Production-ready files straight from your data
Many production drawings are not really designed. They are the same layout again with new dimensions, a new pattern or a new number of parts, redrawn by hand in an expensive CAD program. We automate this kind of drawing work: you give the tool the data, it generates the drawings and the files your machines need, ready for production.
Sounds familiar?
- An engineer spends days redrawing variants of a part that differ only in a few numbers.
- The dimensions are already in a spreadsheet, yet someone types them into CAD by hand.
- A small change to the design means updating dozens of drawings one by one.
- You pay for CAD licences mainly so people can do repetitive drawing work.
- Before a file goes to the laser or the cutter, someone checks every line by eye.
What we build
How it works today
Today a new variant starts with a copy of an old drawing. Someone opens the CAD program, changes the dimensions, moves the elements, repeats the pattern across the part or the panel and exports the file the machine needs. When the input changes, the work starts again. It needs a skilled person and a costly CAD licence, but most of the time goes into steps that follow fixed rules: the same geometry, the same spacing, the same connections, only with different numbers.
How it works with the tool
We build a tool that knows your drawing rules. You enter the parameters, pick a pattern or load a spreadsheet, and it generates the drawing: every element placed, repeated and connected the way your process needs it. It exports DXF, the format that CAD programs, laser systems and cutting machines read, so the file goes straight to production or to a final check in CAD. If your dimensions live in Excel, Excel to DXF becomes one step, and a DXF generator built for your parts replaces the redrawing. Patterns you define once are reused, so the next variant starts from a few inputs. You can automate CAD drawings without changing how you design: the creative work stays in your CAD program. It runs on your own computers, and your designs stay with you.
What it works with
Typical inputs are Excel sheets with dimensions or parameters, lists of parts or positions, existing drawings of a single element and settings you choose on screen. Typical outputs are DXF files for laser processing, cutting and CAD, or other common vector formats such as SVG or PDF.
Client examples
Automatic drawings for PV production
A process that used to take 1–2 days is now done in hours, or even minutes, depending on design complexity.
“Working with Johannes was a win on all fronts. […] He's a curious and independently-driven problem solver who produces results of the highest quality and functionality.”
How it works
- A 30-minute call. We map the workflow you want gone.
- A concept and a fixed quote. You decide before anything is built.
- We build, install & support it. We test it with your real files and keep it running.
Questions we are asked
- What is a DXF file?
DXF is a common drawing format. Almost every CAD program can open it, and many laser, cutting and engraving machines take it as input. If your machines read DXF, the tool can write it for them directly.
- Can you turn our Excel data into DXF drawings?
Yes, if the drawing follows rules. When the dimensions, positions or parameters are in a spreadsheet, the tool can turn them into drawings, one per row or one for the whole sheet, and save them as DXF files.
- Which drawings are worth automating?
Drawings that are made again and again with the same rules: parts that come in many sizes, panels or plates with repeated patterns, layouts built from a few standard elements, cutting or laser paths that follow the geometry. If you can explain to a colleague how to draw it without making a design decision, a tool can usually draw it for you.
- Do we still need our CAD software?
For design work, yes. The tool takes over the repetitive drawings that follow fixed rules, so your CAD licences and your engineers are used for the work that actually needs them.
