#Reviews kitchen design software software
With a touch of a button I get a complete door list and a material list telling me how many sheets of plywood, lineal feet of face frame stock or moulding I will need for a particular job.Īfter testing the software out for a month I decided that this was a worthwhile investment and purchased the Cabinet Designer software pack outright(KCD offers a number of different variations of the software that can be rented on a monthly basis or purchased outright). The other feature that I really like about KCD is it’s ability to produce accurate shop drawers that we can build directly off of. Neither of these were deal breakers as I have found that when clients can see their kitchen as more then a couple of lines on the floor plan it brings a lot of excitement. The 3D does have its limitations, mainly that it is not photo realistic and it takes a while for it to render in the higher quality settings. Two of the most helpful features of the software is the ability to show the client an accurate representation of the design concept in both plan and elevation view as well as in 3D. My time to create these drawings is has been reduced from 2-4 hours to less than 30 minutes. Below are 3D representations of a couple of jobs I have been working on. The program offers more than 30 different door and drawer front patterns. I also have the capabilities to design cabinets with overlay doors. This program is able to show this style with the face frame being continuous along multiple cabinets.
Because I have a number of variables that I can manipulate I am able to finely tune the look and dimensions of my design to suit my clients particular specifications.įor the past few years we as a company have been building cabinets using inset doors and pocket joined face frames. Within the program are all the various cabinets needed to create a kitchen, vanity, closet, mudroom, entertainment unit, study, or office cabinetry. What I found was an intuitive interface that allowed me to easily pick and place cabinets within the room I was designing. I decided to give KCD a try out on the kitchen project I was about to start. Expecting to come up against the usual runaround that accompanies a lot of software programs that I use I was pleasantly surprised when the person that picked the phone was able to answer all of the technical questions I had. After checking out the website and watching some of the demonstration videos I decided to give them a call to get some questions answered. Near the top of the search results was KCD Software.
#Reviews kitchen design software full
A search for “Cabinet Design Software” brought up a number of different programs that specialize in creating full cabinet designs. Having done previous cabinet jobs using line drawings and knowing the headaches involved in making even minor changes I wanted to find a program that could allow me to create custom cabinet plans more efficiently. But as the saying goes “Jack of All Trades, Master of None” Softplan does many things very well but the level of customization and flexibility needed for cabinet design just wasn’t cutting it. Softplan is a robust program that can handle most of the everyday tasks that are required in our business. We like to build the cabinets in house and in the past to create shop drawings we have had to essentially make line drawings with our CAD program (Softplan 14).
The current project our company is doing (as described in the two previous posts) involved fabricating and installing a new kitchen and various other cabinets throughout the house. Design based on initial sketch by Jeanne Rapone
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