Has a very important client sent you a 3D CAD file and requested a quote within the next 24 hours?

Quoting is an important responsibility. You have to protect the company’s margins by estimating the appropriate amount of work required to manufacture the requested part. You know your company has manufactured similar parts in the past and would like to leverage its past experience to avoid rule of thumb quoting. You have to move fast, and without this precious information, there is a very good chance that you will underestimate the work required to manufacture the part. This has a negative impact on your profit margins. On the other hand, overestimating and can lead to lost business because of overbidding.


3DPartFinder is your clear solution. You can use your customer’s 3D CAD file to launch a search with 3DPartFinder and it will find all the similar parts that your company has in its database in a few seconds. The results of the search are presented in a SolidWorks assembly to help you select the part needed for preparing your quote. From there, knowing the file name, you will have access to all the data related to this CAD file.


This access to your company’s records will assist you in evaluating the amount of work required to manufacture a part and can also help you justify your price as quoted.