Setup count is guessed
Small differences in access and workholding can move a job from straightforward to unprofitable.
Milling quoting software
See what drives the milling quote before you trust the total.
RapidRFQ helps estimators quote CNC milling with feature recognition, stock selection, setup and access groups, machine fit, DFM review, and calibration.
Milling quote risk
Setup and access can matter more than part size.
Feature time is hidden
Holes, counterbores, deep pockets, thin walls, and awkward access disappear inside a blended cycle guess.
The model is not calibrated
Generic rates cannot capture your machine mix, workholding habits, tooling, or operator reality.
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Expose milling complexity early
RapidRFQ groups faces and features into practical evidence for quoting. It distinguishes compound hole topology so pilot bores, counterbores, stepped bores, and countersinks can add secondary work without double-counting the base hole.
Setup and access suggestions explain why the part may require repositioning or special workholding. DFM findings call attention to geometry that needs estimator review before a confident cycle assumption is made.
- Stock and material removal
- Hole-family recognition
- Setup and access grouping
- Thin-wall and deep-feature findings
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Route against real machine capabilities
Confirmed machine profiles keep a suggested route inside the shop's working envelope and capabilities. Five-axis availability and axis access can change the route instead of merely changing a label.
A shop can tune setup hours, per-part minutes, hourly rates, and outside cost with controlled routing templates. Invalid formulas fail visibly and retain the safer automatic route.
- Machine envelope checks
- Three-axis and five-axis context
- Loaded shop rates
- Controlled formula templates
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Close the calibration loop
A useful estimator gets better when quoted work is compared with reality. RapidRFQ stores estimator feedback and accepted timing evidence alongside the source geometry hash.
The calibration view separates prediction error by process and driver. That gives a shop a defensible path from supervised recommendations to trusted, shop-specific quoting behavior.
- Source-file identity
- Actual setup and cycle capture
- Prediction comparison
- Repeatable similar-job search
Straight answers
Where milling automation stops and review begins.
Can it identify every machining feature?
No. It recognizes selected costing-relevant topology and flags uncertainty. Complex or unsupported geometry still requires estimator review.
Does it support five-axis work?
Machine profiles can represent five-axis availability and routing context; the software does not claim to generate a five-axis toolpath.
Will it replace an experienced estimator?
No. It makes the estimator faster and the reasoning repeatable while keeping approval with the shop.
Protect milling margin
Test the jobs where access and setup change the price.
Bring a model with the holes, pockets, workholding, or machine constraints that make spreadsheet estimates fragile.