Millwork Drafting Services
At CAD Drafters, we offer precision millwork drafting services that support manufacturers, architects, and designers in transforming their creative ideas, such as custom cabinetry, intricate woodwork, and complex fit-outs, into clearly defined fabrication documents. Our drafting team will ensure your millwork designs are correctly communicated into accurate, code-compliant shop drawings.
1. Precision Drafting that Meets Standards
All of our drawings are developed in compliance with international standards for millwork, such as AWI, NKBA, and NFC, which can provide clarity and accuracy of communications between designers, manufacturers, and architects, resulting in fewer errors, rework, and better communication.
2. Outputs for CNC and Manufacturing
We provide 2D CAD shop drawings, Bill of Materials (BoM), cut lists, and CNC-ready (DXF/NC) files that can be produced in an efficient manner and save time while increasing accuracy in fabrication.
3. Complex Custom Millwork Expertise
We have 25+ years of experience operating and working with platforms like AutoCAD, Microvellum, and SolidWorks.SWOOD, we can do the most complex custom residential, commercial, and hospitality millwork designs!
Reasons Architects, Contractors, and Manufacturers Rely on Us for Millwork Drafting Services
We offer a unique combination of architectural understanding, technical knowledge of CAD, and unparalleled expertise in custom millwork to produce custom millwork drafting services that are precise and ready for fabrication. We have worked with clients all over the continent and globally over the past 20 years in the U.S.A., U.K., Canada, and the Middle East on commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, and institutional millwork documentation from start to completion.
If you are a millworker and need quality shop drawings or an architect needing to submit millwork for review, or a contractor who needs to be the bridge between the trade (ie, cabinet maker and painter), we provide drafting services that ensure your design interpretations and executions are in line with your original vision. Our 2D CAD drawings include Bills of Materials (BoMs), cut lists, assembly details, a nd CNC delivery-ready outputs that are not only supervised but adhere to AWI, NKBA, and NFC standards!.
We have specialists that work with many different softwareuch as AutoCAD, Microvellum, SolidWorks, SWOOD, and other top-notch platforms. We focus on joinery and assembly details, material specification, and installation details so your shop floor can have everything in front of them.
Our Millwork Drafting Expertise
At CAD Drafters, we focus on accurate and detailed millwork drafting that turns architectural intent into designs that can be manufactured. We deliver CAD drawings to furniture designers, makers, contractors, and architects that will aid with well-documented CAD drawings for efficient fabrication and installation. We use the latest drafting programs, including AutoCAD, Microvellum, Cabinet Vision, and SolidWorks SWOOD, and will deliver production-ready millwork drawings that show your design intent and all the requirements of other standards, such as AWI, NKBA, and NFC. Whether you are building a home kitchen or a commercial interior, or custom furniture, we have the talent, experience, and technology to bring each project you want to paper before it is built.
1. Custom Millwork Shop Drawings
We develop shop drawings for custom millwork that are built according to your specifications for any architectural project. This includes all of the views: plans, elevations, sections, and detail(s), with notes, dimensions, materials, and the positions of the hardware to be located. All drawings will comply with your construction schedule and applicable building codes in your jurisdiction.
2. Kitchen Cabinet Drafting
Whether you require a shaker kitchen or a modern modular kitchen, we use a high level of accuracy in 2D CAD to produce kitchen cabinetry drawings that are able to give precision visual details with any component, such as dimensions, materials, joinery, and appliance interface.
3. Drawings for Bathroom Millwork
We provide design and detailed millwork drawings for all types of bathroom vanities, linen closets, and built-in cabinetry solutions that are functional and visually appealing. All drafts account for essential details like countertop cutouts, plumbing clearances, and waterproof materials and related materials with impact.
4. Reception Desk and Retail Counter Drafting
We all know how much first impressions matter—notably when it comes to commercial environments. We create millwork drawings for customized reception desks or check-in counters, and retail fixtures or displays that maximize materiality, impact, ergonomics, and the ability to fit dimensions physically at the installation site.
5. Bar and Restaurant Millwork
We provide drawing drafting services for hospitality millwork. We design bar backs, server stations, booths, wine storage, and everything in between. We center on functionality, accessibility, and aesthetics, but still stay within the brand’s identity and direction of customer flow.
6. Drafting for Casework and Built-in Storage
We provide drafting services for architectural casework or built-in storage that fits into its environment. A few examples are shelving systems, library units, wardrobes, and entertainment centres. We keep all components with regard to both function and form.
7. Drafting for Furniture & Fixtures
We have drafting services for all types of furniture and fixtures. Whether it is free-standing furniture or built-in/fixed architectural pieces, our drafting deliverables include detail drawings for all components, joinery details, and assembly diagrams and instructions. Our drafting capabilities extend to wood, metal, and hybrid mixed furniture, and we aim to provide clean, shop-ready outputs.
8. CNC-Ready Millwork Drawings
We provide drawings designed for CNC routing; they contain drawings with embedded DXF or NC code layers. These production-ready files assist manufacturers with processes such as cutting, routing, and drilling, which allows for maximum benefit in automation. This minimizes lead times and errors in the use of materials.
9. Parametric Libraries for Millwork parts
We regularly provide drafting services for clients that seek to have draft solutions that are scalable for their operations in parametric CAD libraries for millwork parts that can be reused and modified from project to project. This mitigates repetitive modellingand ensures you have brand consistency across products or standard millwork components.
10. Redline and Revision Drafting
Did you receive redlines or changes after client approval? We can help. We will incorporate markups and changes into existing drawing sets quickly and accurately to help keep your project on schedule and mitigate potential errors resulting from plan miscommunication with your team or subcontractors, which can be costly and time-consuming.
11. Joinery and Assembly Drawing
We provide joinery drawings which convey how the pieces go together, like ovetails, miters, mortise-and-tenon, or cam fittings, etc. The assembly drawings help guide carpenters and installers to where they should be and minimize the time interpreting design intent.
12. Installation & Part Drawings
In addition to shop drawings, we also create millwork installation drawings that are specific to where they are going on site, and any sequence as required. Each piece or component is labelled, cross-referenced to part numbers and material callouts, which help the coordination of site works as part of the fit-out process
Sample CAD Works
CAD Drafting Project & Sample
Land Scaping
Shop Drawing
Plumbing Sample
Mechanical Sample
Optimizing Millwork Projects with Outsourced Drafting Services
Outsourced millwork drafting services are rapidly becoming a solution for many architecture firms, interior design firms, millwork manufacturers, and general contractors looking to improve the design-to-build process. CAD Drafters provides quality drafting support that helps to lower costs, faster turnaround times, and ensure all details are approved for fabrication and installation. Whether you are producing high volumes of commercial casework cabinets or unique residential cabinetry, our outsourced drafting services provide you with qualified drafting resources wwithoutthe costs of hiring in house drafters.
Flexible and Qualified resources, cost effective growth
Outsourcing millwork drafting to qualified individuals allows businesses to ramp up higher or to downsize and save on costs (overheads) without hiring new employees, firing employees, or having to train new employees. We function as an extension of your business, with flexibility to deliver quality drafting with all of the required specifications. Aside from a predictable cost structure with quality, others standards or convention may provide opportunities for you to find ways to under promise and over deliver. If you have high detail shop drawings or CNC files ready for fabrication, we can help you to meet that final deadline by providing you consistency with your specifications while getting your project done on time.
Make the most of your design capacity and let us do the heavy lifting
By outsourcing the millwork draft, you allow your internal team to focus on their core competency - design, client engagement and management. Our team will focus on the technical details, cross sections/drawings, joinery layouts and redlines. Our team has extensive experience in cabinetry, casework and custom millwork, which allows us to work seamlessly within your existing processes and systems. Providing you with production ready drawings, fewer revisions, and a much better overall workflow.
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Our Streamlined Steps Structural Drafting Process for Flawless Results
- Receive and review architectural or structural sketches
- Perform structural analysis and code compliance checks
- Create detailed drafts using AutoCAD and Revit, etc
- Add dimensions, annotations and material specifications
- Integrate fabrication and assembly details
- Conduct thorough quality assurance and error checks
- Prepare CNC-ready outputs and bar bending schedules
- Finalize deliverables in DWG, PDF, BIM, NC and KISS formats
- Submit files and provide client support for revisions
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Why is CAD Drafters the Best Choice for Millwork Drafting?
CAD Drafters is considered a quality partner for millwork drafting because we put our experience, and our commitment to accuracy and speed, and helping our clients first! Our experienced team has decades of experience in custom millwork, cabinetry, and casework, and produces shop drawings that meet or exceed AWI and client specifications. We utilize cutting-edge drafting technology and work closely with builders, architects, and manufacturers to ensure that millwork projects are accurate, buildable and finished on time. We can provide an entire set of drawings, make redline revisions, and support you in scaling your production. CAD Drafters provides reliable, scalable drafting services designed to your workflow.
Who We Serve: Expertise Is Customized to Your Industry Needs
Commercial Construction Firms
Residential Builders and Developers
Structural Engineering Consultants
Architectural Design Studios
Industrial and Infrastructure Projects
Renovation and Retrofit Specialist
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What types of millwork drafting services do you provide?
We provide 2D shop drawings, millwork drawings for cabinets and kitchens, joinery details, CNC-ready files, BoMs, installation drawings and parametric libraries to model standard millwork items. We provide these services for residential and commercial millwork.
2. What platforms do you use for millwork drafting?
We use industry-standard software: AutoCAD, Microvellum, SolidWorks SWOOD, Pytha, and Cabinet Vision, and we use automation tools to ensure accuracy in a large-scale production environment.
3. Can you work from hand-drawn sketches or rough design concepts?
Yes, we can take rough concepts, sketches, or scans of drawings and turn the ideas into professional CAD drawings. Our team of experts will interpret your design intent and provide an easy-to-understand quality shop drawing ready for manufacturing.
4. How do you maintain the quality and accuracy of millwork drawings?
We have strict procedures for our internal quality control. Such as, we take input drawings and compare them against output drawings, we work to standards such as AWI, NKBA, and NFC, we undergo various scrutiny before delivery. The more checks, balances and reviews we have through this process, the less chance we will see a design nature error and subsequently do excessive re-work on the shop floor.
5. Do you accommodate urgent drafting requests or high volume drafting projects?
Yes, we do. With both onshore and offshore drafting teams, we can deliver projects against tight deadlines and accurately handle a large volume of drafting. Our unique solutions deliver scale, accuracy and consistency to architectural firms, contractors and manufacturers working towards design delivery with competing timelines and commercial objectives.