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Choosing wardrobe design software for a workshop
Ask a software vendor to follow one real wardrobe from site measurements through customer approval and a workshop handoff. Check where the door count, board sizes and material choices come from, then change the design and see which outputs update. A convincing 3D view matters, but it cannot replace a checked cut list or a site measure.
Use a real job for the trial
Our worked design starts with a wall measuring about 11 ft 10 in (3600 mm). The planner divides it into 3 cabinets and 6 doors. Give a vendor the same wall, ceiling, depth, door style and interior brief; then compare the proposed layout with what your fitter can actually install.
Take measurements at more than one height. Record skirting, beams and out-of-square walls separately. A software model is only as sound as its site input.
Check the handoff, not only the render
For that same sample, our engine counts 63 boards and estimates 15 sheets using 2440 × 1220 mm stock sheets. These are different questions: the first is a part quantity; the second depends on how parts fit on local stock sheets. Ask to see the part names, finished and cut sizes, material builds, edge treatment and hardware schedule behind any total.
Ask the operator to move a shelf or change a door. The new drawing, quantities and quote inputs should agree on the same revision. If someone must retype dimensions between systems, make that transfer an explicit check.
Questions to take into a demo
Can the workshop trace a part back to the approved design? Can it see which dimensions are measured, which are defaults and which are allowances? What does the system do when a chosen interior will not fit? Who signs off the final site dimensions before cutting?
Wardrobe3D is focused on wardrobes and their workshop documents. If your work spans whole rooms, kitchens and other furniture, test those jobs too. Ask each vendor which units, currencies, stock sheets and hardware catalogues suit your market. Choose the scope that matches the work you actually sell.
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A practical pre-production check for fitted wardrobes: confirm the site, approved design, part list, stock assumptions and fitting constraints before cutting.
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Compare a wardrobe-specific planner with SketchUp's general 3D modelling and woodworking reports. Test the drawing, parts and revision path on one job.
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Wardrobe3D vs Infurnia
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Wardrobe3D vs Palette CAD
Compare a browser-based wardrobe workflow with Palette CAD's Windows furniture authoring, parts lists and optional CAM handoff. Choose by the job you make.
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What is a wardrobe shop pack?
The 9 factory documents one approved design produces — cut list, sheets, hardware, saw and drill files, labels, job sheets, fitting guide, sign-off.
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A wardrobe cutting list, explained
A real cutting list for a 3600 mm wardrobe with drawers: 63 boards in 44 rows, each column explained, plus a blank CSV template (column headers only).
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From wardrobe design to cut list
How a wardrobe workshop freezes an approved design, handles revisions and checks the resulting cut list before ordering sheets or cutting boards.