Every part different. Every price traceable.
From STEP and PDF to a cost per line, for every quantity asked.
Estimate
Example estimateSDX-MFG-001 Rev J, 25 parts
- Material
- EN AW-6061, 298 × 388 × 97 mm
- General tolerance
- Flatness 0.05 mm
- M4-6H, 2×
- ±0.1 mm, angle ±1°
- Roughness
- Ra 3.2 general
- FinishingOutsourced
- Black anodising
- Setups
- 2, +Z and −X
- Cycle time
- 10 h × €165.00/h
- ProgrammingOne-off
- 8 h × €95.00/h
- SetupPer series
- 4 h × €165.00/h
What does this part cost in your shop?
See how Blake calculates with your machines, rates and production setup.
Request a demoOne frame in two setups at one cost.
- SDX-MFG-001_Rev-J.pdf
- SDX-MFG-001_Rev-J.step
Read from the drawingTo check
- Material
- 6061 Alloy
- Finishing
- Black anodise, dim. stable
- General tolerance
- ±0.1 mm, angle ±1°
- Surface roughness
- Ra 3.2 general
Model, drawing, quantity and revision for every part. The drawing’s requirements are ready for you to confirm.
Drawing and model together
Tolerances that only live on the drawing sit beside the 3D model.
Paired per part
STEP and PDF are matched by file name. If a match is uncertain, you make the call.
You confirm
Material, tolerance, roughness and finishing: confirm them or change them.
- Part
- 294 × 384 × 93 mm
- Envelope
- 800 × 800 × 550 mm
- Axes and reach
- 5 axes, tilts to the operation
ManufacturabilityUnder reviewFlatness 0.05 mm, to confirm
TimeBasis of the estimate
- 1+Zto the spindle
- 2−Xto the spindle
- Drill Ø3.32× M4-6H, from −X
- Tap M4-6Hafter drilling
Every part checked against the envelope and axes of your own machines, with the limit that decides.
Does it fit?
A first check per machine, with the reason beside it.
That machine’s rate
Machining is priced at the hourly rate of the machine that makes the part.
Your setups
How many setups, and from which side: you record that yourself.
SDX-MFG-001 Rev J, 25 parts
- Material
- EN AW-6061, 298 × 388 × 97 mm
- General tolerance
- ±0.1 mm, angle ±1°
- Flatness 0.05 mm
- M4-6H, 2×
- Roughness
- Ra 3.2 general
- FinishingOutsourced
- Black anodising
- Setups
- 2, +Z and −X
- Cycle time
- 10 h × €165.00/h
- ProgrammingOne-off
- 8 h × €95.00/h
- SetupPer series
- 4 h × €165.00/h
What does this part cost in your shop?
See how Blake calculates with your machines, rates and production setup.
Request a demoMaterial, machining, finishing and setup each on their own line, for the quantity the customer asks for.
Every line with its inputs
Time, rate and quantity sit right beside it.
Outsourced work included
Black anodising of this frame as its own line, at your anodiser’s price.
Repeat order beside the last
When a part comes back, its last priced estimate sits beside it.
What you know before you name a price.
Does it fit, and can you measure it?
First: does the part fit your machines? Then: can you hold the tolerances, and prove it to the customer? Those tolerances often live only on the drawing.
Stiffness sets the order.
What you take off first decides how stiff the part stays. Access, workholding and measurability call for a route that suits this part.
Quantity and customer count too.
On a simple part, setup can weigh heavily per piece; with ten hours of 5-axis work, machining stays the biggest line. Whether special tooling pays off depends on the quantity, the time it saves and the repeat work you expect.
One model under estimating and the shop floor.
Underneath Blake sits Subduxion’s manufacturing world model: how a part, its requirements, your machines and your team’s decisions fit together. The next steps build on it.
- Tools, holders and fixtures go into the same model.
- Next: every setup checked before the machine runs.
- Engineering, estimating and production then work from one model.
Frequently asked questions
Does Blake work for complex parts, or only simple blocks?
Blake estimates 3- to 5-axis milling, turning, mill-turn, drilling and tapping. For a complex part you see per machine whether it fits and which setups are in the price. The manufacturing engineer reviews and adjusts.
Does Blake include setup and programming, or only machine time?
Both, each on its own line next to material, machining and finishing. So for every part you see what weighs more: machine time or the one-off share.
What if the customer later asks for a different quantity?
You price the new quantity and see straight away what it does to the cost per part.
How do we stop two cost engineers pricing the same part differently?
Everyone works from the same machines, rates and lines. When someone changes a line, the estimate records who, when and why.
One part from drawing to price.
In the demo we take our example frame from drawing to cost, then talk about how your requests come in.
SDX-MFG-001 Rev J