Online or on the go, on tablet or computer, draw your lead came or your Tiffany copper foil, choose your glass, watch the sun sweep across your design, and print the cartoon ready to assemble.
No endless palette of tools and options. four dedicated modes
Diafane is built with the technique, lead or Tiffany copper foil, at the heart of design. So you can focus on your drawing, and nothing else. No brushes, no filters, no unnecessary tools.
Nothing superfluous and drawing tolerances adapted to the craft.
Rose windows, lancets, medallions: draw one half and Diafane mirrors the rest in real time, on one or two axes.
Import your drawings from Illustrator, Inkscape or Affinity, Diafane adds the lines for you (lead or Tiffany). SVG export anytime.
H or U, side, width, heart: from traditional lead came to Tiffany.
A wide catalog of hues that you can enhance with a level of transparency and a surface texture. You can even create your own glass.
Eight patterns recognized, from checkerboard to symmetry: color a few pieces, Diafane works out the rule and carries it across the whole panel.
Set the address, orientation and tilt of your work. Diafane calculates the sun's trajectory and plays light on each piece. You can even take photos!
Latitude, longitude, and orientation define the sun's position.
From solstice to equinox, scroll through the seasons.
Simulate combinations of transparency and texture.
A realistic rendering to better envision the result.
Diafane calculates everything for you, from materials to production cost, and guides you all the way to cutting, by hand or by machine.
Diafane automatically calculates the glass surfaces, the lead, and the production cost.
Print your stained glass at full scale at home with tile conversion, ready to assemble.
Each piece at actual size. Sorted by number, glass, or dimensions.
The cutting order, grouped by glass type.
Create up to 3 stained glass designs for free!
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or 99 € per year, two months free.
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Schools, community workshops, continuing education, … contact us for custom pricing.
On both plans: one account for one person and up to two devices. Every account gets storage space for its imported images: 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Premium.
Of all the stained-glass software I have tried so far, Diafane is by far the best and most promising one.
Marc
The whole new exporting tool is great: it solves the biggest issue for me all on its own.
AV
I have just started out on my own, and Diafane will be very useful to present my proposals to clients.
Coleen, Facebook
Using the app has been a blast! Thank you for making such a great tool!
Harry, Reddit
Huge thanks for creating such an intuitive tool, and for letting us use it for free.
MrTea, Reddit
It works perfectly, thanks for this fantastic software!
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I came across your platform and I am so excited by the potential.
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