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Quote a Sheet Metal Bracket from a STEP File and PDF Drawing in Under 10 Seconds (Real Time)

A sheet metal RFQ with a STEP model and a PDF drawing, quoted start to finish on quotedpart.com with no account. The model is measured in the browser: gauge, flat blank and bends, then laser cutting, press brake and deburr at the shop's own rates, while AI reads the drawing.

Quote a Sheet Metal Bracket from a STEP File and PDF Drawing in Under 10 Seconds (Real Time) · one real-time take of the live app, no voice-over. Watch on YouTube
Part and inputs
NIST's CTC-03 bent sheet bracket (public domain): its geometry-only STEP model and its PDF drawing, dropped on the quotedpart.com homepage as a visitor with no account, priced at QuotedPart's U.S. default rates.
What it shows
Priced as laser-cut sheet a few seconds after the drop: 0.075 in (14 ga), a flat blank of 24.59 × 15.92 in, 7 bends, $37.95 each at 10 pieces. The routing is the blank, laser cutting, 7 bends on the press brake and deburr; the drawing states no material or finish, with 4 questions on the print to check. In 5052-H32 aluminum it is $42.42 each at 10; at the RFQ's quantities, $162.92 for one, $30.37 each at 100 and $28.85 each at 500.
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: Sheet metal part cost: a 14 ga bracket, worked out.

Chapters

  1. 0:001. A STEP file and a PDF drawing
  2. 0:132. Priced as laser-cut sheet
  3. 0:263. Laser, brake, deburr
  4. 0:364. What the drawing says, then 5052 aluminum
  5. 0:525. The RFQ's quantities
  6. 1:066. Check and send

Transcript

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

  1. 0:04A sheet metal bracket RFQ: a STEP model and a PDF drawing. This is NIST's CTC-03 test part, public and free to use.
  2. 0:10Here is the whole quote on quotedpart.com, no account, in real time.
  3. 0:15Drop both files. The model is measured in the browser while AI reads the drawing.
  4. 0:20Priced as laser-cut sheet: 0.075 in (14 ga), a flat blank of 24.59 × 15.92 in, 7 bends. $37.95 each at 10 pieces.
  5. 0:27The routing: the blank, laser cutting on the fiber laser, 7 bends on the press brake, deburr.
  6. 0:32Setup minutes and run minutes on every line, at the shop's own hourly rates.
  7. 0:37The drawing read: it states no material or finish, so the shop default stands. 4 questions on the print to check.
  8. 0:43The buyer wants 5052 aluminum. Pick it and the blank reprices.
  9. 0:495052-H32: $42.42 each at 10.
  10. 0:52Type the RFQ's quantities: 100 and 500.
  11. 1:00$162.92 for one, $30.37 each at 100, $28.85 each at 500: laser and brake setups spread over the lot.
  12. 1:07Check the questions, then send: a PDF, a quote page the buyer can accept, or your own email.

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