Scratch Computing creates custom engineering software and uses open-source technologies to solve your problems.

specialties:

massive geometric problems

• Spreadsheet takes 20 minutes to load?
• 200 shear-tab connections to check?
• Lots of 3D/4D data analysis?
• Too much data, not enough time?

engineering data-management

• Thousands of cad files and no index?
• Sending large files via e-mail?
• Parts not talking to your data?
• 50 NC machines and 1 operator?
• Take-off takes forever?
• Project pictures need sorting?

impossible-made-possible solutions

• Paint your building 10,000 colors?
• Assemble a life-size jigsaw puzzle?
• Mass-producing one-off items?

Whether you are a small firm with big problems or a large one with little problems, let me show you just how simple things can be.  I'll come up to speed on your situation in no time and present you with a logical solution that feels like a time-tested off-the-shelf software package, even if you're the first business of your kind.

If you're pushing the envelope of what is possible and growing tired of struggling against off-the-shelf software that doesn't meet your needs, I can and want to help.

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Custom Software for:

• Structural designers
• Engineering data management
• Drafting practices
• Document tracking
• GIS data
• Manufacturing integration
• Software developers