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.

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LATEST BLOGS

Why Woodworking Software is Changing the Game

Woodworking has a rich history that dates back centuries. It is an art form that requires skill, patience, and attention to detail to create beautiful and functional pieces of furniture,...

Drag and drop in furniture design software.

People e-mail in asking, or more specifically, demanding that SketchList 3-D should have drag and drop abilities in the design mode.  With the exception of the shaped board editor SketchList...

Using Furniture Design Software Reports in the Shop

A recent survey shows that woodworkers said the two most valuable uses of furniture design software are creating 3D images and printing shop drawings.  Sure. The 3D images help close...

Why you need cabinet or furniture design software.

Over the past several weeks I have been working with a business owner showing him how cabinet design software can help him do better proposals and prepare his work for...

Save Money and Time with Material Optimization

In the past, woodworking design involved a lot of manual guesswork. You would start by sketching your design, then create a parts list, and then give it your best guess...

Boards form building blocks of furniture and cabinet design.

Using software that allows you to design furniture and cabinets with virtual 3D boards is like creating in your shop without touching  a tool or machine.  It is as if...

Thoughts on Software Release

Well the Pro version is getting ready for release. It is by some measure about a year late! What happened???? Well things change. People come up with better ideas, reports...

Moving boards

There have been questions of butting boards. The simple answer is that if the right value of board B = the left value of board A boards A and B....

SketchList 3D Professional Tester Comments

Thank you for your interest in SketchList 3D Professional.  If you will add you comments, questions, suggestions or description of possible problems we’ll post an answer as soon as we...

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