PPF pattern software · presale open
Create the PPF pattern your existing library doesn’t have, from your own 3D scan.
Scan the car in your bay. Flatten it, check the stretch, fit the curves and send the cut file to your plotter. For the vehicles, panels and coverage your pattern database does not have.
$900 first year · no auto-renew · refundable until your access begins
Scan
429,592 faces
Template
2571 × 897 mm
p95 stretch
8.0%
Cut path
775 segments
01 The missing-pattern problem
Any car. Any panel.
Pattern libraries make ordinary work convenient. They do not help when the model is early, the panel is rare, or the customer wants coverage nobody has drawn.
PPF Engine turns the car in your bay into the source of truth.
01
Unlisted cars
The car is here. The pattern is not.
New model, facelift, rare trim, a bumper with an aftermarket splitter. The library is late or empty, and the job either leaves the shop or gets templated by hand on the car.
02
Custom coverage
The catalog decides the seam.
Partial fronts, custom seams and the edge wraps the customer actually asked for are not a download away. You are drawing them on film you already paid for.
03
Material risk
The first mistake shows up on the car.
A hand template cannot tell you where the film has to stretch past its limit. You find out with a metre of film on the panel and a heat gun in your hand.
02 One real job
A Mercedes-AMG GT front bumper, from scan to cut file
The bumper was scanned, cleaned and run through the four steps in PPF Engine. Every number on this page is read off that session. Drag the seam: the scan with its cut line on one side, the exported cut file on the other.
3D scan · cut line 2D cut file front bumper · same job · the flat side is the flatten as exported, unedited · drag the seam
Straight out of the app, unedited.
The cleaned scan was flattened in PPF Engine and exported straight to SVG: one piece, 2571 × 897 mm, 775 Bézier segments. No anchor was moved, nothing was cleaned up by hand. The file is a draft, not a production pattern, and every number on this page comes from this one session.
- Fit
- 775 segments · ≤ 0.30 mm target
- Relief
- 2 headlight slits · 47.7 / 47.8 mm
- Coverage
- 99.9% of the scanned surface
03 What comes out
A file your plotter already understands.
No proprietary format. The scan and every decision stay editable in PPF Engine; the export is a plain vector file in millimetres.
.svg
Editable vector
A clean Bézier cut path in real millimetres, registration marks and a scale line. Opens in Illustrator, Inkscape or any plotter front end that takes SVG.
.dxf
Cutter and CAD software
The same outline for the cutting software you already run, with pieces, cutouts and marks on their own layers.
.plt
Straight to the plotter
HPGL for Graphtec-class cutters, the FC9000 included. Nest the pieces on the roll and send.
04 The presale, plainly
What you are buying, and what you are not.
A prepaid first year at half the public price, starting the day we deliver. Not a donation, not a crowdfunding pledge, and not a subscription that renews on its own.
Presale
$900 for your first year
Public launch price $1,800/yr
Delivery estimated December 2026. Your 12 months start then.
- 12 months of full access, starting the day we deliver
- One seat (more seats available after launch)
- Presale number, monthly build notes, roadmap voice
- Annual renewal stays $900 for this license
- Does not auto-renew. You choose whether to renew.
- Fully refundable until your access begins
Refundable in full until your access begins. One email, no questions.
Request a workflow demo for your missing-pattern job.
Tell us the vehicle or panel your pattern library does not cover, and what you scan and cut with. You see the real software run on a job like yours before you decide anything.
- You get a confirmation email straight away, so you know it arrived.
- A person replies within two working days (Estonia, Monday to Friday) with a demo on a comparable panel: a recorded walkthrough or a time for a live screen share.
- We tell you honestly whether your scanner, plotter and panel are a good fit today.
- No payment, no sales sequence. Your details are used for this demo only.
Only want the launch note? One email when it ships, one when presale licenses run out.
05 Four questions installers ask first
Straight answers.
The full list is on the FAQ page. Equipment questions: scanner and plotter compatibility.
How do I make my own PPF patterns from a 3D scan?
Import an STL, OBJ or PLY scan, define coverage and seams on the real panel, flatten it, then inspect stretch, reliefs and edge wraps before exporting SVG, DXF or PLT for your plotter. PPF Engine handles that digital workflow; you still make a physical test fit before production cutting.
What do I need to scan cars?
Any scanner that exports STL, OBJ or PLY. We use a Shining 3D Einstar Rockit, an entry-level handheld, and anything in that class or better is a good starting point. Installers use everything from entry-level structured-light handhelds to professional laser scanners. The cleanup tools are built for noisy, real-world scans.
Which plotters are supported?
Export is SVG, DXF and PLT (HP-GL), developed and tested against a Graphtec FC9000. If your cutter reads any of those, you’re covered. Files are full-scale in millimetres with a 100 mm reference line so the scale is never in question.
What exactly am I buying today?
A presale license: 12 months of full PPF Engine access for $900, instead of the $1,800/yr public launch price. You also lock the same $900 annual renewal price for this one-seat license. You’re charged today; your year starts the day we deliver (estimated December 2026), not today. Until your access begins, you can get a full refund with one email.