How to Quote a Part from a PDF Drawing Only (No 3D Model): What It Read and Assumed | Real Time

An RFQ with a PDF drawing and no 3D model. QuotedPart reads the views, notes and title block, estimates the size from the views, prices the part, and lists what it had to assume so the estimator can confirm or fix each one before sending.

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Part and inputs

NIST's FTC-10 test part drawing (public domain), a PDF with no 3D model, dropped on the quotedpart.com homepage as a visitor with no account, priced at QuotedPart's U.S. default rates.

What it shows

Priced from the print alone: $177.87 each at 10 pieces, CNC milling, 3-axis, with the size 5.630 × 3.701 × 1.102 in estimated from the views. What it assumed is listed on the quote: no material given, so priced as Aluminum 6061-T6; no 3D model, so size and material removal are estimated from the drawing. 5 questions in all, and the part number, tolerances, threads and fits it read are beside the print. $804.77 for one, $112.55 each at 50.

Recorded on

The live app at quotedpart.com, nothing sped up, on-screen text instead of a voice. Published on YouTube 2026-11-08.

The guide that goes with it: Information needed to quote a machined part.

Chapters

1. 0:001. AI reads the drawing
2. 0:532. Priced from the print, and what it assumed
3. 1:153. Questions for the buyer
4. 1:254. The routing
5. 1:365. When the model arrives

Transcript

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

1. 0:04An RFQ with only a PDF drawing, no 3D model. This is NIST's FTC-10 test part drawing, public and free to use.
2. 0:11Drop the PDF. AI reads the views, the notes and the title block; the size is estimated from the views.
3. 0:56Priced from the print alone: $177.87 each at 10 pieces, CNC milling, 3-axis. Size 5.630 × 3.701 × 1.102 in, estimated from the views.
4. 1:03What it assumed is listed on the quote, each with a button to confirm or fix it:
5. 1:05No material given; priced as Aluminum 6061-T6.
6. 1:09No 3D model: size and material removal are estimated from the drawing.
7. 1:155 questions in all. The rest come off the print itself: notes and callouts to confirm with the buyer.
8. 1:21Beside the print: the part number, material, tolerances, threads and fits it read.
9. 1:26The routing it priced: CAM programming, 19 toolpaths · Mill, 4 setups · Deburr · Inspect · Inspect tight tolerances · CMM program, 34 holes. Every minute is yours to edit.
10. 1:32$804.77 for one, $177.87 each at 10, $112.55 each at 50.
11. 1:37When the model arrives, Add the STEP and the size is measured instead of estimated.

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