The Woodworking workbench started as a simple cut-list, as a macro for FreeCAD. However, Woodworking workbench now has so many additional tools, features and simplifications that it can be considered as a new CAD program based only on the FreeCAD kernel. The Woodworking workbench is mainly intended to make cabinet creation more simple, although it has many solutions to speed up and make more simple typical carpentry work and other CAD projects. I hope you will find something for yourself here.
Key features:
- Fast process of creating the main structure of the furniture with automatic recognition of the thickness of the elements, via magicStart and other tools.
- Quick process of adding dowels and other mounting elements, screws, minifix via magicDowels.
- Quick process of drilling holes according to the defined 32 mm furniture system via magicDriller.
- Automatic parameterization on demend via magicGlue tool, no Spreadsheet, no VarSet, no inventing mathematical formulas, no Assembly workbench needed.
- Automatic cut-list after design via getDimensions tool and export to format csv, json, html, markdown via sheet2export.
- Full support for any metric system settings (inches, ft, mm) in all tools.
- Step 0: Download FreeCAD 0.21.2 for Xubuntu or for other OS
- Step 1: Download the latest Woodworking workbench version
- Step 2: Unpack Woodworking workbench to
Modfolder. - Step 3: Start
FreeCAD-0.21.2-Linux-x86_64.AppImagefile or FreeCAD in other OS.
Warning
Read more about: FreeCAD 1.0+ Support
Tip
The README.md file should be: ~/.local/share/FreeCAD/Mod/Woodworking/README.md
For more details see: Installation section at Woodworking workbench documentation
Woodworking workbench documentation: Woodworking/Docs
YouTube playlists:
- How-to & Tutorials - explains a little bit how-to use tools
- Furniture from scratch & redesign - shows how quickly you can design furniture from scratch and redesign, this is not tutorial step by step
- Cut-list, BOM, dimensions - shows how you can create cut-list, BOM and get dimensions
- Joinery examples - all videos related to joinery connections, mounting points
- Parameterization solutions - explains how to approach this problem
- Workbench features & development - all the latest features and development videos
Woodworking workbench YouTube channel: youtube.com/@dprojects.woodworking
MIT for all Woodworking workbench content, so it is more free than FreeCAD.
For questions, feature requests, please open issue at: github.com/dprojects/Woodworking/issues