Wondering if anyone uses CAD to design furniture they want to build.
Hubby is a really good carpenter, and we need more specific furniture after a move to a house where the old furniture didn't fit.
Is there a CAD program out there that can print to paper with measurements. eg. for each unique part of the build?
And - probably dreaming here - also prints out an overview of parts showing how many of each is needed for the build?
Subscriptions are out.
I did. Dave suggested it. Minimum USD 55 subscription. We are trying to avoid having to lock into subscriptions.
Open source ftw. Looks very promising when I see this among the illustrations on their page!
They don't even have a quick link to prices of anything. Call us and ask for an offer?
We have a budget that does not like us having subscriptions or buying way expensive software that we may or may not find useful. I bet they have a cloud save only too. To proprietary for me. But thanks for the tip! Table looks great .
Smart choice! I bet there will be some really cool (and some really boring) jobs going in that field for years to come!
Yeah - definitely trying to be careful with money. Splurging on the printer. Trying to be restrictive on everything else.
As I suspected. Not even cheap for businesses if that is a monthly fee!
@in3dca @MaryPot yes #freecad with the #a2plus workbench is pretty intuitive to design furniture.
I'm a newbie at both CAD and #woodworking, here's some info on what I used to get started: https://shom.dev/posts/20221019_foss-woodworking/
Happy to answer any questions and point to other resources.
I built a small table this weekend and realized that the thing I desperately need if I’m going to build more stuff is a workbench. There are a TON of workbench options to pick from, which is great. But, I didn’t want to get into picking and choosing dimensions and features on the fly, that was asking for a disaster. So I decided to take the plunge and learn FreeCAD. There are excellent YouTube videos targeted at “FreeCAD for Woodworkers” which was a delightful surprise.
@MaryPot @shom All CAD software has a pretty steep learning curve. Even more fun there's always multiple ways to get to the same result, so everyone has their own style. There is a ton of good content on YouTube to help him through it.
For the sorts of forms you work with, check out Blender (https://blender.org). It too has an intimidating initial impression, but when I want something that is more organic, it's the tool of choice.
@MaryPot nice, go high quality #foss! For furniture using #freeCAD as a parametric modeling is great for changing dimensions easily to visualize how things would fit. The tutorials from @MangojellySolutions and @chrishuck are fantastic!
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