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QuotedPart videos: CNC quoting, start to finish

Each video is one real-time screen recording of QuotedPart on quotedpart.com, with on-screen text instead of a voice. Every price and minute you see is what the app worked out on camera, in a demo shop at QuotedPart's U.S. default rates unless the video says otherwise. The full text of each video is under it.

All of them on YouTube: the playlist or the @quotedpart channel.

How to Quote a CNC Part from a STEP File: Priced in Under 20 Seconds (Real Time)

An RFQ with a STEP file and no drawing, quoted start to finish in QuotedPart. The model is measured in the browser: stock size, weight, setups, holes and pockets, then a routing with CAM, milling, deburr and inspection at the shop's own rates, and a price at every quantity.

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More on this: What a STEP file tells you for a quote, and what it can't

Chapters

• 0:00 Drop the model
• 0:14 Priced at the shop's rates
• 0:30 Formulas you can edit
• 0:48 The RFQ's quantities
• 0:58 Check and send
• 1:11 Try it

Transcript (on-screen text)

1. 0:04An RFQ came in with a STEP file and no drawing. Here is the whole quote, in real time.
2. 0:10Drop the STEP file. QuotedPart measures the model right in the browser.
3. 0:15Priced: stock size, weight, process and a price for every quantity.
4. 0:20Each line is a real operation: stock, CAM programming, milling setups, deburr, inspection.
5. 0:26Setup minutes and run minutes are on every line, at your work center's hourly rate.
6. 0:31Open a line to see how its minutes are worked out. Every formula is yours to edit.
7. 0:40The model carries no material, so 6061-T6 stands in. Confirm it, or pick another.
8. 0:42Switch to 7075-T6 and the stock line and the total reprice at once.
9. 0:49Type the RFQ's quantities. Each break is priced on its own.
10. 0:53Setup and programming spread over the lot, so 25 and 100 pieces cost less each.
11. 0:59Turn the model to check what was measured.
12. 1:05Then send it: a PDF, a page the buyer can order from, or from your own email.

How to Quote a Machined Part from a PDF Drawing Only (No 3D Model) | Real Time

Plenty of RFQs come as a PDF and nothing else. Here QuotedPart reads a dimensioned drawing (views, notes, title block), prices the part from the print alone, lists what the drawing leaves open, and then measures the 3D model when it arrives.

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More on this: How to quote a machined part from a PDF drawing

Chapters

• 0:00 AI reads the drawing
• 0:22 Priced from the print
• 0:35 What to check
• 0:46 The routing
• 0:57 The model arrives
• 1:13 Try it

Transcript (on-screen text)

1. 0:04This RFQ came with a PDF drawing and no 3D model. Watch the quote happen in real time.
2. 0:10Drop the PDF. AI reads the views, dimensions, notes and title block.
3. 0:17A drawing read usually takes 20 to 60 seconds. The clock above is real.
4. 0:23Priced from the drawing alone: 6061-T6, black anodize and the size, all read off the print.
5. 0:29What it read: part number, revision, material spec, finish spec, tolerances, threads and notes.
6. 0:40What a drawing can't settle is listed: the size is estimated from the views, flatness .001, the cert note.
7. 0:47The routing: plate stock, CAM, milling setups for the pocket and tapped holes, deburr, anodize, inspection.
8. 0:53Type the RFQ's quantities. Each one is priced.
9. 0:58When the 3D model shows up, drop it on the quote. It joins the same line and is measured.
10. 1:05Now the price uses the measured model. The drawing still supplies material, finish and tolerances.

How to Quote Swiss and Davenport Turned Parts (1,000 to 10,000 pcs) | Real Time

A 5/8 in sleeve bushing with a step, a groove, a bore and a cross hole, dropped as a STEP file. QuotedPart routes it to the Swiss lathe on its own, prices 12L14 bar with cut-off, then compares a CNC lathe and a Davenport multi-spindle at 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 pieces.

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More on this: Swiss and Davenport screw machine quoting software

Chapters

• 0:00 Drop the STEP file
• 0:15 Routed to the Swiss
• 0:26 12L14 bar
• 0:43 Swiss vs. CNC lathe
• 0:54 Add a Davenport
• 1:16 Davenport vs. Swiss
• 1:27 Try it

Transcript (on-screen text)

1. 0:04A small turned part: a 5/8 in sleeve bushing with a step, a groove, a bore and a cross hole.
2. 0:11Drop the STEP file. The turned features are measured from the model.
3. 0:16Small diameter and many features: it goes to the Swiss lathe on its own.
4. 0:21Swiss routing: bar stock with cut-off, CAM, a 2-hour Swiss setup and the cycle per part.
5. 0:26Screw-machine work is often 12L14. Pick it and the bar cost changes.
6. 0:31Swiss and Davenport jobs come in thousands. Type the RFQ's quantities.
7. 0:38At 1,000 to 10,000 pieces the setup almost disappears; bar and cycle time are the price.
8. 0:44Compare with a CNC lathe in one click.
9. 0:51And back to the Swiss.
10. 0:54Running Davenports? Add one in Settings: a multi-spindle routing with cams, tooling and station times.
11. 1:06Back on the quote, route the bushing to the Davenport.
12. 1:16Davenport: hours of cam setup, a cycle a fraction of the Swiss's. Check which wins at each quantity.

Price Every Quantity Break on Your Own Machine Shop Rates | CNC Quoting Software

Set your work centers' hourly rates and setup times and your default quantity breaks once; every new part is then priced at all of them. Here the example rates are typed in, seven breaks set, and a STEP file priced at 1 to 250 pieces.

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More on this: Quantity break calculator for setup, material and run time

Chapters

• 0:00 Machines & rates
• 0:14 Type your own rates
• 0:31 Every break priced
• 0:59 What the buyer sees
• 1:13 Try it

Transcript (on-screen text)

1. 0:04Quotes should be priced on your shop's real rates. They live in Settings, Machines & rates.
2. 0:09Every work center has its hourly rate and setup time. These are QuotedPart's U.S. defaults.
3. 0:14Type your own. Example: 3-axis VMC $115 an hour with a 60-minute setup, 5-axis $165.
4. 0:21Now the quantity breaks every new part is priced at: Settings, Quotes & PDF.
5. 0:28Seven breaks, from a prototype to a production run.
6. 0:31Back to Quotes. Drop a STEP file.
7. 0:42Priced at all seven breaks at once, on the rates just typed.
8. 0:47Each column is one break. Setup and programming are split over the lot; run time and material are per part.
9. 0:54The milling line now runs at $115 an hour: your numbers, line by line.
10. 1:01Unit price, lead time and the line total for every quantity: what the buyer sees on the quote.
11. 1:07An RFQ with odd quantities? Type them on the part; the shop defaults stay as they are.

Send a CNC Quote to JobBOSS² or JobBOSS: Estimates, Routing and Material

Quoted in QuotedPart, run in JobBOSS. JobBOSS² gets an estimate per part (quantity breaks, prices, routing and material) and a quote with every line through ECI's API; JobBOSS on your own server gets a SQL file that creates the same quote.

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More on this: Quoting software that sends quotes to JobBOSS² and JobBOSS

Chapters

• 0:00 Integrations
• 0:11 Send to JobBOSS²
• 0:44 Export for JobBOSS
• 1:03 The file itself
• 1:27 Try it

Transcript (on-screen text)

1. 0:04Quoted in QuotedPart, run in JobBOSS. Two ways in: JobBOSS² through ECI's API, or a file for JobBOSS on your own server.
2. 0:11Open a quote. This one was priced from a STEP file and its PDF drawing.
3. 0:19JobBOSS²: the ⋯ menu, Send to JobBOSS².
4. 0:24It creates a JobBOSS² estimate for each part, with quantity breaks, prices, routing and material, and a quote with every line.
5. 0:31Ask ECI to switch on the API and make a user for QuotedPart. Paste its client ID and secret once, for the whole shop.
6. 0:38After that, sending is one click. Customers, work centers and vendors map to yours, saved for next time.
7. 0:44JobBOSS on your own server: Export for JobBOSS.
8. 0:50One file creates the quote in your JobBOSS database. You run it once in SQL Server Management Studio.
9. 0:56What goes in: a line per part, every quantity at your price, each routing step with its setup and run minutes, and the material.
10. 1:07Here is the downloaded file, as it is.
11. 1:08Plain SQL: it looks up your customer, work centers and material by name and inserts the quote, its quantities and the routing.

Reply to an RFQ Email with a Priced CNC Quote (Gmail / Outlook) | Real Time

Connect the inbox RFQs arrive in, Gmail or Outlook, read-only, and each RFQ email becomes a priced quote by itself. Here a made-up RFQ email is dropped in instead: the customer, quantities and dates are read from the email, the STEP and PDF are measured and read, and the reply goes back with the quote.

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More on this: AI agent that reads RFQ emails and drafts the quote

Chapters

• 0:00 Connect Gmail or Outlook
• 0:21 Drop in the RFQ email
• 0:37 Read from the email
• 0:50 Reply with the quote
• 1:13 Try it

Transcript (on-screen text)

1. 0:04RFQs arrive by email. Connect the inbox they come to, Gmail or Outlook, read-only.
2. 0:10Then every RFQ email becomes a priced quote in QuotedPart by itself, attachments read and measured.
3. 0:16No connection needed to try it: drag the email itself in. This one is a made-up RFQ for the demo.
4. 0:27Drop the RFQ email: a STEP file and a PDF drawing are attached.
5. 0:38The customer, the quantities 25 and 100 and the date needed come from the email itself.
6. 0:44The STEP and the drawing pair into one line: measured, read and priced at both quantities.
7. 0:50Reply with the quote. Send opens the email to the buyer.
8. 0:58Email it: the quote goes back to the buyer who sent the RFQ, with the quote page and the PDF.
9. 1:06Prefer your own mailbox? Open in my email starts the reply in Gmail or Outlook with the PDF ready.

ITAR Quoting Software: Quote Export-Controlled Parts in an Encrypted Vault

QuotedPart's ITAR vault encrypts vault parts in the browser before upload: models, drawings, thumbnails, geometry, material, tolerances and notes. QuotedPart and its hosting only hold ciphertext; names, quantities and prices stay readable so quotes and orders work. Here an owner turns it on, quotes a part, locks and unlocks it.

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More on this: How the ITAR vault works

Chapters

• 0:00 The ITAR vault
• 0:22 A team passphrase
• 0:40 Vault on, quote a vault part
• 1:11 Lock the vault
• 1:26 Unlock to work
• 1:44 Try it

Transcript (on-screen text)

1. 0:04ITAR and export-controlled parts need more than a cloud login. QuotedPart has an ITAR vault.
2. 0:10Vault parts are encrypted in your browser before upload: models, drawings, geometry, material and notes.
3. 0:16QuotedPart and its hosting only hold ciphertext. Names, quantities and prices stay readable, so quoting works.
4. 0:25An owner picks a vault passphrase for the team, US persons only. It never leaves your browsers.
5. 0:32A recovery key, shown once (blurred here). Download it and keep it offline.
6. 0:35Choose whether every new quote goes to the vault, or only the ITAR ones you pick.
7. 0:41The vault is on and unlocked on this device. Session replay and automatic screenshots are off for vault parts.
8. 0:52Drop a STEP file. It's measured and encrypted here in the browser, then uploaded.
9. 0:59Priced like any other part, at the shop's rates, with every operation shown. It's a vault part.
10. 1:05Routing, setups and minutes work as usual. Vault drawings can be read by Claude in your own AWS GovCloud account.
11. 1:11Lock the vault and the server shows nothing it can read.
12. 1:26Locked: the part's model, geometry and details stay encrypted until a teammate unlocks with the passphrase.
13. 1:39Unlocked on this device, decrypted in the browser.

Use the QuotedPart MCP Server from Claude: Price a CNC Part in Claude Code

QuotedPart runs an MCP server at quotedpart.com/mcp. Added to Claude Code with one command and one sign-in, Claude prices a part from its STEP file and PDF drawing in your QuotedPart shop, at your rates, and saves it as a quote.

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More on this: Connect an AI assistant to QuotedPart (MCP)

Chapters

• 0:00 QuotedPart's MCP server
• 0:10 Add it to Claude Code
• 0:22 Sign in once
• 0:44 Ask for a price
• 1:26 The answer, then a follow-up in 304
• 2:26 The quote in QuotedPart
• 2:37 Try it

Transcript (on-screen text)

1. 0:04QuotedPart runs an MCP server, so Claude can price parts in your shop. Here it is in Claude Code, in real time.
2. 0:10One command adds it. No key to paste.
3. 0:22Sign in once: /mcp, quotedpart, Authenticate.
4. 0:32QuotedPart asks you to allow it. Claude prices with your shop's rates and saves each estimate as a quote.
5. 0:45Now ask in plain words. The STEP file and its PDF drawing are in this folder.
6. 0:57Claude sends the model and drawing to QuotedPart's estimate_price tool.
7. 1:03QuotedPart measures the model, reads the drawing, routes the part on the shop's machines and prices each quantity.
8. 1:10Nothing here is sped up. The drawing read is most of the wait.
9. 1:27The answer: a quote number, the price and lead time at each quantity, and the drawing callouts to check.
10. 1:35Ask a follow-up in plain words.
11. 1:43Claude works it out with QuotedPart's tools.
12. 2:21The 304 stainless price at every quantity, saved as its own quote next to the 6061 one. It also flags that stainless can't be anodized.
13. 2:27And the quote is in QuotedPart, ready to review and send to the buyer.