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Post #2171592

2026-05-07 17:32 UTC

What do you use most often to draw up plans for your #woodworking projects? (Edit: I've changed the "Drafting board/table" option to "Technical drawing (by hand)" to clarify intent.)

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  • @Rajiv@infosec.exchange 2026-05-07 17:40

    @amenonsen@flipping.rocks nothing right now, but slowly getting educated on FreeCAD with the goal of switching to that. I had been using Fusion360 for 3d printing models but never used it for woodworking plans.

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  • @amenonsen@flipping.rocks 2026-05-08 01:54

    Sorry. I didn't know that changing a label would reset the votes. Sigh. Well, the results were already pretty indicative. Freehand sketches for the majority (77%), followed by CAD (19%), followed by nothing (5%), with 43 votes in toto. (Yes, that adds up to more than 100%, which is also what happens when you don't draw up plans properly. ;-)

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  • @vvv@mastodontech.de 2026-05-07 18:54

    @amenonsen@flipping.rocks I tried FreeCAD, but I found it to be too complicated for sketches. I don't need exact technical plans, I just need something that makes sketching (in 2D) easy but also allows measuring and resizing to measure. I haven't found anything, yet, that fits those requirements.

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  • @dan@weird.autos 2026-05-07 19:03

    @amenonsen@flipping.rocks OnShape

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  • @daniel_bohrer@chaos.social 2026-05-07 21:48

    @amenonsen@flipping.rocks most frequently freehand sketching as well as more detailed technical drawing with fine pencil and a simple plastic drafting square in my notebook

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