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The customer wanted privacy by their pool. They didn’t want a boring fence. They wanted something they’d be happy to look at. We made the full drawings in ~90 sec. The job invoiced at $12,000.

Shop
Sanctum Screens
Location
Brisbane, QLD
Built
April 2026
Poolside curved battened privacy screen installed at a residential property
§ 01The Brief

Privacy by the pool. Without the wall.

The customer’s pool sat right next to the neighbour’s yard. They wanted the view blocked. But they didn’t want a boring fence. They wanted a fence they’d be happy to show off, not one they’d try to hide.

Fig. 01/SKETCH-001What landed on the bench
Customer's hand-drawn pencil sketch of the curved privacy screen they wanted, before any CAD work
Customer's hand sketch · pencil on paper · no dimensions, just the idea

That sketch is what we started with. The shape was clear. The sizes were not. No batten spacing. No base plate dimensions. No curve radius. Our job was to fill in the numbers and turn the sketch into real drawings. Drawings the metal merchant and the welder could both build from.

§ 02The Iterations

Three options. Same morning.

The plan was simple. A curved screen at the end of the pool, where the neighbours could see in. Standard straight panels along the rest of the pool. Same battens, same base plates, same finish. The only thing left to decide was the shape of the curve.

The customer didn’t have to pick the first option. They wanted to see a tighter curve. Then a longer straight bit before the curve. Then a wider, softer curve.

The old way of doing this is three drafting sessions. Three invoices. Two or three days of waiting. The new way is three quick changes to the same form. Three drawings on the screen. Same morning.

Fig. 02/OPT-A/B/CThree options, same morning
Option A

Tighter curve

curve_radius_mm: 1000

Option B

Longer straight before the curve

curve_start_mm: 1800

Option CSelected

Wider curve, the one they built

curve_radius_mm: 2000

Reviewed in under an hour · Option C selected

They picked Option C, the wide curve with a 2000 radius. From sketch to final design in under an hour.

§ 03The Drawings

Site dimensions in. A4 drawing pack out.

Both fences use the same simple form. Type in your sizes. Hit generate. You get a full A4 drawing pack with the dimensions on every sheet. The curved version has four extra boxes for the curve shape.

Below are the drawings the customer approved. Drag to flip through the sheets, or click to open full-screen.

Fig. 03/DWG-A-001Curved privacy screen
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5 sheets · front, top, base detail, notes, cutting list
Fig. 04/DWG-A-002Matching standard panels
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4 sheets · front, top, base detail, cutting list
§ 04The 3D Model

The same model the customer approved. Before we cut any metal.

Every drawing above comes from one 3D model. The model is rebuilt from your sizes. Nothing is stretched from a template. Drag to rotate the screen below. It’s exactly what the customer saw before they said yes.

Fig. 05/3D-A-001Curved privacy screen
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76 parts · interactive
Fig. 06/3D-A-002Matching standard panels
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50 parts · interactive
§ 05The Cutting List

Material on order before lunch.

The cutting list comes out at the same time as the drawings. So does the total weight and the material cost. No second tool needed. No measuring and adding by hand. By the time the drawings finished printing, the metal order was already on its way to the merchant.

Fig. 07/BOM-A-001Curved screen, cutting list

Specifications

Curved Battened Privacy Screen

Total weight
154.1 kg
Material length
98.5 m
Pieces
76

Cutting list

PartProfileLengthQty
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS4,000 mm10
Base Plate60x10 flat bar3,680 mm2
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS3,356.9 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS2,963.3 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS2,696.4 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS2,487.4 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS2,314.8 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS2,168.1 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS2,041.7 mm1
Cross Rail40x40 solid bar2,020.6 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,931.7 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,835.6 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,751.7 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,678.6 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,615.4 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,561.2 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,515.5 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,477.9 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,447.9 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,425.3 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,409.9 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,401.6 mm1
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,400 mm7
Wall Plate50x10 flat bar100 mm1
Cap60x3 flat bar60 mm36

Material cost (AUD, indicative)

$1,291 – $1,937

25 line items
Fig. 08/BOM-A-002Standard panels, cutting list

Specifications

Battened Privacy Screen

Total weight
55.4 kg
Material length
37.0 m
Pieces
50

Cutting list

PartProfileLengthQty
Base Plate60x10 flat bar2,350 mm2
Batten50x50x3.0 SHS1,295 mm24
Cap50x3 flat bar50 mm24

Material cost (AUD, indicative)

$487 – $731

3 line items
§ 06Impact

What this meant for the shop.

From brief to drawings
~90 sec

Same morning the brief came in.

Job invoiced at
$12,000

Quoted straight off the drawing pack.

Drafting cost
$0

No drafter. No revision fees.

No late nights drafting. No drafter to pay. No two days of waiting on revisions. The shop quoted right off the drawings. They ordered the metal that morning. They were cutting it the next day. The next custom job will go the same way.

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