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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.

How to Quote a Machined Part from a PDF Drawing Only (No 3D Model) | Real Time · one real-time take of the live app, no voice-over. Watch on YouTube
Part and inputs
A PDF drawing of the NW-1042 mounting bracket, a QuotedPart sample part for a fictional company, with no 3D model; the STEP model is dropped on the quote later.
What it shows
Priced from the drawing alone: 6061-T6, black anodize and the size, read off the print, with the part number, revision, material and finish specs, tolerances, threads and notes. What the drawing can't settle is listed: the size is estimated from the views, flatness .001, the cert note. The routing is plate stock, CAM, milling setups, deburr, anodize and inspection; once the model arrives the price uses the measured model.
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: How to quote a machined part from a PDF drawing.

Chapters

  1. 0:001. AI reads the drawing
  2. 0:222. Priced from the print
  3. 0:353. What to check
  4. 0:464. The routing
  5. 0:575. The model arrives
  6. 1:136. Try it

Transcript

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

  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.

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