I like to do woodworking projects with my grandkids, and this summer we designed a shelf. We used SOLIDWORKS to come up with the basic design. This was a pretty simple but great project that only took a Saturday to build. The finished project looks great!

We do a lot of woodworking projects, and I love that with SOLIDWORKS, I can design something and create a drawing with a complete cut list! One of the things I like to do is use the weldment feature and make my own custom weldment profiles with the type of wood I use for our projects. Check out this video on how to Create Custom Weldment Profiles in SOLIDWORKS. 

https://youtu.be/jhT6N3l04_0?si=vC032VCJL7K-rEf6

Here is another link to a video on how to Leverage Bounding Box Data in a cutlist.

https://youtu.be/uE7LvA-o4hQ?si=kZQ5DorrVgxs-JL7

Using these concepts, it is super easy to have an accurate cut list when I go to get the materials I need for my projects. This also helps to minimize waste, and it makes it easy for the kids to see exactly how the pieces all go together!