Diafane

Diafane is a stained glass design app that runs in the browser, on a computer or a tablet (iPad and Apple Pencil included). Nothing to install.

It is vector-based and made for stained glass only: you draw the lead lines, and Diafane finds every glass piece and computes its exact cutting outline. It handles both techniques, lead came and copper foil (Tiffany).

Four modes follow the work from sketch to bench:

• Cartoon: draw the pattern, trace over a photo or a scan, work with symmetry and exact dimensions.
• Color: choose among 1,400 glasses, or create your own.
• Light: see real daylight pass through the window, by address, orientation, date and time.
• Workshop: numbered templates, cut list, quantities and cost estimate, and the full-size pattern printed on an ordinary printer (A4 to A0, Letter, Tabloid) or exported as DXF for a Cricut, a Silhouette or a laser cutter.

Work can be shared as HD photos, a video of the day, or an interactive link where the client moves the sun.

Free plan: up to 3 projects, forever, with all drawing tools.