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🎨 Free & Easy Design Tools

100% free visual design software and specialized planning tools that bring your calculations to life. No signup required. Simple, easy-to-use tools that solve specific design challenges and work seamlessly with our system calculators.

The Visual Design Suite

After using the System Design Calculators to determine your zone counts and head quantities, these visual tools help you create professional layouts, detailed diagrams, and quickly generated parts lists. Each tool is designed to solve a specific problem in the design workflow.

🎯 How These Tools Fit Together

  • Measure GPM - Essential first step before any design work
  • Spacing Visualizer - Learn proper spacing before designing
  • Design Tool → Visualize layout
  • System Calculator → Calculate zones and system parameters
  • Details Generator - Create diagrams for installation, valve manifold, backflow, sprinkler head, stop and waste, etc...
  • Parts List Builder - Create quick parts lists when you already know what you are needing to purchase

Visual Design Tool PAIRS WITH SYSTEM CALC

A comprehensive drag-and-drop tool for creating visual irrigation layouts. Works perfectly with the Full System Calculator - use the calculator to determine how many zones are needed for your design to function properly

Property Drawing - Draw yard outline to scale
Head Placement - Drag and position sprinklers

Perfect Pairing with System Calculator

The Complete Workflow:

  1. Start with this Visual Design Tool to create your layout:
    • Draw your property outline
    • Place sprinkler heads where needed
    • Organize heads into zones
    • Determine spacing between heads
  2. Then use the Full System Calculator to answer its questions based on your visual layout:
    • How many heads per zone? (Count from your layout)
    • What spacing are you using? (Measure from your layout)
    • The calculator validates your system parameters and provides a full parts list

Best for: Creating detailed visual layouts. This tool excels at helping you position heads precisely on your property.

The Calculator gives you the system parameters, this tool helps you arrange everything:

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Irrigation Detail Generator

Create professional installation detail diagrams for specific components like valve manifolds, backflow assemblies, and pipe connections. Perfect for documenting exactly how parts should be assembled for installation or permit applications.

Component Library - Valves, pipes, fittings
Drag & Drop Interface - Build diagrams visually
Multiple Pipe Sizes - 1/2" to 2" components
Export to PNG - High-quality images

Solves a specific problem: When you need to show exactly how components connect together, this tool creates professional assembly diagrams. Unlike the Design Tool which shows the big picture layout, this tool focuses on detailed component-level connections.

Common use cases:

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Measure GPM Guide

Learn how to accurately measure your water flow rate (Gallons Per Minute) - the single most important measurement for designing any irrigation system. This interactive guide includes step-by-step instructions, a built-in timer, and calculator.

Bucket Method - Simple, accurate technique
Built-in Timer - Measure precisely
GPM Calculator - Instant results

Critical First Step

You MUST measure GPM before using any calculator or design tool. Your GPM determines:

  • How many zones your system needs
  • How many heads you can run per zone
  • Which sprinkler types are appropriate
  • Whether your system will function properly

Guessing or estimating GPM leads to system failure. Take 5 minutes to measure it correctly.

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Sprinkler Spacing Visualizer

An interactive educational tool to understand proper sprinkler head spacing and coverage overlap. Use this before designing to learn why spacing matters and visualize head-to-head coverage principles.

Visual Learning - See coverage overlap
Interactive - Adjust spacing in real-time
Pattern Comparison - Square vs triangular
Coverage Quality - Uniformity visualization

Solves a learning problem: Understanding proper spacing is critical but hard to visualize. This tool shows you exactly how head-to-head coverage works and why additional overlap may be optimal. Use it before designing to understand the principles.

What you'll learn:

When to use: Review this tool before starting your system design to understand spacing fundamentals. Then apply those principles when using the System Calculator and Design Tool.

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Parts List Builder NEW BETA

A quick list builder for those who already know what parts they need. Built for speed—just add items, quantities, and generate a formalized shopping list. No calculations, no complexity.

Fast Entry - Add parts quickly
Simple Tracking - Track quantities
Print Ready - Generate shopping list

Perfect for experienced installers: Skip the design work and go straight to building your parts list. Add what you need, print it out, and head to the store.

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