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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.

How to Quote a CNC Part from a STEP File: Priced in Under 20 Seconds (Real Time) · one real-time take of the live app, no voice-over. Watch on YouTube
Part and inputs
A STEP model of NIST MBE PMI test case FTC-06, a test block (public domain, U.S. government work; NIST does not endorse QuotedPart), with no drawing.
What it shows
Priced from the model alone: stock size, weight, process and a price for every quantity. Each line is a real operation (stock, CAM programming, milling setups, deburr, inspection) with setup and run minutes at the work center's hourly rate. The model carries no material, so 6061-T6 stands in; switching to 7075-T6 reprices the stock line and the total, and 25 and 100 pieces cost less each.
Recorded on
The live app at quotedpart.com, nothing sped up, on-screen text instead of a voice. Published on YouTube .

The guide that goes with it: What a STEP file tells you for a quote, and what it can't.

Chapters

  1. 0:001. Drop the model
  2. 0:142. Priced at the shop's rates
  3. 0:303. Formulas you can edit
  4. 0:484. The RFQ's quantities
  5. 0:585. Check and send
  6. 1:116. Try it

Transcript

The video's on-screen text, word for word, with the time each line appears.

  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.

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