About Plan2Panel
Built by a remodeler, for people who build.
Who made it, why it exists, and what it does and doesn't do.
Who made it
Hi, I'm C, from Houston, Texas. I'm a remodeler in the Memorial area, and most of my work is cabinets and showers.
My background is mechanical engineering, not remodeling. For years I designed every cabinet and piece of furniture in Onshape. CAD can model anything, and my clients loved the detail in those designs, but it's slow. A quote or a set of plans could take days, and the time I put in rarely paid back.
Why it exists
The idea is simple: you should only have to draw a cabinet once. The same drawing should give you the room, the elevations, the cut list, the sheet layouts, the part drawings with every dado and hole, and the quote for the client.
I went looking for cabinet software I could trust on both price and features, and couldn't find one that fit. So I had one built around what I actually need in my workflow. I wanted something simple, able to run on older machines, priced low, and fast to design in.
I made it for anyone who wants to design and build cabinets: kitchens, showers or standalone projects, professionals and DIYers alike.
Plan2Panel is built around real joinery and real shop habits, so the output is something you can take to the saw or the CNC, not a picture of a cabinet.
Please give it a try, and send me ideas or anything that needs a look. I plan to keep releasing updates as I come up with more to build, so Plan2Panel becomes something unique for woodworking. Thank you, and I hope you use it on a lot of projects to come.
C
Founder, Plan2Panel · Houston, Texas
The plain truth about the app
What you're buying, said straight, including the parts that aren't there yet.
What it does well
- One drawing feeds every step: room, design, elevations, shop output, estimate and presentation.
- Cut lists, nested sheets, saw setups, drawer boxes and hardware lists come from the cabinets you drew.
- It works offline. Your projects are saved on your own computer as you work.
- You pay once. There's no subscription for the app itself.
- Updates arrive inside the app, and you choose when to install them.
What it doesn't do (yet)
- Windows only. There's no Mac or phone version today.
- No G-code. It exports DXF for every part and every sheet; your CAM software takes it from there.
- No native SketchUp or STEP files. Export SketchUp models as COLLADA (.dae), or use OBJ, STL or glTF.
- It's a young product. It's made by one person. Expect rough edges, and tell me about them.
- Check dimensions and cut lists against your own measurements before you cut expensive material. The app helps you; the responsibility for the job stays with the builder.
How licensing works
- One license key covers one computer. Moving to a new computer takes one click (File › License › Deactivate).
- The app needs the internet to activate and then at least once every 30 days to stay current.
- Cloud sync and backup come with a license. The free trial doesn't include them.
- The free trial gives you 10 hours of actual use, counted per computer.
Try it free for 10 hours, then decide.