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PRODUCT / WHO IT IS FOR

Designed around the way fabrication actually works.

A more approachable sheet-metal design experience — from selecting a familiar shape to working in the real desktop editor. Here is the product vision, with the current development status kept clear.

Desktop application — development candidate

The Windows product described here has not been approved for public download. The online sketcher is a separate experimental tool.

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BUILT AROUND REAL WORK

A place for every part of the job.

Norman's desktop workflow aims to make the same design understandable to different people without forcing everyone through an expert-only interface.

Fabricators & operators

Work with familiar profiles, clear dimensions and designs that can be checked before they reach the shop floor.

DESKTOP SOURCE · DEVELOPMENT

Estimators & sales teams

Start from a product category and communicate drawing requirements without needing to manually construct every basic section.

DESKTOP SOURCE · DEVELOPMENT

Trainees & new users

A visual starting point, searchable profiles and a workspace that helps you find the right screen without getting lost.

USER EXPERIENCE · IN PROGRESS
FROM A STARTING SHAPE

Choose. Adjust. Review.

The latest desktop development candidates focus on the route from choosing a product to editing its geometry and viewing the result.

  1. 01
    Choose a profile

    The Windows source reports 310 starting templates: 130 original and 180 new editable sections.

  2. 02
    Edit dimensions

    Existing custom-drawing functionality is retained; Stage 3 has implemented linked 2D, 3D and flat-pattern views in the native development candidate. Windows and workshop validation remain outstanding.

  3. 03
    Inspect the result

    3D views and flat-pattern information are being refined. Geometry and exported output still require validation.

TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS

Desktop Norman and Norman Online are not the same build.

WINDOWS / DEVELOPMENT

Norman 2.0 desktop

Gutters, corners, downpipes, outlets, transitions, saved jobs, custom drawing and DXF export are reported in the desktop source. The latest UI candidate passed automated tests.

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WEB / FREE PUBLIC BETA

Norman Online Profile Studio

A lightweight browser sketcher with exact segment lengths and angles, manual point editing, local saves and open-polyline DXF, SVG and JSON export. No validated bends, flat patterns or machine programmes.

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TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

See what is ready — and what is not.

We publish stage evidence without treating development candidates as finished products.

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