Production drawings, parametric Fusion 360 models, CNC packages and presentation renders for furniture, joinery and millwork shops. Drawn by a maker with 20 years on the bench, six of them running a workshop.
Client work first, then pieces from my own workshop shown drawing beside built. Client names are left off.
Every frame in the system on its own sheet with a matching STEP file, welded-corner and levelling-foot details, sent straight to the aluminium fabricator. The modules combine into straight runs and corners.
A 14-page production set drawn to the shop's own standard, plus Biesse machine files for their CNC.
Plans, elevations, cabinet drawings, exploded views and cutout plans for hand cutting: the whole interior of a high-roof van as a 29-sheet A3 set.
Designed in 3D around an inset glass top, then shop drawings and a cut list for the client's own welder.
Bookshelf, reading nook, fireplace wall and bar for a New York residence. A room-scale model to check proportions against the furniture, then elevations and sections for the joinery shop, revised over three rounds.
Five pieces that bolt together. Eight workshop sheets, an illustrated cut list, and a ten-page companion that explains every joint in plain English for a crew working through translation.
Exploded view, one sheet per part, cut list. Slats fix from underneath so nothing shows on the seat face. Built from these sheets without a question coming back.
A 2910 mm run into a half-round on a 1296 mm radius, then a 1350 mm return. Every radius and the board module on the sheet, so the slats were set out on site without improvising.
General arrangement with the backrest angle, rebate detail and fixing callouts, then the component sheets. Drawn for a pair.
Exploded view and a 14-item parts list, then every component on its own sheet with milling lengths and dowel positions, so parts could be machined in a run before assembly.
Presentation render and the table as built and photographed. The render is what a client signs off before anything is cut.
Production model, cut list and CNC package for curved HPL-faced cabinetry.
Concept through to a flat-pack panel kit that clears a standard doorway.
One model covering every tray size and drawer split, for a CNC shop.
Most CAD drafters can model what you describe. I can also tell you whether it will build, what the bench needs from the sheets, and where a design is costing you money for no reason.
Dimensioned elevations, sections, parts lists and cut lists. Every dimension checked against the model before the set goes out.
Built in Fusion 360 with named parameters. Change a width or a board thickness and the piece updates, so size variants are an edit, not a redraw.
STEP per part, DXF/DWG for nesting, hardware called out by name (Blum, Hettich, Cabineo, Lamello). Your operator programs from clean geometry, or I supply Biesse machine files.
Product and interior views for client sign-off or your website, with a fixed camera and lighting so a range rendered over months still matches.
Joinery, timber movement, sheet-goods yield, knock-down and flat-pack. The difference between a model that looks right and one a shop can cut from.
Metric or imperial, on your sheet size and title block if you have one. Revision rounds are included on every fixed-price job.
One freestanding piece or a single cabinet. Built-ins, fit-outs, ranges and multi-piece jobs are quoted on their own scope: send the drawings and I'll come back with the scope and cost.
| Service | Starter | Standard | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shop drawingsFrom your 3D model or sketch | $150Up to 4 sheets, all dimensions. PDF. 3 days. | $250Up to 6 sheets, parts list and cut list. PDF and STEP. 4 days. | $400CNC package: up to 8 sheets, cut list, DXF/DWG, hardware schedule, STEP. 2 revision rounds. 6 days. |
| Parametric 3D modelFrom your sizes or sketch | $150Fusion 360 model, .f3d and STEP. 3 days. | $250Model plus three presentation renders. 4 days. | $400Model, three renders and a shop-drawing set with parts list. 6 days. |
| Presentation rendersOf your design | $120Three views from your existing model, one material. 3 days. | $220Modelled from your sketch or photos, three views. 4 days. | $350Six views across two material options, source files. 6 days. |
Prices in US dollars. Larger jobs are quoted as a package after I've seen the drawings, because the work depends on how many different designs are in it, not just how many pieces.
The same three steps on every job, so nothing is drawn before the decisions are made and nothing drifts between the model and the sheets.
Send a sketch, photos, a SketchUp or STEP file, or a set of dimensions. I come back with the open decisions: sizes, board thickness, how it will be built.
The piece is built parametrically in Fusion 360 and you review it in 3D before any sheets are made.
Sheets come off the approved model and every dimension is audited against it. PDF, with STEP and DXF where the job needs them.
I'm Richard O'Sullivan, a furniture maker turned CAD designer, based in Santander, Spain, and working with shops in the US, UK, Europe and Australia.
I served my apprenticeship in Ireland, then worked in bespoke furniture and joinery workshops in Sydney, the last six years as managing director and part-owner of a high-end workshop: quoting, running production, and producing the shop drawings and 3D models the bench built from. I now do the CAD full time in Autodesk Fusion.
That background is the point. I know timber movement, joinery strength, sheet-goods layout, hardware and finishing from having done it, so a model from me is one a shop can cut from, and a drawing is one the bench won't send back.
Autodesk Fusion for modelling, drawings and CAM-ready geometry. Blender and Adobe Firefly for renders. Exports in STEP, DXF, DWG, OBJ and PDF.
If you're drawing at night or waiting on a drafter, the simplest way to try it is one job. I model it, you approve it in 3D, and the drawings come off the same model. Nothing else in your process changes.