Seattle, Washington – April 12, 2010 – Front Panel Express, a leading manufacturer of custom-designed front panels and enclosures, releases a new version of their free design software, Front Panel Designer. This update can now run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, has more design flexibility, and additional features. Additionally, the company was able to reduce their standard manufacturing lead time from 7 to 5 days.

In the previous version of the software making special shapes used to be an involved process, now this is a simple file import. Before, users had to build custom shapes using a standard tool kit or send their designs in to have one of their engineers import them, but in version 4.0 a simple dxf file import does the trick. Front Panel Express has simplified and sped up the process of custom file imports by incorporating this feature in their CAD software. The import of DXF files makes the design of exterior and interior contours possible without restrictions, which means that the design of front panels is not limited to simple geometric shapes (as an example see attached screenshot ). As with all Front Panel Designer features, the user can see an immediate price quote for their custom designs.

“Our customers let us know that they wanted to have more versatility and control over the design process. Now that we have given these to them, I am excited to see their new designs. The most unique ones will be featured in our monthly email newsletter.” says Diane Haensel, CEO of Front Panel Express.

The design software Front Panel Designer is a tool for engineers, designers, and do-it-yourselfers to design their front panels or enclosures. It is a WYSISYG (What You See Is What You Get) application. The user gets the results as they see it on their screen. Front Panel Express has an automated process to machine these designs with modern CNC technology on aluminum panels, plastic panels, or on customer provided material.

This process makes it easy for their customers to quickly get professionally finished products for their prototype or production runs.

About Front Panel Express LLC.

Front Panel Express is a supplier for front panels and enclosures. They manufacture them based on their customers’ designs. Current clients come from the audio & video, aerospace, automotive, marine industries, the government and educational fields and more. The company focuses on high quality and low volume production for reasonable prices.

Since its foundation in 2002 the company has been growing constantly. Today, Front Panel Express serves engineers and designers within the United States, Canada, and Australia from its production facility in Seattle, WA.