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Woodworking

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Oct 29, 2019 Oct 29, 2019

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Can I draw a woodworking plan for like a table or chair with illustrator?

 

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You might want to tell us some details about what you have in mind.

Also: what should keep you from doing it? You might need the plugin CADtools and also Illustrator won't do material calculations, but other than that ...

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Yes, it's quite well suited to 2D plan drawing. I built an outdoor deck this summer that I first drew out completely to-scale in Illustrator, then used as reference during the build to easily retrieve the size and position of each board.

 

That said, it isn't a drafting package or a design aid per se, so there are no features specific to those functions, unless as Monika mentioned, you add those features in plugin form.

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Yes. It has several ways to accurately place design elements, group and combine or cut them, evenly distribute... You can also turn on a grid in the background for 2D or a perspective grid for isometric views. I've made instructions and plans for all sorts of things with Illustrator.

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