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Flat pattern analysis
Import DXF/DWG flat patterns and automatically calculate blank size, bend count, complexity score, and secondary operation requirements.
Fabrication · Quoting Module
Quote sheet metal jobs from flat patterns, not guesswork.
Sheet metal shops quote hundreds of parts per week across laser cutting, punching, bending, welding, and finishing. Dynamism Factory reads flat patterns, calculates nest yields, estimates bend times, and builds quotes from actual shop rates.
Capabilities
What the Quoting module does for Sheet Metal Fabrication.
Ingest RFQs, retrieve similar jobs, generate accurate quotes, and route approvals without spreadsheets.
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Nest yield estimation
Estimate material utilization based on sheet sizes, part geometry, and typical nesting efficiency to build accurate material costs.
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Operation-level costing
Build quotes with separate cost lines for laser/punch, bending, welding, hardware insertion, powder coat, and assembly using shop-specific rates.
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Volume break pricing
Automatically calculate setup amortization across different lot sizes and present volume break pricing to customers.
Why it matters
Where Sheet Metal Fabrication teams get stuck.
These problems look operational on the surface, but they are usually coordination and information problems underneath.
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Estimators spend most of their time on quotes that never convert, with no way to prioritize.
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Bend time estimates vary by 2-3x between estimators for the same part geometry.
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Material waste from poor nesting is not factored into quotes until it shows up as margin erosion.
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Prototype vs. production pricing requires manual recalculation of setup amortization.
Use cases
How teams use Quoting in Sheet Metal Fabrication.
Real workflows that connect the module to the problems above.
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Multi-part assembly quoting
Quote a 15-part weldment assembly with individual component costs, welding time estimates, and finishing costs rolled into a single assembly price.
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Prototype-to-production transition
Quote a prototype run and automatically generate production pricing at different annual volumes with tooling and fixture amortization.
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Material cost updates
When steel prices change, automatically recalculate open quotes with new material costs and notify sales of affected opportunities.
Explore further
Related pages.
Industry
Sheet Metal Fabrication
Revision-heavy customer work, routing visibility, and margin protection require faster feedback between the office and the floor.
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Module
Quoting
Ingest RFQs, retrieve similar jobs, generate accurate quotes, and route approvals without spreadsheets.
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American Dynamism
Better Quoting for American Sheet Metal Fabrication manufacturers starts here.
Start with the workflows that create the most drag today. American manufacturers should not have to settle for software that was not built for the complexity of their work.