Design tools for CNC makers

Plan it properly.
Build it once.

Kinetic Intent makes focused design software for people who build machines and make things with them: pattern panels, inlays and map carvings for your CNC router, complete wiring packages for the machine itself, and scale layouts of the shop it all lives in.

One-time priceRuns offline in your browser14-day refund

Pay onceNo subscription, ever

Works offlineOne file, any modern browser

Your files stay yoursNothing is uploaded

14-day refundNo questions asked

The tools

Three tools, one workshop

Each is a complete application that runs in your browser. Try the full program free, then buy a key to remove the export limits.

A carved maze-pattern plug beside its matching socket
For CNC router owners

Pattern Carver

Design pattern panels, two-part inlays, map carvings and signs, and export G-code for your machine, with holding tabs and safety checks built in. Sierpinski, Voronoi, shattered glass, your own pictures, and a node-graph Fractal Lab.

  • Pocket, V-carve and inlay mates
  • Holding tabs and finer-bit suggestions
  • Carvera, Shapeoko, GRBL, Mach, LinuxCNC and more
Founder price
For machine builders

CNC Wiring Designer

Plan the electronics of your CNC, 3D printer, laser or robot: schematic, wire list, BOM, panel layout, drilling drawings and a 3D enclosure, generated from what the machine has to do.

  • Auto-wiring from a machine plan
  • Real footprints, holes and fasteners
  • PDF, DXF, STEP and STL exports
Founder price
For anyone setting up a shop

Workspace Layout

Plan your workshop to scale: place your machines, check clearances, walkways, power reach and dust runs, and print a numbered, dimensioned drawing set.

  • Layout checks as you go
  • Side views, sections and 3D
  • PDF, PNG and CSV exports
One-time
How it works

Try it, then own it

Try the full program

Open it in your browser. Nothing to install and no account. Every design feature works in the free trial.

Buy a license key

Checkout takes a minute. Your key arrives by email and removes the export limits in the copy you already have.

Build with confidence

Updates for the whole 1.x version are included, and you can use it on up to three of your own computers.

Made with Pattern Carver

From pattern to panel

Test pieces cut with Pattern Carver on a Makera Carvera, before glue-up and final machining.

Coming soon

Free calculators

Timing belts, screw stack-ups, cabinet cooling and more: quick, free tools for machine designers, released as each one is checked against its standard.

See what's coming
Newsletter

Get launch news

One email when the tools go on sale at the founder price, then occasional build guides and free patterns. Nothing else.