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10+ Pergola, Canopy and Shelter CAD Drawings & 3D Models to Help Shade Your Hot Sun-days

If you want to enjoy the summer sun, go no further than our 10+ CAD Drawings of umbrellas, pergolas, and other shade structures, from top manufacturers such as Royal Corinthian, Structureworks, GameTime, and Maglin Site Furniture.


Royal Corinthian manufactures architectural columns, balustrades, entablatures/cornices, pergolas, domes, fireplace surrounds, exterior shutters, faux wood beams, and virtually any architectural element from fiberglass, PVC, synthetic stone, GFRC, lightweight cast stone, and polyurethane. This rotunda pergola encompasses three of our products: columns, domes (concave and convex), and an entablature, all made from lightweight fiberglass, which can withstand hurricane-rated winds. While these products are available separately, this rotunda pergola is available as a kit, which includes all the necessary hardware to install in less than a day. This pergola was paint-grade, but it can come in an assortment of gel-coat finishes or with a stone finish in a variety of colors and textures. All Royal Corinthian products are affordable, made quickly, installed easily, and are guaranteed to last for generations.


Structureworks helps you create outdoor spaces that shape the way we live and experience our surroundings.

Shade structures offer limitless design potential, adding dramatic visual elements that complement and enhance the aesthetic appeal of existing architecture and amplify user comfort by providing a haven from the sun, which in turn increases the duration and frequency of visits boosting economic activity in the surrounding community.

By adding a single or multiple creatively designed shade structures to your project, you can seamlessly merge user comfort, sustainability, aesthetic appeal, and economic value, transforming a public space into a thriving, attractive, and environmentally conscious community hub.

With Structureworks, you’ll have the confidence that your design will look and perform as promised by using viable materials that outlast traditional wood structures, reduce on-site labor costs, and minimize potential construction errors by choosing a factory-manufactured structure.


At GameTime, they enrich the lives of children and communities through play. Because as product engineers and parents, manufacturers and members of their home communities - They believe in play. Since 1929, they have brought meaningful research around the importance of play to the design, engineering, manufacture and delivery of play equipment. Their work has elevated industry standards on safety, physical and mental development, inclusion and intergenerational interaction. Uniting deep research with fun, information with inspiration, science with play.


The ROMA Sun Shade and FAVA Cluster Seating from Maglin Site Furniture are the perfect duos to elevate your outdoor spaces with functionality, aesthetics, and durability.

A collaboration with GIBILLERO Design, the flower-inspired ROMA Sun Shade offers a striking combination of shade protection and exceptional durability. ROMA is constructed of lightweight aluminum and reinforced with a stainless-steel post that’s snow-load-rated safe at 200+ lbs. Available in two perforation patterns, ROMA is tamper-proof, fully recyclable, and comes in premium finishes that provide maintenance-free protection to thrive through every season.

ROMA paired with FAVA Cluster Seating, delivers an exceptional shaded outdoor seating solution for any setting. FAVA seats 4 – 6 people and offers wheelchair-accessible options, ensuring everyone can have a seat at the table. Its generous surfaces are available in a variety of HDPE colors, delivering long-lasting durability to outdoor gathering places with minimal upkeep required.


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