The fun to use kitchen cabinet design software, allows the user to design a kitchen virtually, and to view how the cabinet layout and design will look like after the building, upgrading, or the re-modelling work.

You can design the complete layout of the cabinets, use menus to arrange your desired layout, place doors, shelves and drawers in the positions you wish, or even determine openings for various utilities such as pipes, electrical sockets, drains, cables etc.

The kitchen cabinet design software package allows you to make changes to your design, and you can view them instantly. Meaning you can customize the design of the cabinets to your taste.

Accuracy and Precision

This software, though fun to use, is not as easy as it sounds. It can be time consuming and all measurements need to be precise or exact. Good programming skills are needed to use the kitchen cabinet design software optimally. Because accuracy is the key word, dimensions must be exact , and so, must be meticulously measured and calculated.

All the diameters of should be measured correctly, with their respective positions shown on the cabinets. You cannot afford to make mistakes at this initial site measurement stage, because any minor mistake in calculation will create a problem and this can render the finished cabinetry works virtually useless.

Having said all that, the great advantage of using the design software for your kitchen cabinets is that once you finalize the design by taking accurate measurements and considering the utility openings and other minor details, the manufacturer has only a little scope of any error committed while producing the kitchen cabinets.

So, the final product turns out to be exact and almost perfect.

The software package is used mainly by cabinet vendors and are carried and retailed at home improvement stores. It can also be useful for you if you are proficient at designing and you have an good eye for detail. Its also useful to an interior designer, or a furniture manufacturer that specialises in cabinetry.

If you only have mediocre programming skills, you may need to rely on professional assistance, or from the retailers of kitchen cabinet design software packages. Have in mind however that if you choose to operate the software at their stores, you'll only be able to have an access to their own products. These design software packages abound in many online stores, but their prices vary, depending on what each package has as extra offerings in their software.

Good to note is that the software is being continuously upgraded, so that it can become more user- friendly. And now, even people with limited computer skills can use it effectively.

If you have your software at home, you can easily customize your kitchen cabinets design and layout, and get them installed as per your design. And best of all, you can make changes as and when the idea hits you.

Photo Realism

Create your own objects (not limited by standards)

Elevations with dimensions

Create odd-shaped parts and objects in the Shape Editor

Uses DXF and DWG objects like Kohler

Uses .JPGs for texturing

Inches and Metric supported in same version

Ready-made cabinet pricing - great

Custom cabinet pricing - great

Cut List - easy setup for both Face Frame and Euro cabinets - CNC Version

Add cabinets and objects in any view

No Photo Realism

3D Renderings (menu driven setup, cumbersome)

No elevations with dimensions

Create your own objects (limited by standards)

Has Shape Editor limited to modifying pre-defined parts

Impossible to import DXF or DWG objects

Does not use any importable file for texturing

Inch and Metric separate versions

Ready-made cabinet pricing - limited

No custom cabinet pricing

Cut List - Easy Euro cabinets - Difficult Face Frame

Layout in Floor Plan only

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