Lute Designer

Lute Designer is not just a collection of free lute plans. It is a program that can draw a full technical drawing for any kind of lute based on parameters you set. Left click pans, Wheel zooms, Middle button or pressing the Wheel measures. Click "Download SVG Drawing" under "Output" to save your drawing. Hover over options for help. Ctrl+z to undo, ctrl+y to redo. On mobile, drag to pan, pinch to zoom. Undo, redo and measure are available as buttons above. To share a drawing with somebody else, or save it for later, simply copy the whole URL from the address bar.

Lute Designer is free open source software licensed under GPLv3 . It has missing features and probably some bugs. Use at your own risk. Historical accuracy of preset values is not guaranteed. See recent changes: Changelog If you find it useful please consider supporting the development of this software with a small donation: Paypal.me

Drawing mode Instrument Preset

Choose this for further editing or printing in true scale especially if you intend to build an instrument based on the plans. You can open the output SVG file in Inkscape. Drop an SVG file created this way back into Lute Designer to open it (Any changes you made to the SVG file will not appear here). Choose this if you just want to see the drawing easily or print it on a single sheet. Rib and mold templates mostly hidden. This downloads what you see in the 3D view, as a binary STL file which you can open in various 3D software. Note that the model is guaranteed to not directly work for 3D printing because the parts are separate, not water tight, and have zero thickness.

Body construction method

Select lute body Rib spacing style Rib spread at endclasp Use soundboard shape as middle shape Body depth ratio Body side view shape shift Body cross-section bulge

Number of ribs Body scale Add to last rib Deepen body

Select rosette type Scale rosette by percent

Pegbox / Extension style Pegbox Angle Pegbox curve Foldable extension Fingerboard join style neck width at body joint Add or substract from width at nut Nut angle

Chanterelles (single top strings) Number of Nuts

Draw every string

Bridge style Bridge offset (move toward neck by) Bridge sideways offset Bridge angle

String spacing preset Distance between courses on the bridge between the strings of a course between chanterelles between bass courses

between courses between chanterelles between the strings Spacing for bass (7th onwards) between bass courses

Experimental feature. Results have not been verified. Only available for "With Forms" drawing modes.

Redraw map after setting change

Draw case on top of instrument Case style - lid Case style - side Neck tube style Plywood thickness mm Foam thickness mm Width mm Length mm Depth mm Tube width mm Tube Depth mm Pegbox Depth mm Pegbox area Length mm Lower radius mm Tube radius mm Bowl side radius mm Bowl radius center mm

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