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One program from drawing to workshop

For Windows and macOS. 14 days with every Studio feature.

PanelCraft is a desktop application for cabinet makers and joinery shops. You draw the piece once. The same design produces the cutting layout, the priced quote, the drawings and the machining files, so nothing is retyped between a drawing program, an optimiser and a spreadsheet.

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PanelCraft editor with a corner desk in 3D, a parts table listing a notched desktop and the inspector open.
The editor with a corner desk: a shaped, notched desktop in the parts table, the 3D model and the inspector.

What PanelCraft is

Panel furniture is designed in one tool, cut-listed in another and priced in a spreadsheet. Every hand-off is a place where a number can change without anyone noticing. PanelCraft replaces the chain with one model: free design is the foundation, and everything else, the parts, the cut layout, the price, the drawings and the machining data, is derived from it by one engine.

It is made for work that is not catalogue furniture: wardrobes in a room that is not square, a desk with a notch, a bookcase with a niche. Parametric wardrobes, TV units and chests of drawers are starting points, not limits, and any of them converts to freeform with one click.

Numbers that could be read two ways are flagged, not guessed. Estimates are shown as ranges until the cut layout is final. Everything runs on your computer, and projects are files you own.

Diagram showing one project file feeding derived parts, a cut layout, a quote and generated documents.
One file holds the inputs. Everything else is derived from it, every time.

See the whole chain run on one job

The recording shows a real job. A wardrobe is made 300 mm narrower, the decor is changed from oak to walnut, and the parts table, the cut layout and the quote follow. The price in the status bar moves with the design. Then the workshop pack is exported, and its eight files are reported as written.

It is the application itself running a sample project, with no mock-up.

Screen recording, about 15 seconds: resize, decor, cut layout, quote and workshop pack.

The chain, in six steps

Each step reads what the one before produced. Change the design at any point and every later step follows.

  1. Draw

    Start from a preset or an empty project and build the piece panel by panel.

    TakesDimensions or panelsGivesParts list

  2. Choose boards

    Assign boards, edge banding, decors and hardware from your libraries.

    TakesYour libraries and pricesGivesPriced parts

  3. Cut

    The optimiser nests parts per board in a background worker as you edit.

    TakesParts, kerf, trim, grain, offcut stockGivesSheet layouts

  4. Quote

    Boards, banding and hardware from the layout, then labour, margin and tax.

    TakesCut layout, rates, price listGivesQuote and PDF

  5. Document

    Drawings, labels, assembly sheet and cut sheets in your document language.

    TakesThe designGivesWorkshop pack

  6. Machine and present

    Export DXF and CSV for the sheets, or place the piece in the customer’s photo.

    TakesSheet layouts, a photographGivesDXF, CSV, room view

Three ways workshops use it

The same program serves a one-person workshop and a shop with an office. Pick the path that looks like your day.

Joinery shops and cabinet makers

You build one-off pieces and need the cut list and the price before the order goes out.

  • Freeform design with shaped parts
  • Nesting with your kerf, trim and grain
  • A quote you can defend line by line
Design and cutting

Kitchen and wardrobe makers

You repeat similar cabinets with different sizes and want the same result every time.

  • Parametric wardrobes, TV units and drawers
  • Sliding doors and hardware rules
  • Hinge cups and shelf-pin holes as DXF
Machining export

Small workshops and designers who quote

You sell the design and hand the making to a cutting service or a partner workshop.

  • Room view in the customer’s photo
  • PDF quotes in the client’s language
  • Neutral DXF and CSV for any cutting service
Quotes and room view

PanelCraft at a glance

The facts most people check first.

ItemDetail
PlatformsWindows and macOS; one licence per user
LanguagesEnglish, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, German, French, Italian, Spanish; interface and documents set separately
DesignParametric wardrobe, TV unit, chest of drawers; freeform panels with rotation, shapes, arrays and mirrors
CuttingGuillotine nesting, kerf, trim, grain, alternate sheet sizes, offcut stock
PricingLive estimate range, exact quote, supplier CSV price lists, client records
OutputsPDF, CSV, DXF R12, SVG and an eight-file workshop pack
DataLocal files and a local database; works offline; nothing is uploaded
PlansBasic EUR 19, Pro EUR 39, Studio EUR 79 per month; yearly at ten times the monthly price
Trial14 days with every Studio feature, no payment details needed

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The program in pictures

The Cut layout tab with two nested sheets of a sliding-door wardrobe, waste and part sizes.
Cut layouts: Cutting and nesting.
The Quote tab with priced boards, banding and hardware lines and a total of 1,429.66 euros.
A quote from the design: Pricing and quotes.
A dimensioned front drawing of a wardrobe on a titled sheet at scale 1:15.
Drawings and packs: Documents.
Two chipboard sheets drawn from the DXF file with part contours, part ids and rows of shelf-pin holes.
DXF and CSV: Machining export.

Run your next job through PanelCraft

Download PanelCraft for Windows or macOS and run a real job through it, from drawing to quote. The 14-day trial includes every Studio feature.

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Questions first? Write to hello@panelcraft.store or see the FAQ.