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One record per part, across every system you run.

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The drawgen record

One record per part, joined on the part's shape rather than its number, so it works even when part numbers are a mess.

Two ways in

The add-in

inside SOLIDWORKS, used by the engineer. Produces the BOM and the drawings, and quietly writes the part record.

The platform

in the browser, used by the MD, sales and purchasing. Holds every job side by side, joined to purchase history.

What crosses

The measurements, not the models. Your CAD files stay on your machine, and the whole thing can run on your own server.

BOM From the model

Every part in the assembly, measured, in one BOM.

Material, size, mass, surface area and quantity for every part, plus what to make and what to buy. Your engineer reviews it before it goes anywhere.

Connects to Connects to the 3D model, through the add-in.

  • Every part with material, profile, length, mass, surface area and quantity
  • Every part tagged as bought-out or made to your drawing, and what kind of supplier makes it
  • Which parts repeat inside the job and across jobs
  • An export in your format

Built on the drawgen record

Illustrative example: a BOM table for a generic assembly, with one part flagged for the engineer. Made-up data, not real output.

Problem

  1. Problem

    Designers spend 19% of their time, about a day a week, finding, recreating and translating data.

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  2. Problem

    One engineer extracted 33 parts from a model by hand. Two to three hours for one assembly.

    Source:
    • From our conversations with manufacturers

How it works

  1. Open the assembly.
  2. One click.
  3. Every part measured off the solid and classified.
  4. The BOM comes back ready to check.

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Drawings From the model

Manufacturing drawings, derived from the solid.

One dimensioned sheet per part, editable, in your own drawing format. Anything it cannot determine is flagged, and your engineer finishes it.

Connects to Connects to the 3D model.

  • One sheet per part, editable, in your format
  • Anything unclear flagged, never filled in
  • A change record showing which sheets a new revision affects

Built on the drawgen record

Illustrative example: a dimensioned drawing sheet of a generic plate, with one value flagged. Made-up data, not real output.

Problem

  1. Problem

    Five to 45 minutes a part, and one drawing in four comes back.

    Source:
    • From our conversations with manufacturers

  2. Problem

    Quality-related costs are often put at 15 to 20% of sales, a long-standing rule of thumb in quality management.

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How it works

  1. Open the assembly.
  2. One click.
  3. Every part drawn without collisions.
  4. Your engineer reviews, edits and signs off.

Drawings

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Costing From connected systems

Data-driven quotes that match what the job actually costs.

Every price built on something that actually happened: a price you paid, a job you finished, a part you already built.

Connects to Connects to your ERP and purchase history, your past quotes, your cost sheets, and the model.

  • Similar past jobs, what you quoted and what they actually cost
  • Where the margin went on the ones that went wrong
  • A defensible starting price for the next one
  • Duplicate parts, to merge
  • Over-specified parts, to re-spec
  • Overpriced parts, to take to RFQ

Built on the drawgen record

Illustrative example: a starting price built from three similar past jobs, quoted against actual. Made-up data, not real output.

Problem

  1. Problem

    In a study of tool and die making, quoted cost against actual cost ran from minus 40% to plus 70%.

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  2. Problem

    SMEs often fail to identify basic price variances.

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  3. Why it matters

    A carefully worked-out quote costs real money, and the effort spent on quotes that do not win has to be carried by the orders that do.

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  4. Why it matters

    In Fraunhofer's assessment, the improvements a 2007 survey of 281 machine and plant builders asked for, better calculation bases, transparency and a continuous flow of information, have still not been properly put in place.

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How it works

  1. Connect your ERP and past quotes.
  2. Every past job is joined to its parts.
  3. A new job is compared against the ones like it.
  4. Your estimator gets a starting price with the reasons behind it.

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Sourcing From connected systems

Buy on what you have actually paid, not on habit.

See which supplier has been cheapest and fastest for each kind of part, and send every RFQ as one complete package.

Connects to Connects to your ERP purchase history and supplier records, and the quotes that come back by email.

  • Which supplier has been cheapest and fastest for this kind of part
  • One RFQ package per supplier, right drawings attached, quantities correct
  • Returned quotes lined up against the BOM
  • Where you buy the same thing from four places, and where you depend on one

Built on the drawgen record

Illustrative example: a supplier comparison from purchase history, with an RFQ package not yet sent. Made-up data, not real output.

Problem

  1. Problem

    External spend is typically 50 to 80% of a company's cost base.

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  2. Problem

    If material is around half your costs and your margin is around 6%, taking 1% off what you pay for material is close to an 8% rise in profit. The thinner your margin, the more that 1% is worth.

    Source:
    • Arithmetic.

  3. Why it matters

    McKinsey's experience is that digital procurement can deliver as much as an additional 3 to 10 percent in annual cost savings.

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  4. Why it matters

    At mid-size firms, category managers spend their days on transactional work, while large-company peers spend theirs on negotiation.

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How it works

  1. The BOM tags every part by who makes it.
  2. Parts are grouped into one package per supplier.
  3. Your team checks and sends.
  4. Quotes come back and line up against the BOM.

Sourcing

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The fastest way to see whether this works for you is to try it on something real.

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