Shop drawings and cutlists for cabinet and millwork shops.
I'm Daniel Osbourn. Through Selidor Design Solutions I draft cabinet elevations, plans and production-ready cutlists, and I write CAD tools that take the repetitive work out of drafting.
What you can hire me for
Drafting support for shops that build cabinets and architectural millwork, from a single elevation set to steady overflow work when your own drafting is backed up.
Shop drawings
Plans, elevations and sections that show the customer what they're getting and give the shop floor what it needs to build it.
Cabinet elevations
Fully dimensioned elevations with cabinet sizes, door and drawer layouts, fillers, clearances and finish callouts.
Cutlists and optimization
Part lists and panel layouts prepared for production, with material and edgebanding sorted out before anything hits the saw.
CAD automation
Custom AutoLISP routines for AutoCAD and BricsCAD that handle the repetitive parts of drafting, like dimensioning a full run of cabinets in one command.
Recent work
A selection of drawing sets. More samples are on the way; ask by email if you'd like to see something specific.
Software I work in
I can work in your shop's software or deliver standard DWG and PDF files.
- MicrovellumCabinet engineering
- AutoCADDrafting
- BricsCADDrafting
- KCDCabinet design
- Cut RitePanel optimization
- AutoLISPCAD automation
EDIM: automatic elevation dimensioning
EDIM is a BricsCAD tool I wrote in AutoLISP. Point it at a cabinet elevation and it places the dimensions for you: cabinet widths, fillers, clearances and finished ends, laid out cleanly along the run.
It's the kind of thing I like building. When a task is done the same way a hundred times, it's worth automating.
About
- Based in
- Orlando, Florida
- Business
- Selidor Design Solutions, LLC
- Works with
- Shops anywhere, remotely
I'm a drafter who works on the production side of cabinetry, turning designs into drawings and cutlists that a shop can actually build from. I've done contract CAD and millwork drafting for custom shops and work daily with cutlists and panel optimization.
Before drafting I worked as a computer technician, which is where the automation habit comes from. I'd rather spend an evening writing a routine than spend a month doing the same clicks by hand.
The business is named for Selidor, the farthest isle of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea, out at the western edge of the map where only dragons live. It's a reminder to go the whole distance on every drawing set.
“As far as Selidor.”A saying on Enlad, from Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea