Though I used to mess about with POVRay back in the day I actually know precious little about drafting/modeling software. This project is coming to a close but I will want to build a second one of these tables in the future. I decided that having an actual schematic with measurements in an electronic format for the table would be a useful thing to have so I don’t have to keep hunting around for the piece of copier paper that originally I drew it on. Google pointed me at their own solution for this which is called SketchUp. It’s decent and the time from installation to being able to use it isn’t bad. The built in instructions are pretty good and have little animations to show you what it is you’re supposed to be doing with the tool you have selected. I’ve modeled the four side pieces of the top so far. Ultimately I think I’ll model the whole thing and then lay the pieces out in cutting diagram form. Maybe there’s even a useful way to upload it here and let everyone play along. Tomorrow is rock day!