Purpose-built for shade sail professionals

From site measure
to fabrication.

ShadeCAD brings site measurements, sail geometry, curve development, pattern layout and installation data into one practical workflow.

3–6 point sails Measured diagonals Pattern + 3D views
ShadeCAD pattern view preview showing a four-point sail with visible diagonal lines and corner reduction input boxes.
Designed around the real shade sail workflow. Measure accuratelyDevelop patternsPrepare fabrication dataReturn to site informed
One connected workflow

From the first measurement to the final install.

ShadeCAD keeps the information that matters moving through the job instead of scattering it across notes, sketches and separate calculations.

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Site Measure

Capture edge lengths, diagonals, tagged corners, reductions and midpoint data on site.

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Design

Build the sail geometry from the measurements and work with 3, 4, 5 or 6 point shapes.

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Pattern

Apply corner reductions and edge curves while preserving the original measured information.

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Fabricate

Use clean pattern and material layout views with the measurements required in the workshop.

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Install

Open saved job data in Site Measure so installers can review the essential job details on site.

Built for practical work

Geometry you can see.
Data you can use.

ShadeCAD is not general-purpose CAD. It is focused on the specific measurements, reductions, curves and outputs used in shade sail work.

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Multiple sail shapes

3, 4, 5 and 6 point designs with shape-specific diagonal handling.

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Measured diagonals

Keep entered diagonals as measured while calculating the geometry around them.

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Curve control

Control edge curve values and split curve behaviour where a midpoint is used.

3D

Plan, pattern and 3D

Move from measurement geometry to fabrication views and a spatial job reference.

Two tools, one job

Desktop design. Simple on-site access.

SHADECADDESKTOP

Design and pattern development

The main workspace for geometry, reductions, curves, clean pattern layouts, saved jobs and PDF output.

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SITE MEASUREMOBILE

Capture and review data on site

A simpler field interface for recording measurements and reopening the important fabrication/install information later.

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Ready to work

Open ShadeCAD and start your next job.