I’ve been experimenting with a small tool that turns rough part descriptions into flat patterns + DXF files.
Example:
Instead of drawing from scratch, you type something like:
“simple bracket, 100mm x 80mm, 2mm steel”
And it generates:
- flat pattern
- 3D preview
- DXF for cutting
The idea is to speed up:
- quick jobs
- repeat parts
- customer requests that come in as rough specs
But I don’t work in a fabrication shop full-time, so I might be missing something obvious.
Would this actually be useful in a real shop?
Or would you still just open CAD and do it manually?
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