Tools for upholsterers

Our workshop's tools, open to fellow upholsterers

We built them for our own workshop and use them every day. They are free, need no sign-up, work on a phone at the boatyard and speak English, German, Italian and French.

Boat cover measuring and conversion

Got the measurements of a cover made in one fabric and want to remake it in another with a different roll width? Enter the cross measurements: the tool recalculates strips, linear metres and area, draws the boat diagram and prepares the cutting PDF.

  • Strips, linear metres and area for both fabrics
  • Boat diagram with dimensions and seam lines
  • PDF with tables, a 1:100 scale diagram and cover specifications

In English, German, Italian and French

Cutting optimizer

Enter the roll width and the pieces to cut: the tool lays them out with minimal waste, works out the metres of material you need and, if you like, the cost.

  • Layout with minimal waste, with or without rotating pieces
  • Roll length, waste percentage and cost per m²
  • Cutting plan as a PDF with every piece's dimensions

In English, German, Italian and French

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Why we share them

Remaking a cover in a fabric with a different roll width, cutting a roll without waste: every upholsterer does these sums by hand, with the risk of getting them wrong just when the material is most expensive. We needed them often enough to automate them, so they might as well help others too.

What you enter stays on your device: we receive no measurements, customer names or PDFs, and you need no account. We only count, anonymously, how often the tools are used.

Frequently asked questions

Are the tools really free?
Yes: no sign-up, no usage limits and no personal data required.
Where do my measurements go?
They stay in your device's browser, where the PDF is created too. All we receive is an anonymous count of how often the tool was used.
Do they work on a phone?
Yes, they are designed for the boatyard too: large fields, a readable diagram and the PDF straight on your phone.
Are the results guaranteed?
The calculations are carefully made and used daily in our workshop, but they remain indicative: always check the measurements before cutting.

Got an idea for a new tool?

If there is a calculation that keeps eating your time, tell us about it: that is exactly how the hub's tools come about.

Write to [email protected]

Opening hours

Monday – Friday
07:45 – 12:00
13:00 – 17:15