Hello Friends,

I am new in furniture designing. There are many design software available, for ex. SolidWorks, AutoCAD, 3Ds Max, Photoshop, Lightroom, V-Ray, etc. Can you suggest me which software is useful for designing an item of wooden furniture, as I am fresher in this field which software will be easy for me to work with?

Regards,
Frank.

For me it would involve a bit more criteria. Do you need to present digital renders of the work you will design to customers? Will you be using the software only for design and not using it for any down stream machining/manufacturing/cad/cam?

And the biggest one is your budget. The budget question alone may well guide your options far more than anything.

Sketchup, it is free and it has some apps for woodworking and a lot of woodworkers use it. And you can import free apps and free models which is huge.

If you have never used a cad program it is actually easier to learn, if you have used a cad program it takes some getting used to

IMO SW is the best at 3d as it will do things that Auto Cad won't

Auto Cad has the most applications that have woodworking buttons and has the most users by far which means that every nuance has been addressed.

The usual cabinet programs can cost big bucks and will be too limiting for furniture, and the global controls will do you no good.

For furniture I would think that Sketchup is what you are looking for because it has no limitations and if you want to download a window or sofa it is there for free.

This is a great question.

The selection of the software is governed by the utility of furniture designing. The designers or the leading furniture designing firms do not categorize these platforms as per the functions.
Thus the utility and classification of the best software for 3D furniture designing and visualization depend on what is totally your need.

If you are looking for 3D designing of the furniture products then you will get more ideas from quora where this question is explained in detail.

I have used Rhino for many years and find it to be ideal for the furniture and millwork I draw and machine (with RhinoCAM plug-in). The latest version (6.0) has very good native rendering tools, to say nothing of the incredibly powerful 3D capabilities of the program itself.

I also use it for architectural work, though a program like AutoCAD is more expedient in that regard. It is easy to import files of nearly any type (including Sketchup), so one can integrate geometry from a variety of sources.

Rhino isn't free, but it is very reasonable compared with a program like Solidworks - less than a grand and no annual fees (and lifetime support).

Starting with a program like Sketchup, which can be had for free, as Mr. Gilbert notes, might be a good place to start, but if you find yourself needing something more powerful, Rhino would be something to consider.

Sketchup has become more useful over the years, but you may want to consider the wisdom of devoting a lot of time learning a program which may ultimately not do everything you need.

The software tool I would suggest is Autodesk Inventor 2020 with an additional tool that specifically tailors it to the wood industry Woodworking For Inventor

It is easy to learn and has the ability to create all types of furniture and millwork from the most basic to the advanced.

Full functionality for all types of materials
Hardwood , softwood , panel processing , metal , plastic ,glass

There are free trials on all software .

examples can be found on www.youtube.com/widomtech

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