The planning bench for farm and homestead fencing — size your posts, bays, braces and gates before the first hole is ever dug.
Developed by SHULIKA-DEV
PostSpan Fence Desk turns fence planning from napkin math into a tidy desk workflow. Pick a starter job pack, dial in your run length, corners, gates, grade and soil — and the bench instantly recomputes post counts, bay spacing, brace assemblies and a full material tally. Everything lives on your device: no account, no sign-up, no connection required out in the field.
Woven-wire paddocks, three-board horse runs, garden mesh, high-tensile cattle perimeters, driveway double-gate approaches and orchard deer exclusion — each with its own spacing logic.
Change one slider and the whole plan updates live: bays shorten on steep grade, staples scale with post count, waste percent flows into every material line.
Saved designs, favorites, a home-screen widget with your active plan, and gentle bench reminders so a half-finished layout never gets forgotten.
The heart of the app. Feed it real-world inputs and it hands back a plan you can walk the line with.
Total fence run plus every gate opening — the bench nets gates out of the run automatically.
Corner count and end-brace assemblies shape the post total and the brace list.
Slope percent tightens bay spacing; soil type drives set-depth hints; waste percent pads every material line.
For driveway packs, enter vehicle width and hinge side to run the gate clearance check.
| Output | Details |
|---|---|
| Post count | Line, corner and brace posts, split out |
| Bay spacing | Even spacing tuned to fence type and grade |
| Brace list | Corner H-braces, end assemblies, inline H on long runs |
| Wire / boards | Line-wire footage or board linear feet with waste |
| Staples & concrete | Fastener counts and concrete bag estimate |
| Gate verdict | Pass / fail clearance with a fix suggestion |
| Safety notes | Type-specific tips: stretching, energizing, aprons |
Every pack ships with sensible defaults, a terrain note and a starter materials list — so you begin from a working plan, not a blank form.
48″ woven mesh with a top strand across four corners on rolling clay loam.
Classic 3-rail paddock with a no-climb option on level, sandy ground.
Welded mesh with a dig-proof apron for garden beds and brooder yards.
Five-strand high-tensile with long bays over open, rocky range.
Twin swing gates with a truck-clearance check on a crowned, frost-prone drive.
Tall mesh with a top HT strand protecting fruit rows on a light slope.
Numbers are half the job — the other half is seeing the line. The stage canvas lets you lay your plan out visually and carry it off-device.
Place posts, corner braces, H-braces, end assemblies and gates on a freeform canvas. Move, scale, rotate and layer props to sketch the actual fence line, then save it with the design.
Step-by-step corner, end and inline H-brace walkthroughs with member lengths, diagonal angles and fastener callouts — including the classic tension check so diagonals tighten instead of lifting posts.
Export a clean one-page PDF plan or a stage snapshot image and share it straight to the crew, the lumber yard or your own records. Everything is generated on-device.
A reference shelf comparing woven wire, high-tensile electric, board, welded mesh, temporary poly and pipe-and-cable — strengths, best uses, trade-offs and one field-tested tip each.
Frost heave loam, sandy drain, heavy clay and rocky subsoil cards with educational depth ranges and tamping, belling and keying advice for each ground type.
Keep a dozen designs on the go — favorites float to the top, each stores its inputs, canvas layout and notes, and the widget keeps your active plan one glance away.
Found a bug, have a feature idea, or a question about your fence plan? Write to us — we read every message and usually reply within 1–2 business days. Please include your device model and a short description of what happened.