The drawing came in on Monday. It’s still being read, measured and costed by hand. Meanwhile the fastest supplier has already sent a price, and the fastest quote usually wins the job.
The drawing came in on Monday. It’s still being read, measured and costed by hand. Meanwhile the fastest supplier has already sent a price, and the fastest quote usually wins the job.
BOM
Counted line by line
Every part is read off the drawing and typed into a sheet.
12 lines40 MIN
STOCK
Same steel, three names
“St37”, “S235JR” and “4mm sac” are one material — the stock list doesn’t know it.
2,095 items0 MATCHES
COST
One number, no breakdown
Material and labour go out as a single total from the senior estimator’s memory.
4,2801 LINE
LEAD TIME
Never reaches the quote
Operation order and machine load live in someone’s head; the date is a guess.
3 daysGUESSED
ASSEMBLY
Opened part by part
A 47-part STEP means 47 separate estimates, stitched together by hand.
47 partsONE BY ONE
DFM
Found after the quote
Holes too close, bends that won’t form, tolerances that won’t hold — caught on the machine.
3 issuesFOUND LATE
CONFIDENCE
Certainty unknown
The estimator says 4,280 — nobody knows if that’s 60% sure or 95%.
60%?UNKNOWN
ACTUALS
Never compared
The job finishes, nobody checks what it really cost, and the same miss repeats.
+18%NEVER LOGGED
HOW IT WORKS
From a “Single File” to “Quote” NOT in DAYS
From a “Single File” to “Quote” NOT in DAYS
One RFQ in, a costed production plan out. Your estimator only steps in for the final check.
One RFQ in, a costed production plan out. Your estimator only steps in for the final check.
Ready for review in 14m 52s·42 parts·94% confidence·2 DFM flags
Estimation is Preparing
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps from drawing to quote.
Four steps from drawing to quote.
The engine reads the drawing, routes the operations and works out the cost. Anything it’s unsure about waits for your estimator.
The engine reads the drawing, routes the operations and works out the cost. Anything it’s unsure about waits for your estimator.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
ASK THE PART
Talk to your CAD file like you’d talk to your best estimator.
Ask about holes, volume, cost, stock or routing, and get answers grounded in the part’s actual geometry, not a guess. Every answer points you to the exact feature on the 3D model.
Ask your CAD file anything. See the answer on the model.
Grounded in geometry
Answers come from BRep analysis of the STEP file. “Twenty Ø5.4 holes” means twenty holes, highlighted on the model.
From question to plan
Operations, setups, lead time and a full cost breakdown in one reply, with stock status and a make/buy call.
Flags what needs a human
Uncertain thread depths, suspicious diameters and missing stock are called out before they turn into a bad quote.
GEOMETRIC PARSING
Why can’t an AI just read the drawing?
It can read the text on it. It can’t measure the part. SemantiCAD works from the solid model, and every number tells you which of the two it came from.
What happens to a valueA model reading the textSemantiCAD
Measurement
VolumeEstimated from the view.Computed from the solid. BRep.
Every value records its source
Confidence by source0.90 dimension · 0.72 text · 0.45 fillet
Conflicting sources
Two sources disagreePicks one and moves on.Marks the field uncertain.
Comparison tolerance8% relative or 1 mm
Conflict is sent to review
Output
157 holes157 separate rows.Grouped: 20 × Ø5.4
Parsed values protected from the model
Low-confidence rows flaggedrow 0.55 · parse 0.60
Let’s get in touch.
SemantiCAD is in private pilot. Tell us what you make and we will get in touch when there is a slot for your shop.
The drawing came in on Monday. It’s still being read, measured and costed by hand. Meanwhile the fastest supplier has already sent a price, and the fastest quote usually wins the job.
The drawing came in on Monday. It’s still being read, measured and costed by hand. Meanwhile the fastest supplier has already sent a price, and the fastest quote usually wins the job.
BOM
Counted line by line
Every part is read off the drawing and typed into a sheet.
12 lines40 MIN
STOCK
Same steel, three names
“St37”, “S235JR” and “4mm sac” are one material — the stock list doesn’t know it.
2,095 items0 MATCHES
COST
One number, no breakdown
Material and labour go out as a single total from the senior estimator’s memory.
4,2801 LINE
LEAD TIME
Never reaches the quote
Operation order and machine load live in someone’s head; the date is a guess.
3 daysGUESSED
ASSEMBLY
Opened part by part
A 47-part STEP means 47 separate estimates, stitched together by hand.
47 partsONE BY ONE
DFM
Found after the quote
Holes too close, bends that won’t form, tolerances that won’t hold — caught on the machine.
3 issuesFOUND LATE
CONFIDENCE
Certainty unknown
The estimator says 4,280 — nobody knows if that’s 60% sure or 95%.
60%?UNKNOWN
ACTUALS
Never compared
The job finishes, nobody checks what it really cost, and the same miss repeats.
+18%NEVER LOGGED
HOW IT WORKS
From a “Single File” to “Quote” NOT in DAYS
From a “Single File” to “Quote” NOT in DAYS
One RFQ in, a costed production plan out. Your estimator only steps in for the final check.
One RFQ in, a costed production plan out. Your estimator only steps in for the final check.
Ready for review in 14m 52s·42 parts·94% confidence·2 DFM flags
Estimation is Preparing
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps from drawing to quote.
Four steps from drawing to quote.
The engine reads the drawing, routes the operations and works out the cost. Anything it’s unsure about waits for your estimator.
The engine reads the drawing, routes the operations and works out the cost. Anything it’s unsure about waits for your estimator.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
ASK THE PART
Talk to your CAD file like you’d talk to your best estimator.
Ask about holes, volume, cost, stock or routing, and get answers grounded in the part’s actual geometry, not a guess. Every answer points you to the exact feature on the 3D model.
Ask your CAD file anything. See the answer on the model.
Grounded in geometry
Answers come from BRep analysis of the STEP file. “Twenty Ø5.4 holes” means twenty holes, highlighted on the model.
From question to plan
Operations, setups, lead time and a full cost breakdown in one reply, with stock status and a make/buy call.
Flags what needs a human
Uncertain thread depths, suspicious diameters and missing stock are called out before they turn into a bad quote.
GEOMETRIC PARSING
Why can’t an AI just read the drawing?
It can read the text on it. It can’t measure the part. SemantiCAD works from the solid model, and every number tells you which of the two it came from.
What happens to a valueA model reading the textSemantiCAD
Measurement
VolumeEstimated from the view.Computed from the solid. BRep.
Every value records its source
Confidence by source0.90 dimension · 0.72 text · 0.45 fillet
Conflicting sources
Two sources disagreePicks one and moves on.Marks the field uncertain.
Comparison tolerance8% relative or 1 mm
Conflict is sent to review
Output
157 holes157 separate rows.Grouped: 20 × Ø5.4
Parsed values protected from the model
Low-confidence rows flaggedrow 0.55 · parse 0.60
Let’s get in touch.
SemantiCAD is in private pilot. Tell us what you make and we will get in touch when there is a slot for your shop.
The drawing came in on Monday. It’s still being read, measured and costed by hand. Meanwhile the fastest supplier has already sent a price, and the fastest quote usually wins the job.
The drawing came in on Monday. It’s still being read, measured and costed by hand. Meanwhile the fastest supplier has already sent a price, and the fastest quote usually wins the job.
BOM
Counted line by line
Every part is read off the drawing and typed into a sheet.
12 lines40 MIN
STOCK
Same steel, three names
“St37”, “S235JR” and “4mm sac” are one material — the stock list doesn’t know it.
2,095 items0 MATCHES
COST
One number, no breakdown
Material and labour go out as a single total from the senior estimator’s memory.
4,2801 LINE
LEAD TIME
Never reaches the quote
Operation order and machine load live in someone’s head; the date is a guess.
3 daysGUESSED
ASSEMBLY
Opened part by part
A 47-part STEP means 47 separate estimates, stitched together by hand.
47 partsONE BY ONE
DFM
Found after the quote
Holes too close, bends that won’t form, tolerances that won’t hold — caught on the machine.
3 issuesFOUND LATE
CONFIDENCE
Certainty unknown
The estimator says 4,280 — nobody knows if that’s 60% sure or 95%.
60%?UNKNOWN
ACTUALS
Never compared
The job finishes, nobody checks what it really cost, and the same miss repeats.
+18%NEVER LOGGED
HOW IT WORKS
From a “Single File” to “Quote” NOT in DAYS
From a “Single File” to “Quote” NOT in DAYS
One RFQ in, a costed production plan out. Your estimator only steps in for the final check.
One RFQ in, a costed production plan out. Your estimator only steps in for the final check.
Ready for review in 14m 52s·42 parts·94% confidence·2 DFM flags
Estimation is Preparing
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps from drawing to quote.
Four steps from drawing to quote.
The engine reads the drawing, routes the operations and works out the cost. Anything it’s unsure about waits for your estimator.
The engine reads the drawing, routes the operations and works out the cost. Anything it’s unsure about waits for your estimator.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
01)
Upload
Drop a STEP, DXF or DWG file. Runs in the cloud or on your own servers.
02)
Read
BOM, dimensions and materials are extracted and matched to your stock. Shortages show up before you quote.
03)
Cost & plan
Operations are inferred from geometry and priced with your own rates. Every number shows where it came from.
04)
Review & export
Your estimator checks the flagged fields and approves. Download the quote as PDF or push it to your ERP.
ASK THE PART
Talk to your CAD file like you’d talk to your best estimator.
Ask about holes, volume, cost, stock or routing, and get answers grounded in the part’s actual geometry, not a guess. Every answer points you to the exact feature on the 3D model.
Ask your CAD file anything. See the answer on the model.
Grounded in geometry
Answers come from BRep analysis of the STEP file. “Twenty Ø5.4 holes” means twenty holes, highlighted on the model.
From question to plan
Operations, setups, lead time and a full cost breakdown in one reply, with stock status and a make/buy call.
Flags what needs a human
Uncertain thread depths, suspicious diameters and missing stock are called out before they turn into a bad quote.
GEOMETRIC PARSING
Why can’t an AI just read the drawing?
It can read the text on it. It can’t measure the part. SemantiCAD works from the solid model, and every number tells you which of the two it came from.
What happens to a valueA model reading the textSemantiCAD
Measurement
VolumeEstimated from the view.Computed from the solid. BRep.
Every value records its source
Confidence by source0.90 dimension · 0.72 text · 0.45 fillet
Conflicting sources
Two sources disagreePicks one and moves on.Marks the field uncertain.
Comparison tolerance8% relative or 1 mm
Conflict is sent to review
Output
157 holes157 separate rows.Grouped: 20 × Ø5.4
Parsed values protected from the model
Low-confidence rows flaggedrow 0.55 · parse 0.60
Let’s get in touch.
SemantiCAD is in private pilot. Tell us what you make and we will get in touch when there is a slot for your shop.