You want a Cutlist and Board type work? That is NOT sketchup nor does it claim to be. It also does it well enough and fast enough for almost any computer set up. Out of Alibre, Aspire, Solidworks, Maya, Inventer pro 2012, 3ds max 2012, Corel Draw X 5, and Autocad 2012, Sketchup is the simplest software I have found. PM me I can offer a tutorial file I think may help you with woodworking specific help. I haven't seen it though in the packages I've tried out. Is the other software out there provide this kind of woodworking experience? Or, do they get to charge the price because they are integrated with automated systems? That would be nice to know. On my scan of design software, it isn't the only software with a higher price tag. This is but a couple advantages I see to Sketchlist vs other design software I've seen. It integrates a bunch of features to include cut list, 3d rendering, and creation of 3d pdf file creation (neat!). Makes it quick, easy, and reliable for repeat work. Makes it easy to have your 'go-to' cabinet and then modify it for the specific task. Sketchlist 3D has the concept of assemblies – a subsection that can be used over and over in a project or copied from project to project. Maybe not quite as fast, but pretty darn close. As I have gotten the hang of it, it is starting to work for the "quick idea" stage, the sketch on the napkin kind of thing. With Sketchlist 3D, I would know that is bogus because that size bourd wouldn't be available. It's easy in Sketchup(google) to use boards 10 feet wide and 2 feet thick. The designer (builder) keeps a supply of material and uses the boards in the shop. It understands and works with grain direction, joinery, and that a board has volume. It uses the concept of working with boards and sheet goods. It seems really neat.įirst, of the programs I have played around with, Sketchlist 3D Pro is the closest to giving the feel to building with wood. I own the earlier version of the software. A Tablet platform sounds wonderful at first but their is no woodworking software for them, so again just pie in the sky. It's very hard to use to analyse the decision issues needed to work with wood. Sketchup for me is a pain to learn and is nothing like building with wood. Wow, This thread went into the land of vaporware (marketing fluff and some theoretical idea of a future product). Thank you - and again please forgive me if this type of post is out of line. I invite you to contact me if you have any input that can help us provide a better product at a fair price, or if you have a question for me. Our users have a large impact on our product development and our business practices, including prices. so we put out a Lite version - $100 per year. Users told us they would settle for less function to save money - so we did that. Hobby users don't really use return on investment. But the point is for the woodworking business - price is considered in terms of return on investment. Seems fair! The survey might be debatable, and depending upon your hourly rate, quality of bid, types of drawings, etc - the savings vary. We priced the Pro version at at $100 a month. Surveys of commercial shops show (reasonably) that someone putting out 2 to 3 proposals a month can save hundreds of dollars a month using the software. I've priced it all over the place - and it someone is always unhappy with the price. My third goal was to make the software affordable - and this is a bit of a quagmire. For example, deleting a board from a design should take it out of the parts list - I think. As a user I wanted design, shop drawings, 3D images, cut lists, and optimized layouts in one package. What I learned is that it's never easy enough for everyone - so we keep trying. The idea of working with boards and building in wood working functions made sense to me - so I designed software that does that. As a woodworker I could not master CAD or, for that matter, SketchUp. My first goal in SketchList was ease of use. If this is out of the spirit of this group - I am sure I'll be told and I will not repeat the transgression. I did want to share my thinking in the product development and pricing. I will do my very best not to plug my product - promise. Disclaimer - I am the SketchList developer.
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