Production software
for industries big SaaS forgot.
An independent studio building real tools for steel fabricators, freight brokers, and the small-to-mid businesses every venture-funded vendor walks past. Forge is selling now. Indolent CAD is complete. Orders are open. Custom engagements on a small basis.
- Part
- Portal Frame
- Overall
- 20′-6½″ out to out × 10′-4 1/16″
- Faces
- 73
Source: Indolent CAD engine, GLB export, unedited
- Indolent Forge NestingNow selling
- Indolent CADNow sellingBuy Indolent CAD — $249.99 / year
Real parts from the Indolent CAD engine, lit and shown as exported. Drag to look around.Tap a part to switch.
The same engine writes the shop drawing, DSTV NC1 and STEP. See a sample package
— Products
What we ship today.
Forge is selling now. CAD is complete; orders are open. Built for a vertical where the alternatives are $15K SaaS or 1989 DOS tooling.
- KISS file import (Tekla, SDS/2, Advance Steel)
- Linear + 2D plate + polygon nesting in one app
- Shop-floor PDFs with shear sequence on every plate
Indolent CAD home screen. Describe the part; the shop package comes back.
Orders are open. Includes the updates we release during your subscription year.
- Prompt, sketch, DXF, PDF and STEP intake
- PDF + DXF shop drawings, NC1/DSTV export
- Runs offline; one named seat
— Custom builds
Need something the catalog does not cover?
We take on a small number of B2B engagements per year — custom desktop apps, Microsoft 365 / Azure integrations, AI agents, vertical SaaS, industrial workflow automation. We tell you honestly when it is a fit and when it is not.
- Custom desktop apps (Tauri + Rust + React)
- Microsoft 365 / Azure Graph integrations
- AI agents in production (voice + chat)
— From the blog
Notes from the shop floor.
Honest writing about vertical-industry software. No marketing fluff.
— Get in touch
Two products on sale. A few custom slots. Always open to a conversation.
Whether you want to try a product, hire the studio for a custom build, or pitch us something we have not built yet — we read every email.