A woman kneeling on a living-room floor putting an oak bookshelf together with a cordless screwdriver, an iPad beside her showing the assembly guide.

Assembly

An assembly guide written for your piece.

Generated from your design, one small action at a time, with the parts each step needs and a check before you move on.

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Illustration

Most instructions describe a piece someone else designed, in steps someone else needed. These describe yours.

Step by step

One small action at a time.

1Lay out the parts.Eight panels and 35 screws. Check each one against the parts page before you start.8 panels, 35 screws

2Join the bottom to the left side.Two screws through the side into the bottom panel.Front edges flush

3Add the right side.Two more screws, the same way.Bottom sits square between the sides

4Fit the three shelves.Two screws at each end of every shelf, twelve in all.Each shelf level before the next

5Fix the top.Four screws through the sides into the top.The box stands square on its own

6Screw on the back.Fifteen screws around the edge and into each shelf. The back keeps the whole piece square.Back flush with the sides all round

7Fix it to the wall.Stand it where it will live and anchor it with a fixing that suits your wall.Tall furniture is always anchored

On paper or on a phone

Print it as a booklet.

A4, one action per page, opening with every panel and fitting numbered to match the cut list. Or follow it in the browser on a phone propped against the wall.

The parts pages of a generated assembly guide, picturing each panel with its part number, quantity, size and material.Two step pages of a generated assembly guide: laying out the parts for one bay, then joining a rail to two bearers with a close-up of the connector.

What every guide does

Written like a good carpenter would explain it.

  • 1

    Action per page

    Each step has a number, a drawing, the parts and fixings it uses and one short instruction.

  • A check on every step

    Before you move on, the guide says what should now be true: edges flush, screws seated, shelf level.

  • Parts you can find

    Every panel and fitting is numbered to match the cut list.

  • Starts with safety

    Lifting help, building upright, fixing to the wall: said before step one.

  • Close-ups of the joints

    Where a fixing goes in, a detail shows the connection.

Questions

Assembly, answered.

Is the guide specific to my design?

Yes. It is generated from your model, so the steps, parts and quantities are for the piece you designed. Change the design and the guide changes with it.

Can I follow it on a phone?

Yes. It opens in the browser on a phone or tablet, and it prints as an A4 booklet.

The rest of the product

Spaces

Recreate your room from photos and measurements, then design inside it.

Design

Describe the piece, bring the hardware you want to use, and refine a 3D model.

Cut lists

Every panel dimensioned, with drilling positions for each face.

What would you build if it only had to fit your room?

Show Caminu your room and describe the piece. You get the 3D model, the cut list and the assembly guide.

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