As I'm about to tackle another woodworking project after my first cabinet convinced my wife, I was considering SketchUp so thanks for pointing me at design Intuition.

A free 3D modelling, not so much CAD package is Blender which is good for presentation and can import DXF format like the models at http:// www.kit3dmodels.com/

A project to add more CAD features seems stalled http:// projects.blender.org/projects/blendercad/

some discussions of furniture modelling

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php? t=73719&highlight=furniture

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php? t=78255&highlight=furniture

http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page
Blender for Architecture
LOTS of resources including free textures etc.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/ Modeling_Realistically
good discussion on assembling virtual things

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/index.php
is a forum with a lot of postings on Sketchup - just search on SketchUp


Andy Dent BSc  MACS   http://www.oofile.com.au/
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