Tools from the bench
CADVANTAGE
Practical shop utilities and toolmaker-built software connected to DATUM, but secondary to the writing and the work.
CADVANTAGE is the tools lane: calculators, setup thinking, live geometry, and shop clarity in broad, useful forms. Built from real use, not theory alone.
What belongs here
Software that respects the bench.
The point is not to overbuild a platform. The point is to make small, accurate utilities that help the user think clearly before the cut, setup, sketch, or check.
- Calculators for common shop questions and repeatable checks.
- Setup thinking that keeps geometry, reference, and result in view.
- Live geometry ideas shaped around clarity instead of software spectacle.
- Tools built from real shop use, then tightened until they earn a place.
Coming work
Tools are coming from real shop use.
CADVANTAGE will stay grounded: no launch-date theater, no inflated promises, no account system bolted on before the tools prove they deserve it.
The lane is for practical utilities that help a maker check the reference, understand the geometry, and move with less confusion.
Read the DATUM notesTool notes
Follow the build.
Bench Notes will carry practical updates as the tools lane becomes ready to show.