Column-cover detailing software built around your shop’s workflow
Spend less time drawing column-cover flats.
Toggle Fab is being developed to turn architectural drawings into flat DXFs for your detailer to check and refine.
Test it on a real column-cover job of your own. We’ll review your workflow and contact you about fit and timing.
The work starts before the first flat
A cover schedule gives you types and quantities. Sections give you heights. Details explain the joints. Specifications define the material and finish.
Someone has to bring that information together, resolve the gaps and turn it into parts your shop can make.
That is the work we are building Toggle Fab to help with.
From architectural drawings to reviewable flat DXFs
The intended workflow has three stages:
- Understand the job. Bring together the architectural information needed for the column covers and identify questions that need a decision.
- Apply the shop’s approach. Develop the parts around the agreed geometry, joint details and fabrication rules.
- Review and refine. Have your detailer check the output and complete the work needed before release.
The target is a useful handoff into your existing fabrication process. A 3D model alone does not complete that job.
Your detailer stays in the process
Your team knows the conditions that make a drawing usable in your shop.
Toggle Fab’s intended workflow keeps that knowledge in the review. Source information, calculations and unresolved questions need to be clear enough for a detailer to check.
Development is ongoing. We’ll confirm the supported scope with each shop before arranging access.
Start with your own column-cover job
A useful test needs to reflect how your shop works.
After you join the waitlist, we’ll review your workflow and discuss a suitable job. We can agree how to share files securely before requesting customer material.
You do not need to upload a drawing package to join the waitlist.
Who should join?
Join if your shop fabricates metal column covers and your team spends time turning architectural drawings into fabrication files.
We want to hear from the people responsible for detailing, engineering and production, including those who check the parts before release.
Tell us about your workflow. We’ll contact you about fit and timing.
Joining the waitlist does not activate app access. Toggle will contact suitable shops about an invitation.
Explore the workflow
Read the column cover shop drawing guide for the information needed before developing the parts.
Read the column-cover flat pattern checklist for the checks between a resolved drawing package and a fabrication-file release.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Toggle Fab immediately after signing up?
Signing up joins the waitlist. We’ll contact you about fit, supported scope and timing before arranging access.
What does testing it on a real job involve?
It is a small design-partner program for architectural metal shops that test Fab on real, unseen column-cover jobs. Terms and access will be confirmed before you start.
Does Toggle Fab handle nesting and machine programming?
The column-cover workflow being developed focuses on reviewable flat DXFs. Continue to use your existing nesting and machine-programming process.
Which profiles and materials are supported?
We’ll confirm support for your job before arranging access. Do not assume a particular profile or material is supported from joining the waitlist.
Do I need to share customer drawings to sign up?
No. Join the waitlist first. We can discuss a suitable job and agree file handling before requesting drawings.