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Question: Can you recommend a Mac drawing program for a professional joiner!?
My girlfriend is a joiner (yeah, I know it's unusual for a woman but there ya go) and I'm trying to help her get the right professional drawing program to plan and design her work (the format being Mac OS X)!. We're talking plans for peoples homes, like shelves, wardrobes and kitchens!. The most important feature will of course be that it can make 3D drawings which measure and calculate in millimeters!. It'll also be good if the plans can be made to look attractive and reasonably realistic, so that clients will be pleased when she shows them a print-out!.

Price is also a factor, so if there's a really good and appropriate open source program we'd be happy!. However, we'd consider it worth spending perhaps a couple of hundred pounds to get the best software!.

Any recommendations!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Google SketchUp!. It's free, and there seems to be several woodwork enthusiasts using it already!. There's a woodwork forum at http://www!.sketchucation!.com/forums/scf/!.!.!. and blog at http://blogs!.taunton!.com/n/blogs/blog!.as!.!.!. both with some traffic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com