3D furniture design in SketchUp.
From drawing to workshop.

Cabinet library

A cabinet prepared for one kitchen can be the starting point for the next job. Save it from the editor with a thumbnail and organise it by room. Favourites and recently used cabinets help you return to the designs you work with often.

When placing it in a new project, choose the width, height, depth and material. Find the material by code or name, then position the cabinet beside the others. Fronts and internal parts adapt to the new dimensions within the limits set when saving.

The placed cabinet is a copy: later changes to the library do not alter projects already drawn. You can also export and import cabinets in a library file to move them between computers or share them with a colleague. The hardware’s 3D models are not included in that file.

Curved cabinets and fronts

For a rounded end to a furniture run, work with radiused or chamfered corners on bottom panels, tops and shelves. A curved front can follow a straight section, a radius and another straight section, either overlaid on the cabinet or inset between the bottom and top.

Review the shape in 3D as you work. Move front joints and adjust the ends with the mouse, checking how they meet the rest of the cabinet. Recess a side panel to the arc or prepare fixed curved cladding.

For the workshop, the module prepares a front sheet with a 3D image and dimensions, plus a forming template drawn in SketchUp with an assembly sheet. The curved front has separate documentation and is not included in cutting optimisation.

The module is in testing. Hinge placement on the curved front is not yet available.

Showroom and quoting

Prepare the price of the whole job from the cabinets drawn in SketchUp. The Showroom reads the model and displays it in 3D with dimensions, while each cabinet’s contribution to the total appears beside it. Select a cabinet in the list or directly in the view to inspect its cost breakdown.

The calculation accounts for materials, waste, edge banding, hardware, cutting, edge banding work and labour. Add profit, transport and installation, then apply a discount and the configured VAT. If you change materials across the project, compare the effect on the price before preparing the quote.

Prepare a customer quote with an overall image, project views, materials, hardware and the job total. Labour hours, profit and unit prices stay in the internal calculation. Save the quote as a PDF from the print window; quotes saved in the plugin reopen with their prices preserved.

The images show a demonstration project. The amounts are an example furniture quotation, not the price of the plugin.