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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
hey everyone,

I am just about to have a go at some cutting boards and need a little help designing them.
I recall a thread somewhere in here about using microsoft excel (I think) for designing boards but I cant find it anywhere. (it might of being a blog)

If anybody can help me find it it would be great.
 
#5 ·
thanks for your replies everyone.
theres alot of good info there but not quite what i was looking for. what i remember is somebody using microsoft excel to design them. using the little squares and giving them colours to see what it was going to look like before they made it.
 
#8 ·
The file that Lew linked to called "Cutting Board Patterns" is the excel file I played with to layout some of my designs. It uses Shape Art as the wood instead of the cells on a spread sheet.

Here is a quick and dirty excel sheet you can use for starters….cutting board maker

Use the color shading to tweak the cells to represent what you want. You can then drag a particular cell to copy that color into additional cells.

Hope this helps.

Greg
 
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