For hobby woodworkers · DIY
Build your own chipboard cabinet: design it in 3D and get a cutting list
A small cabinet, a chest of drawers, a shelving unit or a fitted wardrobe — even under a slope or under the stairs — you put it together in 3D from boards, just as in a workshop. From the design the program derives the parts list and the cutting plan per board: send it to a panel cutting service or cut it at home. Share your design with a link, so other woodworkers on a forum can help you.
Nothing to install. No sign-up. The trial opens empty — you build the cabinet yourself and see how it comes together.
How a cabinet is built: board by board
A recording from the program: a chest of three drawers grows out of empty space, and at the end the cutting plan opens.
Carcass
Drag a carcass — a box with the dimensions of the cabinet — into the empty 3D space. Enter the width, height and depth in millimetres.
Boards
Drag the sides, bottom and top from the Library straight into 3D. The side you drop a board on decides what it rests against; it takes its size from the space left for it.
Back
The back panel cuts its own grooves into the neighbouring boards — there is nothing to calculate.
Drawers, doors, shelves
The wizard places them in the carcass, drawers together with their runners and the drilling for them.
A new size
Make the cabinet 10 cm wider and the boards, drawers and cutting plan recalculate by themselves.
Parts list: every part with its dimensions and edges
Once the cabinet is drawn, the parts list is already done. Whenever a dimension changes, the list changes with it.
- Every part with its name, length, width, thickness, material and quantity — from the design, nothing copied out by hand.
- Edges per side: the program knows which edge is visible and gets edging tape, and totals the running metres of tape so you know how much to buy.
- Finished and cutting sizes: the cutting size already has the edging deducted, so the part is exactly to size after edging.
- Grain direction: a part in a wood-grain decor is never turned across the grain when nesting.
- Layout per board: how many boards to buy and where each part sits on the board.
To a panel cutting service or to your own saw
Panel cutting service
- Export the parts list to Excel or CSV, or print the cutting list — any panel cutting service accepts that.
- The list contains finished and cutting sizes, edges per side, thickness, decor and grain direction.
- The service will ask whether your sizes are finished or cutting sizes. The program has both, so you send what the service asks for.
Your own saw
- A cutting plan per board that you print out and take to the saw.
- All cuts are guillotine cuts — each one runs from edge to edge — so you can make them with a plunge saw on a guide rail, a hand-held circular saw or on a table saw.
- Enter the kerf of your blade and choose the layout with the fewest cuts: less work when you cut it yourself.
Already have a parts list and don’t want to draw it? Paste it into the cutting list optimiser — you get a cutting plan without an account.
Share your design with a link — on a forum or in a group
A hobby woodworker rarely works alone: you ask on a forum and look at how someone else did it. A link to your design carries the whole design, not just a picture.
- In the program, click Share and choose a link to the design. You get a short link with a picture of the design; paste it into a Facebook group or a forum.
- Anyone who opens the link sees the 3D model, the parts list and the drawer dimensions — in the browser, without an account or installation.
- With one click they open it in the program, improve it and send you their own link back. That way you can ask for opinions before you buy the boards — or give your solution to others.
Publishing needs a free account. Publishing is final: the link cannot be withdrawn. Your prices, client and workshop details are not in the link.
What it costs
Everything this page describes — the cabinet design, parts list, cutting plan, Excel export and sharing by link — is in the basic tier, which is free and stays free. The number of cabinets is not limited; you can have up to three kitchens and wardrobes at a time. What a workshop needs is paid: prices and quotes, DXF and CNC files.
Questions from hobby woodworkers
Is the program really free?
Yes. The cabinet design, parts list, cutting plan, edging, Excel export and sharing by link are in the basic tier, which is free and stays free. What is paid is the workshop side — prices and quotes, DXF, CNC files — which a hobby woodworker doesn’t need.
Do I need to create an account?
Not for drawing: the trial opens the whole program without signing up. The design is edited under a random session ID, without a name or email address. You need a free account when you want to save the design, have several designs or share one by link. When you create an account, the design from the trial moves into it.
What do I send to a panel cutting service?
The parts list: name, length, width, thickness, quantity and material, the grain direction for wood-grain decors and, for edging, the edges per side. The program exports it to Excel or prints it as a cutting list. Ask the service whether they want finished or cutting sizes (with the edging deducted) — the program has both.
Can I cut at home with a plunge saw or a circular saw?
Yes. The cutting plan is guillotine-style: every cut runs from edge to edge of the board, the way you cut with a saw on a guide rail or on a table saw. Enter the kerf of your blade and choose the layout with the fewest cuts.
I already have a parts list. Do I have to draw everything?
No. Paste the list into the cutting list page (from Excel too) and you immediately get a cutting plan per board — no drawing and no account.
Do I need a CNC machine or other software?
No. The program runs in the browser, without installation, on Windows, Mac or Linux. CNC is for workshops; a hobby woodworker only needs the cutting list and a saw.
Can the program do solid wood?
Not yet. The program works with sheet materials — chipboard, MDF, plywood: cabinets, chests of drawers, shelving, fitted wardrobes. Tables, chairs and other pieces in solid wood are not supported yet.
Does it work on a phone?
You can view a design on your phone and show it to someone. Drawing is comfortable on a computer with a mouse — boards are dragged around in 3D and a phone screen is too small for that.
What does someone who opens my link see, and can I delete the link?
They see the 3D model, the parts list and the drawer dimensions; they can open the design in the program and save it. Your prices, client and workshop details are not in the link. Publishing is final — the link cannot be withdrawn, so check the name and the note before you publish.
What if I get stuck somewhere?
At the bottom right of the program there is a feedback button with a flag. Your report comes straight to us, even without an account — and it is precisely reports from hobby woodworkers that show us where the program isn’t clear enough.
Start with an empty design.
Carcass, boards, back, drawers — you place everything yourself and see how the cabinet comes together. Nothing to install and no sign-up.
Or start with a single tool: cutting list optimiser · kitchen design in 3D