Not sure if the originator of this thread is sincere or merely advertising - but I know a little about gizmolab's Design Inuition because I paid for my copy in person and met, talked with and toured the shop of the guy who wrote it.
The guy who came up with this app is a software guru AND woodworker who lives up in the Santa Cruz mountains (range of mountains between Santa Cruz/Pacific Ocean and Silly Cone Valley, home of Apple, Intel, AMD, Lockheed Martin and a NASA facility - the one with the HUGE FREAKIN' WIND TUNNEL.) Having one guy, and a woodworker at that, writing the application software, it's more coherent and intuitive than some of the CAD apps done by mini-mega software companies like AutoDesk, and more oriented towards woodworkers.
Design Intuition is a 3-D CAD app tailored to wood working. Like any CAD program, especially 3-D, there is a learning curve which can be moderately steep for anyone new to CAD. Even if you've got a handle on 2-D CAD, the jump to 3-D can take some time to learn. Since Design Intuition was developed on a Mac, and since Apple has always been known for having a User Friendly Interface (UFGUI), this app is a little more intutive to use than the WinDoze based CAD software.
I sort of collect Mac CAD software Design Workshop Lite
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DrawingBoard
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CADIntosh
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PowerCADD (Engineered Software) and my favorite - primitive 2-D but I can make it whistle AND sing Aldus SuperPaint - version one '86-87 and last updated in '93. Adobe MicroSofted Aldus - bought 'em out and shelved their products - AND better ideas,
With Apple going to Intel processors, maybe the interface for WinDoze CAD apps will get more User Friendly Graphical User Interfaces YouFaGooey
Given the price tag of the CAD apps out there, $200 is a steal. And it does Cut Lists and IIRC, sheet layout.
charlie b