Free Woodworking Software - Trial Versions

Here is a selection of woodworking software with free trial downloads.

Some of these are demo versions that lack the complete functionality of the for-sale version while others are fully functional but have a time limitation (typically 15-30 days).

Board Foot Calculator (handheld PC's)
Calculates board feet for a single board and keeps a running total of all boards entered. Designed for Pocket PC's and Palm Pilots.

Cabinet Creator
Produces a cutlist for faceframe cabinets with overlay or flush style doors and drawer fronts.

CADopia eval
CAD tool for students, educators, architects, designers, drafters, and engineers -- virtually anyone who creates or uses CAD drawings.

CutList Plus
Performs sheet layout optimization, lumber calculations, cutlist generation, job cost estimating, materials management, and lots more.

DECOTECH Cabinet Design
3D interior space and cabinet design software for kitchens, offices, and other rooms. Saving and printing features disabled.

Door Cut
Determines all mathematical joinery details to construct cabinet doors with full control over dimensions of stiles, rails, muntin widths, and machining allowances.

Easycab Cabinet Designer
Designs cabinets, or just drawers or doors. Includes wood editor, cut list viewer/editor, multiple views, template library, price and labor calculations, and much more.

MericK Calc
Determines cutting layouts and associated material costs. Designed for joinery and furniture production but also facilitates the efficient cutting of plate, glass, paper, and cloth.

Raised Panel Doors
Performs all the complex calculations required to make your doors fit perfectly. Produces a cut list and a graphical representation of the door with all of its components.

Segmented Turning Calculator
Performs the calculations to accurately create rings of mitered wood segments for segmented turnings (bowls, vases, etc).

Sheet Layout
Panel optimization software that provides full control over cutting parameters. Includes English or metric units, powerful reporting features, and multiple cutting parameters with complete over-ride control.

Small Table Making - Learn to build a small table from rough-cut lumber using traditional joinery techniques. Connecticut Furniture Maker James Redway guides you through the process using over 45 minutes of full motion video.

TurboCAD
A popular CAD package for woodworkers that is an inexpensive alternative to many of the high-end CAD products on the market. Comes in Windows and Mac flavors!

WoodTurner Pro
Assists in designing segmented woodturnings. As you add rows of rings to your drawing, you can specify the wood species which will display each ring in a color representation of that species.

Woodshop Calculator - Creates layouts and cut lists for panel doors based on settings for rail width, stile width and panel thickness. Use for glass doors, 1/4" flat panel doors and 3/4" raised panel doors. Includes board foot calculator.

Woodworker's Guide
This program allows you to search an index of around 30,000 articles from 26 woodworking magazines using one or more article title keywords. The index covers most of the popular woodworking magazines.

WoodWorks Cut Optimization
Optimizes the rectangular cutting of wood, glass, steel and plastic. Features include horizontal and vertical banding, glue edges, label print-out, and usage of oddments.

Woodworkers Estimate Helper
A tool to assist in creating accurate price quotes for projects by taking you through a sequence of simple steps to calculate lumber, hardware, labor, and other costs.