Tools that read a CAD model or drawing and draft a price using your own rates. Every one we list keeps a human estimator in the loop.
Start with this question: How long does a typical quote take you today, and how many do you lose because you were slow?
10 tools
Quoting and estimating platform for custom manufacturers that reads 3D CAD, detects features, flags manufacturability issues and applies your own pricing rules.
Upload CAD, PDFs or drawings (or forward RFQ emails to an inbox) and get DFM risk flags plus an editable draft quote.
Prices milled, turned and sheet-metal parts from the STEP model plus the PDF print, using editable formulas tied to your own machines and rates.
Reads geometry from STEP/IGES or drawings, checks the part against your machines, and prices it on your rates, with an approval gate before anything reaches the customer.
Quoting plus production software for contract manufacturers: CAD in, rule-based draft quote out, with routing and shop-floor modules on higher tiers.
Connects to your RFQ inbox, opens the CAD, drawing and BOM in each request, drafts the estimate and lets you reply on the same email thread.
General quote-to-cash assistant for trades: picks up requests from Gmail/Outlook, reads STEP files, drafts a priced quote from your history, and books invoices in QuickBooks or Xero.
Watches estimators' inboxes, turns RFQs with prints into drafts, extracts BOMs, and matches each line against your past won quotes.
AI part analysis (DFM, cycle-time and cost estimates) plus toolpath generation inside Autodesk Fusion; also sold as an API.
Browser-based AI that reads 2D PDF drawings, places balloons and fills AS9102 Form 3 with dimensions, tolerances and GD&T for human review.