Drawing apps for designing

Cad software can be quite expensive. We use Articad, which is up at the expensive end really. I am sure there are much cheaper alternatives if you are only going to use it rarely.

 

Have a look at Google Sketch Up.

https://www.sketchup.com/

http://sketchupforwoodworkers.com/

Some guides for using it here,loads on Youtube.

 

Not familar with V Ray, a rendering app for SketchUp can trial it free for 30 days apparantly, not needed I say.

 

Have a look at Autodesk Fusion 360, free for home use, really good system and faily easy to use.

 

M&S paint is the dogs danglies!

 

I use sketchup for all my CAD work - from kitchen designs to furniture and everything else really.

I then use V-Ray to render finished designs, which you can buy by the month instead of outright, so I try and stack anything that needs rendering into a single month to keep the costs down.

I've attached a kitchen design I did for a client so show you what it can do. Well worth the time investment learning how to use it IMO.

 

For a good rendering of the project, I use Simlab Composer. You can also create a panoramic visualization