Portola

AI software for machine shops & fabricators

Turn customer requests into real progress.

Portola turns your customer’s description into engineering reviews, 3D CAD and manufacturing plans. Your team reviews the work in one dashboard.

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Respond to customers sooner.

Give estimators better job details.

Keep every checkpoint and file.

The Portola platform dashboard

See how a request becomes a project.

Connected to your customer form

Enter it once. Keep the work moving.

Your customer’s details carry into Portola automatically. Your team follows progress, reviews decisions and opens saved files here.

  1. Customer request

    Start with their words and files

    Use the details from your connected request form.

  2. Portola prepares the work

    Engineering, CAD and manufacturing plans

    AI specialists prepare the work and flag missing details.

  3. Your team reviews

    Decide what moves forward

    Review results, prepare a quote and follow progress.

Customer project request

Change the example details, then see them carried into the dashboard below.

Track and Manage all Projects From One Dashboard

Custom fabrication workspace

Illustrative dashboard · example projects

Request → action

Your projects

Requests moving forward

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Requests

1

Review

1

Question

Select an example request

FAB-1042 · 24 parts

Custom conveyor bracket

The customer’s drawing has been turned into a design. The latest files and checks are saved, ready for your team to review before estimating.

  1. Request organized

    Saved

    Drawing, dimensions and quantity saved

  2. Design prepared

    Saved

    Bracket design v2 and measurement report saved

  3. Team review

    Needs review

    Material choice is waiting for your decision

  4. Quote preparation

    Waiting

    Continues after the review

  5. Shop preparation

    Waiting

    Follows the agreed scope of work

Next action

Review the design and material choice, then pass the job details to estimating.

Dimensions checked · material choice needs review

Select a request to explore its checkpoints and saved files. This example uses fictional projects to illustrate the workflow.

Built for your shop.

Machine shops

Custom machining, prototypes and replacement parts.

Metal fabricators

Custom components, assemblies and fixtures.

Manufacturers with in-house engineering

Tooling, equipment modifications and production-support parts.

Keep the tools you use.

We configure Portola around your customer form and quoting software, so job details carry through without repeated data entry.

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See it with a request from your shop.

Bring a typical project. We’ll show you how Portola prepares the work.

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