From blank model to cutting-ready cabinet, in one dialog.

01 System requirements

• SketchUp 2014 or newer, Windows or macOS. CutCraft does not work with SketchUp Free/Web — the browser version doesn't support extensions of any kind, only the desktop app does.
• No other plugins are required, though CutCraft's output works smoothly with OpenCutList if you want detailed nesting/cutting diagrams beyond CutCraft's own basic cutting tool.

02 Installing CutCraft

1. Download the .rbz file from the CutCraft website.
2. Open SketchUp.
3. Go to Extensions → Extension Manager.
4. Click Install Extension, then select the downloaded .rbz file.
5. Restart SketchUp.

You'll see a new CutCraft toolbar appear, and a CutCraft entry under the Extensions menu.

Updating to a newer version

We recommend a clean reinstall when updating, so SketchUp doesn't hold onto old, cached code:

1. Extensions → Extension Manager → find CutCraft → Uninstall.
2. Close SketchUp completely — not just the file, the whole application.
3. Reopen SketchUp.
4. Install the new .rbz file.
5. Close and reopen SketchUp one more time.

03 Your free trial

CutCraft includes a 30-day free trial, starting from the first time you generate something. Subscribe on cutcraft.io with your card to get your download link — you won't be charged until the trial ends, and you can cancel anytime before that. A few days before your trial ends, you'll see a short reminder each time you open the tool.

Activating a license

1. Extensions → CutCraft → Show this computer's ID. Copy the code shown.
2. Send that code to whoever sold you the license.
3. Once you receive your license key, go to Extensions → CutCraft → Enter license key... and paste it in.

04 The toolbar

Once installed, a small CutCraft toolbar appears with quick-access icons. Everything is also reachable by right-clicking anywhere in your model, or from Extensions → CutCraft in the main menu.

05 Generating your first cabinet

1. Click the Cabinet icon, or Extensions → CutCraft → Generate Cabinet.
2. Choose a starting preset — sensible defaults for a common cabinet type. You can adjust everything afterward.
3. Choose your measurement unit (mm, cm, or inches).
4. A second dialog opens with individual settings: width, height, depth, material thickness, plinth height, shelves, drawers, doors, edge banding, and more.
5. Click OK — CutCraft builds the cabinet directly in your model.

New cabinets are automatically placed flush next to the last cabinet of the same type, front edges aligned — so a whole run naturally lines up as you generate them one after another. If you've manually moved or rotated the previous cabinet, the next one follows that same position and angle.

Available presets

06 Door & drawer options worth knowing

• Opening direction — left, right, top (flip-up), or bottom (drop-down). A directional arrow is drawn on the door face so you can see which way it opens at a glance.
• Drawer heights — equal by default, or type a ratio like 2,1,1 for a bottom drawer twice as tall as the two above it.
• Edge banding — 2 mm, 1 mm, or none, on doors and drawer fronts.
• Back panel types — standard overlay, rabbet, dado, or the "bar" style that wraps the whole cabinet like a second front.

07 Editing a cabinet

1. Select the cabinet in your model — one click, it's a single component.
2. Extensions → CutCraft → Edit selected cabinet, or the edit toolbar icon, or right-click → CutCraft → Edit.
3. The same settings dialog opens, pre-filled with the cabinet's current values.
4. Change what you need and confirm — the cabinet rebuilds in the same position and orientation.

08 Other generators

• Finishing panel — a flat end/filler panel matching your front material, any width and height, banded on your choice of edges.
• Dishwasher housing — a decorative door (596 mm or 446 mm) and top strip, sized to tie into your countertop. No carcass — the appliance is the structure.
• Countertop — a flat panel of any width and depth, banded on the front edge and both ends by default.

09 Exporting a cutlist

Extensions → CutCraft → Export cutlist (CSV)

1. Choose which categories to include — carcass parts, hardware, fronts, back panels, drawer boxes.
2. Choose where to save the file.

The CSV lists every part with its length, width, quantity, material, edge-banding, and notes such as rabbet or dado joinery. Identical parts across your whole project are automatically grouped and counted.

10 Cutting diagrams

Extensions → CutCraft → Cutting diagram

1. Choose which part categories to include.
2. Set your sheet size (default 2800 × 2070 mm), saw kerf, and whether parts may rotate 90°.
3. Choose where to save — one SVG per material, showing exactly how parts lay out on each sheet, with edge banding marked in color.

11 Drawer slide systems Pro

The Pro extension carries each manufacturer's own formulas for drawer box width, depth and mounting hole positions. Pick the system in the cabinet dialog and the carcass is calculated around it — no looking up catalogue tables by hand.

• Hettich — Quadro, AvanTech You, InnoTech Atira
• Blum — TANDEM, TANDEMBOX, LEGRABOX
• Grass — Nova Pro Scala, Dynaneo, Vionaro V8 / V13
• Häfele — MatrixBox Slim, Matrix UM A
• DTC — MAGIC-PRO

Pro also adds sliding door systems from Sevroll, Hettich TopLine and Häfele, and six Blum Aventos lift-up systems for wall cabinets.

12 DXF export Pro

Extensions → CutCraft → Export DXF

1. Choose which hole categories to include — joints, hardware, shelf supports, Gola profile.
2. Choose where to save the files.

Every part is exported with its outline, its dimensions and the exact position of every hole, grouped per cabinet and labelled so the parts stay identifiable. This is the step that removes redrawing parts for production.

13 Cost calculator Pro

Extensions → CutCraft → Cost calculator

Material and hardware costs are computed from the same model that produced the cutlist, so a quote reflects what was actually drawn rather than a separate estimate.

• Separate price tables for carcass, fronts and profiles.
• Editable material prices, saved between sessions — set your own rates once.
• Per cabinet and per project totals.

14 Switching language

Extensions → CutCraft → Language — choose English or Bulgarian. Your choice is remembered for future sessions. Menu labels update after restarting SketchUp; dialogs and messages update immediately.

15 Building your own component library

1. Select the cabinet → right-click → Save Out → To Device... → save as its own .skp file in a folder of your choice.
2. In SketchUp's Components panel, use Open or create a collection... and point it at that folder.
3. Drag any saved cabinet straight into a new project — Edit selected cabinet still works on it, since the size "recipe" travels with the file.

Troubleshooting