CAD review is repetitive
Every new model starts another manual pass for size, stock, features, setups, access, and manufacturability.
CNC quoting software
Quote CNC work from manufacturing evidence—not a blank spreadsheet.
Geometry-aware CNC quoting for milling and turning with stock, setups, features, DFM findings, shop rates, history, and estimator approval.
Where estimates lose margin
Geometry, routing, and history have to agree.
Cycle assumptions are opaque
A single minutes-per-part number is hard to defend, calibrate, or hand to another estimator.
History is disconnected
Past quotes and outcomes rarely appear at the moment a similar job is being priced.
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Geometry that supports a costing decision
The local geometry worker reads B-rep geometry, produces a source-file hash, ranks manufacturing processes, and reports cost drivers that an estimator can inspect. For milling, that includes stock dimensions, removable volume, hole families, setup and access groups, thin-wall or deep-feature warnings, and machine-envelope fit.
For turning, it evaluates rotational fit, axial profile behavior, diameter and length, live-tooling implications, secondary milling features, and turning-specific routing. Unsupported or ambiguous geometry stays visible as review work rather than becoming false precision.
- STEP and IGES analysis
- Milling and turning classification
- Compound-hole recognition
- Explainable DFM and cost drivers
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Make the model fit your shop
Machine capability profiles constrain travel, work envelope, turning limits, five-axis availability, live tooling, and loaded rates. Routing templates can use controlled formulas over geometry and shop variables without executing arbitrary code.
Estimator feedback records actual setup and cycle evidence. Calibration reports compare predictions with accepted shop or CAM timing so the quote model becomes specific to the equipment, people, and work mix that actually produce the parts.
- Confirmed machine profiles
- Shop routing templates
- Actual-versus-estimated feedback
- Historical similar-job context
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Keep the quote commercially complete
A machining estimate is not finished when spindle time is known. RapidRFQ rolls material, setup, per-part cycle, outside processing, inspection, purchased components, supplier quotes, margin, lead time, and quantity options into one revision-bound plan.
Approval checks can block release when material provenance is missing, a supplier response is incomplete, a component cannot be reconciled, or the source revision has changed. The buyer receives the approved scope rather than the estimator's internal warnings.
- Lot and per-part cost separation
- Supplier and outside-process rollup
- Quantity and lead-time options
- Revision-bound customer quote
Straight answers
What to verify before trusting a CNC estimate.
Does it generate CAM toolpaths?
No. RapidRFQ estimates and explains manufacturing cost drivers; it does not replace production CAM or emit machine toolpaths.
Which CNC files are supported?
The production geometry path supports STEP and IGES, with PDF drawing and related-document extraction available in the RFQ workspace.
Can estimators override the result?
Yes. Review and override are central to the workflow, and changes remain associated with the quote and audit history.
Challenge the estimate
Put a difficult CNC job through the evidence trail.
Use a representative model to compare features, stock, setup assumptions, routing, and predicted time with your shop’s answer.