ESA Motion
Engineering software, made practical

Engineering Design Tools.

EsaMotion develops practical engineering software for makers, fabricators, vehicle builders, designers, and engineers. Start with FrameDesigner to create tubular frames and custom chassis, evaluate geometry and loads, and prepare fabrication data directly in your browser.

From reference geometry to fabrication data.

FrameDesigner combines interactive 3D frame design with fabrication-aware geometry, automatic joint calculations, bend data, notch visualization, measurements, and manufacturing output.

Reference geometry
FrameDesigner imported 3D reference geometry for custom chassis design

Work around imported 3D models

Load multiple STL, OBJ, GLTF, and GLB-style reference models. Position, rotate, scale, hide, and inspect them independently while the frame remains dimensionally separate.

Frame design
Tubular frame and chassis design with round square and rectangular tube

Round, square & rectangular tube

Create members joint-to-joint, move and split tubes, add multi-bend geometry, apply symmetry, select standard or custom tube sizes, and control profile clocking.

Joint intelligence
Automatic tube notching and joint calculation in FrameDesigner

Automatic notch calculation

Physical joints are discovered from geometry and recalculated as the structure changes, including miter, cope, terminal, multi-contact, straight-host, and compound bent-host conditions.

Fabrication
Tube bending and fabrication specifications for a tubular chassis

Tube-by-tube build specifications

Review stock length, chord length, fabrication order, bend sequence, bend CLR and angle, end-cut operations, developed length, and per-cut tolerance for each member.

Visualization
Interactive tube notch and fabrication preview

Interactive fabrication preview

Inspect the selected tube in an orthographic 3D preview with neighboring members, raw-stock extensions, bend highlights, notch contours, and unfolded Notch 1 / Notch 2 views.

Output
FrameDesigner CAD export and fabrication output

Export the design for the next step

Generate fabrication PDFs and export frame geometry through JSON, STL, OBJ, and STEP-related solid-CAD workflows, including straight and bent members with notch reconstruction.

Multi-model projects Undo / Redo Measurements Navigation cube Perspective & orthographic views SpaceMouse support Autosave & recovery Portable .fdproject files Browser-based

Engineering tools for people who build.

Each ESA Motion application is focused on a real design or fabrication workflow. FrameDesigner starts with tubular frame design, and the platform will expand with more tools for mechanical design, calculation, simulation, and automation.

FrameDesigner

Import 3D references and create fabrication-aware tubular frames with joints, bends, profiles, notches, measurements, and export tools.

Available now →

Analysis tools

Focused calculators and visual analysis utilities for engineering decisions and early-stage design work.

Coming later

Automation

Utilities that connect calculations, engineering data, repetitive workflows, and machine-ready output.

In development

Built for real tubular-frame projects.

FrameDesigner is focused on the workflows that matter when a design eventually has to be cut, bent, notched, welded, and assembled.

Vehicle chassis

Custom cars, race cars & replicas

Lay out a tubular space frame around reference bodywork, drivetrain, suspension, occupants, and other packaging constraints while keeping dimensions explicit.

Fabrication

Roll cages, buggies & off-road frames

Plan tube sizes, joints, bends, notch geometry, and fabrication order before material is cut, reducing trial-and-error during the build.

Engineering

Structural simulation before welding

Apply loads and inspect deformation and structural behavior early in the design process so weak load paths can be found before fabrication.

An Esacode platform

Software for engineers, makers, and fabricators.

ESA Motion is developed by Esacode, LLC. The goal is straightforward: create modern engineering software that is fast to access, easy to understand, and useful from the first minute — especially for builders who need practical design and fabrication tools without heavyweight CAD workflows.

Browser-first, accessible anywhere
Purpose-built engineering workflows
Clean interfaces with technical depth
A platform designed to grow tool by tool