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We're planning a kitchen refurb and I want an online tool where I can put the dimensions of the room in and mess about dragging stuff around to see how different layouts work.
I've started drawing it up as a proper model in Solidworks which will be good for a final design, but its not so good for making rough plans and doing quick changes, and making it look vaguely like a kitchen quickly.
I tried one (kithenplanner.net) and the interface was infuriating - are there any decent ones?
Have a go at sketch up, there’s a free version or I think you can get a 31 day free trial of the pro edition.
12 years ago I used the IKEA one (and nothing else) and found it very easy to use (I don't use any software like this) and good for visualisation. Obviously you have to use IKEA products in it.
Proper CAD is great (and I would include Sketchup in that) but you're either starting from scratch or fishing around for random models of stuff.
Will give IKEA a go - probably won't buy the kitchen from there, but their stuff will be close enough to get an idea. Cheers.
If you have excel, resize all rows and columns to be the same height as width, then use the grid to plan it out, with each cell representing a 10x10cm square. Easy to make standard size cabinets and copy and paste into place. Only 2d though obviously
The planner on the DIY kitchen planner is pretty good too, you can model the size & shape of the room, location of windows & doors.
You’ll have to use their cabinets in the model but all sizes are available.
Needs a mouse so laptop rather than a tablet to get the most out of it