Hey woodworking/cabinetry folks!

What are the go-to CAD software these days? My brother-in-law is starting a cabinetry business. He's been building for a decade but heading off on his own now, and trying to get a handle on the design end outside of pencil / paper.

So: best CAD software for cabinetry? He's open to subscriptions or one-off licenses, mostly want to set him up for the long run.

I'm sure there are considerations to be made for a professional business vs individual.

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Still looking for cabinet designs, among my foci being little or best no plywood used in the design/build. *The main reasons why I don't want plywood is how difficult decently strong plywood is to cut without power tools & how splintery a material said material is. Secondarily though without a pickup truck to haul 4 ft by 8ft & larger sheets of it, it's generally at best the same price as dimensional lumber, so using a more difficult, dangerous and more expensive product that also often looks worse at the end, just over it's current popularity doesn't make any real sense.

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It’s probably too tiny to see at this resolution, but in case anyone was scared of my pdf link, here’s the stain chart I’m trying to figure out.

https://9dbd7f4d-7829-4e14-9ee2-67568ba3b348.filesusr.com/ugd/4049a0_3a4c5fd85e584d9a9ccef47512dbb612.pd

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Tansu inspired cabinet finally finished. I say inspired because I didn't model it after a particular style or type of tansu, just took some design cues. I hope to replicate some more traditional tansu in future.

Cherry wood, mulberry paper, and garnett shellac.

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WIP on a sideboard cabinet, loosely inspired by Japanese tansu cabinetry.
Still need to shellac the outside.

Cherry wood with garnet shellac. Shoji doors are papered with Japanese mulberry paper and homemade rice glue.

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I made a fancy wet bar for my basement – from scratch.

The hardest part was inventing the universe.

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Well after 35 hours in the shop working on this, I have the vast majority of the construction done. Left to do is the drawer front fitting, trim the two open ends, and make the leg structure.

Nevermind finish sanding the outside of the carcass, and everything else. #ALT4me please!
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Some details of the joinery used for the build- all dados, grooves and tenons, along with mitres with dominos for alignment. The first two were cut with a router and straight edge, the tenons with table saw. #MCM #woodworking #cabinetry #woodwork #carpentry #maker