to activate.
   • Remember unless you purchased more than one copy you are licensed to run SketchList 3D on one computer only.

2. How to move my projects?

   • Under the file menu item select export.
   • Pick the project or projects your want to move and export them.
   • On the other computer pick import project.
   • Select the db3 file with the project you want to import.
   • Import.
   • If anything goes wrong – you can always do a file restore action to bring back the projects.

3. How to find what I need?

   • Type the term – say door – into the search box at the top right of sketchlist.com.
   • A list of all posts related to that term – many of which contain video links – will appear in a list. 

4. What about the new add-on in the planning stage for SketchList 3D.

   While working on a way to make quicker cabinets and furniture led me to a “rapid model” idea.  Very, very basically the idea is you name the  assembly and provide the sizes.  Then  SketchList 3D generates a model.  You can, if necessary, work with SketchList 3D  to add details as your use of the model may require.  While our original thinking had this add-on going into version 5 [probably the end of 2019] someone asked if this add-on might appear in V4.  However  answer is maybe.  We’ve ended putting new features into V4.  Still  – if there is enough interest we might change the plan.  What I am looking for on this is a user funded development program – like Kickstarter.  If you want to hear more send me an email or call me.

5. Why should I use SketchList 3D?

   • I know my answers.  But  watch this video and hear someone besides me provide an answer…