Furniture Design Blog

SketchList 3D's popular woodworking blog brings you biweekly updates on furniture design trends, user success stories, and how to make the most of our software.

Have a handy tip or SketcherList design of your own to share? Get in touch at help@sketchlist.com. We love showcasing users and successes.

LATEST BLOGS

Survey Results!!! Furniture Design Software Feature Ideas…

We have completed our user survey for Version 3.0  features to be added to SketchList 3D furniture design software.   The rankings of users have been blended with the input of...

Woodworking design software for business.

Woodworking design software for business – why? 3d woodworking software for business can help your sales and profits.  As a woodworking professional you are most probably very task-oriented.  Things need...

Cabinet Design Software – Setting your Goals

Cabinet Design Software — Is there a Correct Answer??? There have been many emails and phone calls over the pasts several weeks.  It seems like the New Year’s Resolution is...

Furniture CAD Software – What is CAD anyway

I think many people have a rough idea what we mean when we say CAD.  C  for computer, certainly.  A  for aided or assisted – you pick.  D for design...

Cut List Software with optimized Layout Diagrams

  One of the first software products I bought for woodworking was CustList Plus.  I would type in parts names and dimensions and it would show me how to lay...

Move CAD Beyond the Computer into the Shop

Move CAD Beyond the Computer into the Shop Other woodworking design programs (CAD) bog down at a critical juncture – the with design done there’s little to take beyond the...

Closet Design Software Requires Flexibility – Not Boxes

  I was at a woodworking show a few years back.  It was one of the first I went to since started SketchList.  Even though I was ‘on business’ I...

Proposal, Deposit, Shop, Revenues – Cabinet Making Software...

  The business of custom cabinet making is very competitive. I read a blog complaining about prospects who (ab)use a commercial cabinet maker by getting that company to do up...

Designing arched five piece doors with furniture design software.

Again a tradeoff type question arose this week.  SketchList 3D user asked how I would do a five piece – raised panel door with an arched top rail using my...

Other User Resources

Browse SketchList 3D's extensive toolkit of woodworking videos and FAQs.