About

Plymap started in a furniture workshop. Every job meant measuring at the client, drawing on paper, working out every panel by hand, and typing the list again into a cutting program that forgot it the next day.

A carpenter who also writes software built the tool they wanted: furniture designs that know how they are built. Type a size and every part is worked out with the rules a carpenter uses, the sheets are laid out to waste as little as possible, and everything stays saved, even without internet in the workshop.

How the plans are made and checked

• Built from rules, not drawings. Each design is written as building rules: sides run full height, shelves sit between them, doors keep their gaps. Change a size and every part follows the same rules.
• Tested at many sizes. Before a plan is published, it is calculated at its default size, at its smallest and largest, and at a dozen sizes in between. A plan is not published if any part ends up with no size or does not fit a standard sheet.
• Warnings where it matters. When a size goes too far, such as a shelf long enough to sag or a door too wide to hang, the plan says so.
• Sizes from practice. The guides give the standard sizes woodworkers and manufacturers use, in inches and millimetres.

What we believe

• Start from the furniture, not from a list of panels.
• Work offline. Workshops rarely have good internet.
• Your projects are yours. They stay on your device; you do not need an account.

Contact

Questions, a mistake in a plan, or a design you would like to see: write to hello@plymap.com.