What is Autogate NW Gate Designer?

Autogate NW Gate Designer is an online driveway gate design tool for previewing gate layouts, ornamental details, swing and slide gate concepts, and printable fabrication-style drawing sheets.

Who is the Gate Designer made for?

It is useful for ornamental gate fabricators, automatic gate installers, fence contractors, builders, designers, and homeowners who want to preview a gate before fabrication or installation.

Can subscribers create gate bids?

Yes. Subscriber bid creation can pull from saved gate designs and BOM cost-list information, then save client-facing and internal bid copies with bid numbers and revision numbers.

Does the designer replace engineering or installation review?

No. It is a planning, estimating, and communication tool. Final gate designs still require field verification, code compliance, safety planning, engineering review where needed, and professional fabrication or installation judgment.

Online ornamental gate designer

Driveway gate design software for fabricators, installers, and contractors.

Autogate NW Gate Designer helps turn driveway-gate ideas into clear visual previews, editable layouts, practical drawing sheets, saved design packets, material cost lists, and subscriber bid tools before the gate is built.

Preview swing gates, slide gates, V-track gates, cantilever gates, ornamental iron-style gates, picket gates, privacy gates, wood-infill gates, and fabrication-style gate drawings in one web-based design tool.

Swing gate layouts Slide gate layouts Ornamental details Fabrication-style sheets Save and export Subscriber dashboard BOM / cost lists Bid creation

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Visitors can try the driveway gate designer in preview mode. Logged-in Autogate NW clients and Gate Designer subscribers can save, load, export, build BOM/cost-list records, and prepare subscriber bids.

Driveway gate design software preview showing an ornamental gate concept

Online driveway gate design software for early planning and sales conversations

Gate projects are easier to discuss when everyone can see the same design. The Gate Designer gives fabricators, installers, fence contractors, builders, and homeowners a shared visual starting point for the gate opening, gate type, frame, rails, pickets, fills, ornamental objects, and support details.

It is not just a picture maker. It is a practical design workspace for exploring gate type, size, rails, pickets, privacy materials, decorative inserts, slide and cantilever details, saved design packets, material takeoff information, subscriber material lists, BOM/cost-list records, bid creation, and printable fabrication-style sheets.

Best fit: ornamental driveway gates, automatic driveway gates, custom iron-style gates, V-track slide gates, cantilever gate concepts, fence/gate sales presentations, fabrication planning, and bid preparation.

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Visual gate preview

Try swing, slide, V-track, cantilever, flat-top, arched, ornamental, privacy, and mixed-material concepts in one place.

Technical sheets

Create dimensioned drawing sheets, materials summaries, installation notes, and supplemental fabrication guidance.

Save & reuse designs

Subscribers and Autogate NW clients can save designs, load them later, revise them, and start from standard templates.

Who uses the Gate Designer?

The tool is built for people who need to communicate gate ideas clearly before a final fabrication or installation decision is made.

Gate fabricatorsPreview ornamental iron-style gates, rails, pickets, rings, letters, fills, and fabrication drawings.

Gate installersCompare swing, slide, V-track, and cantilever approaches for a given opening.

Fence contractorsAdd a clearer gate concept to fencing proposals and client discussions.

Builders & designersExplore driveway-entry style, columns, lighting, and surrounding visual context.

HomeownersTry gate ideas before asking a fabricator or installer to price the work.

Free preview first. Subscriber tools when the design is ready to save.

Visitors can use the Gate Designer to explore ideas and see what is possible. A subscription becomes useful when the design is worth saving, exporting, estimating, or turning into a client bid.

Don’t lose your custom gate design

Save the dimensions, frame layout, picket settings, finish notes, and ornamental choices so the design can be opened and edited later.

Save and reload private gate designs from a subscriber dashboard.
Export design packets for review, estimating, or fabrication planning.
Use saved gates as the starting point for material lists, BOM / cost lists, and bids.

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Turn a gate preview into materials and a bid

When a concept is ready for pricing, subscribers can move from the visual gate design into materials, cost-list, and customer-bid tools.

Create material and cut-list information from saved gate designs.
Build BOM / cost-list records using subscriber material data.
Create client-facing and internal bid pages with saved bid numbers and revisions.

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Feature comparison

Feature	Visitor preview	Subscriber
Visual gate previews	✓	✓
Adjust dimensions, styles, fills, and ornaments	✓	✓
Save and reload gate designs Subscriber Benefit	—	✓
Export design packets and drawing sheets Subscriber Benefit	—	✓
Materials lists and cut-list support Pro Tool	—	✓
BOM / cost-list tools Pro Tool	—	✓
Customer bid creation and saved bid revisions Pro Tool	—	✓

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Loving your current gate layout? Don’t lose those dimensions, rail settings, picket choices, and ornamental details. Subscribe for $49.95 / month to save design packets and keep working from your dashboard.

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Subscriber dashboard, BOM / cost-list, and bid creation tools

The subscriber area extends the gate designer beyond a one-time preview. Subscribers can keep their gate work organized, maintain reusable material information, prepare cost lists, and create client-ready bid pages from saved gate designs.

Subscriber dashboard

A central starting point for subscriber tools, saved gate designs, material lists, BOM / cost-list work, bid creation, account information, and shared design resources.

Saved gate design packets

Logged-in subscribers can save private gate designs, reload them later, revise them, export drawing sheets, and use the saved gate as the starting point for BOM and bid work.

Material lists and supplier data

Subscribers can build material lists with item numbers, profiles, categories, supplier information, and cost fields that support later takeoff and estimating work.

BOM / cost-list tool

Create a compiled bill of materials or cost list from a saved gate design, review selected components, track missing prices, and save the compiled material-cost record for bidding.

Subscriber bid creation

Create client-facing and internal bid pages from saved gates and BOM / cost-list records, with editable line items, labor rates, markup, sales tax, travel or fuel surcharge, and comments.

Saved bids and revisions

Save bids as editable records, reopen an existing bid, copy it to a new bid number, delete old bids, and use a two-digit revision number so the accepted client version is clear.

From gate concept to client bid

The subscriber workflow is designed to reduce repeated entry and keep estimating information connected to the saved gate design.

Design the gateChoose gate type, size, frame, rails, pickets, fills, ornaments, surroundings, and output sheets.

Save the designStore the gate packet for later editing, revisions, downloads, and subscriber estimating tools.

Build the BOMUse the saved gate and subscriber material lists to prepare a material cost list or compiled BOM.

Create the bidAdd materials, fabrication labor, powder coating, installation, subcontractor items, travel, comments, markup, and tax.

Revise and reuseOpen saved bids, update a revision number, or copy a similar old bid to a new bid number.

Subscriber page screenshots to add

These image slots are ready for subscriber workflow screenshots. Add JPG or GIF files with these names to the images/ folder when you have screen captures ready.

Subscriber dashboard for online gate design software

Subscriber dashboard. A central page for saved designs, BOM tools, bid creation, material lists, suppliers, and account setup.

Gate BOM and cost list tool for subscriber gate estimating

BOM / cost-list tool. Convert saved gate information into a compiled material and cost-list record for estimating.

Subscriber bid creation page for driveway gate project

Bid creation. Build a gate bid with materials, labor, coating, installation, subcontractor costs, travel or fuel surcharge, and comments.

Saved gate bid with bid number and revision number

Saved bids and revisions. Reopen a saved bid, copy it to a new number, and show a two-digit revision on the finished client bid.

Design options — section by section

The designer is organized in a top-down workflow so a driveway gate can move from rough concept to practical drawing packet. These are the main option groups currently represented in the design controls.

Load, save, and drawing identity

Load personal saved gates when logged in.
Load standard/shared gate templates as starting points.
Upload a saved design JSON file.
Set or regenerate the ANW drawing number.
Track revision number, project/client reference, drawing date, and designer name.
Choose what reference appears in the drawing header.
Mark drawing purpose: client approval, bid request, or production.

Gate type, size, finish, and top

Dual swing, single swing, and faux-double single gate.
Single or dual V-track slide gates.
Single or dual cantilever slide gates.
Advisory enclosed/slotted cantilever selections.
Opening width and gate height.
Finish notes: black, unpainted/natural rust, white, dark green, or rustic brown.
Flat top, plain arch, camel arch, and inverted camel arch.
Arch rise, second arched rail, second-arch drop, and second-arch rail size.

Slide gate planning

Slide tail style: continue the gate design or use an open X-braced tail frame.
Tail side for single slide gates: left or right.
V-track tail allowance and cantilever counterbalance allowance.
V-track guide-roller planning notes and roller recommendations.
Cantilever-specific flat-top lockout for arches and top accessories.

Top accessories

Main vertical-picket finials: none, spear point, quad flare, arrow, or fleur-de-lis.
Optional alternating main-picket finial heights.
Separate top cresting row with style, height above top rail, spacing, and end inset.
Style caps / ball caps on side styles.
Warnings when main-picket finials and a separate cresting row are both selected.

Rails and frame

Selectable top rail and bottom rail sizes.
Additional straight rails: none through five rails.
Straight rail type: 1" x 2" channel or 2"–8" x 2" tube choices.
Individual rail-height placement for added rails.
Side style width selection.
Main mullion count and mullion width.
Section-level mullion overrides when a section needs a different bay count.

Default vertical fill and pickets

Default vertical fill: pickets, radial/sunburst pickets, ring row, or wood boards.
Default fundamental picket size and number of fundamentals per bay.
Default filler-picket size for alternating fundamental/filler layouts.
Default picket angle: vertical, 30°, 45°, or 60° left/right, plus horizontal.
Default radial spoke count and radial center X/Y offset.
Board color choices: cedar, redwood, or walnut.
Knuckles: none, single, double, or triple per full-height picket.

Section fills and bay controls

Each gate section can use open pickets, radial pickets, ring rows, wood boards, horizontal rails, custom horizontal rail stacks, blank/no-picket panels, or safety mesh.
Safety mesh sample selection from available image patterns.
Bay treatment can stay uniform or open bay-by-bay customization.
Custom bays can override fill type, picket count, picket size, filler size, mesh sample, radial settings, horizontal rail count, horizontal rail size, and knuckles.
Custom horizontal rail stacks can set rail sizes from top to bottom.

Picket height and specialty layouts

All full-height pickets.
Every-other-short picket pattern.
Short/medium alternating picket pattern.
Short and medium picket height percentages.
Optional finials on shortened pickets.
Radial/sunburst layouts with adjustable spoke count and center offsets.
Ring rows sized around 3.5" rings with 1/2" stock notes.

Decorative details and embellishments

Add multiple independent embellishment objects.
Object types: frame, letter, fill/image, or none.
Frame shapes: circle, oval, rectangle, and diamond.
Letter text with stock and custom font choices.
Stock fonts such as Times Roman Bold, Bookman Old Style Bold, Cowboy, and Helvetica Bold.
Stock fill/casting/image samples from the ornament library.
Per-object center position, width, height, rotation, and keep-aspect behavior.
Repeat controls with columns, rows, and X/Y spacing.

Preview surroundings

Posts and columns around the concept preview.
6" posts, 2 ft columns, and 3 ft columns where appropriate.
Column materials: concrete, stone, and brick.
Stone/brick image texture selection.
Post/column height choices, including auto height.
Lighting selections for preview presentation.
Post caps/tops and optional post lights when columns are not used.

Rendered preview and output sheets

Rendered concept preview for client discussion.
Dimensioned fabrication-style elevation drawing.
Materials / selected components sheet.
Picket cut-list and section/infill summaries.
Supplemental fabrication details for columns, hinge posts, and footprints.
V-track guide-roller and cantilever advisory sheets where applicable.
Download/print/export options for logged-in clients and subscribers.

Program screenshots and gate design outputs

These are examples of the actual outputs the Gate Designer can help produce, from a clean concept preview to printable technical sheets and supplemental fabrication details.

Ornamental driveway gate design preview from online gate designer

Concept preview. Show the customer a clean rendered gate concept with columns, lighting, decorative infill, and overall proportions before fabrication begins.

Gate fabrication drawing generated from driveway gate design software

Dimensioned gate elevation. Generate a clear drawing sheet with principal dimensions, design notes, and a review box for client approval, bid request, or production planning.

Gate materials and cut list summary from gate design tool

Materials and cut-list summary. Summarize selected components, picket groups, infill sections, and decorative items to support estimating and fabrication planning.

Slide and cantilever gate supplemental fabrication detail sheet

Supplemental detail sheets. Add supporting pages for columns, hinge posts, footprints, installation guidance, V-track planning, and cantilever-related details.

Useful for driveway gate planning, estimating, and client communication

Explore gate width, height, and basic frame layout.
Compare swing, slide, V-track, and cantilever gate approaches.
Try pickets, rails, mesh, wood-look slats, and privacy fills.
Add finials, rings, letters, frames, and ornamental inserts.
Create drawings that are easier to discuss with clients or fabricators.
Save alternate versions before narrowing down a final direction.
Load standard examples instead of starting from a blank screen.
Export sheets for review, pricing, and project communication.
Support bid planning with saved gate packets and materials information.
Use a visual gate preview before field verification and final fabrication review.
Manage subscriber workflow from one dashboard.
Create client-facing and internal bid pages from saved gate and BOM data.
Reopen saved bids, copy similar bids, and track two-digit bid revisions.

Gate Designer Subscription

$49.95 / month

Renews automatically each month. Cancel before the next renewal if you no longer need it.

A subscription unlocks saving, loading private designs, downloading/exporting design sheets, subscriber dashboard tools, material-list and BOM/cost-list features, and subscriber bid creation. Autogate NW clients receive Gate Designer access as part of their client account.

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Gate Designer FAQ

What is driveway gate design software?

Driveway gate design software helps you preview gate layouts, sizes, frame options, infill styles, and drawing sheets before fabrication or installation. Autogate NW Gate Designer is focused specifically on gate projects rather than general-purpose CAD.

Can I design ornamental iron-style gates?

Yes. The designer includes pickets, finials, rings, frames, letters, fill images, arches, rail options, and decorative objects for ornamental driveway gate concepts.

Can it help with swing gates and slide gates?

Yes. It supports single and dual swing gates, faux-double single gates, V-track slide gates, cantilever slide gates, and advisory enclosed/slotted cantilever concepts.

Does the subscription include a subscriber dashboard?

Yes. The subscriber dashboard gives quick access to saved gate designs, BOM / cost-list tools, material lists, suppliers, account information, and subscriber bid creation.

Can subscribers create bids from saved gate designs?

Yes. The bid creation page can use saved gate and BOM / cost-list information, then produce a client-facing bid and an internal copy for the subscriber.

Can an old bid be reused for a similar job?

Yes. Saved bids can be opened for editing, copied to a new bid number, and assigned a two-digit revision number from 00 to 99 for clearer client communication.

Does it replace final engineering or installation review?

No. Gate designs still require proper field verification, safety planning, operator selection, code compliance, and professional judgment. The designer is a planning and communication tool, not a substitute for final engineering, fabrication review, or installation expertise.

Important note

Gate designs still require proper field verification, safety planning, operator selection, code compliance, and professional judgment. The Gate Designer is a planning and communication tool, not a substitute for final engineering, fabrication review, or installation expertise.